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12 ; breadth across bullas (from outersides) 30 ; squamal breadth 

 of cranium 28-2. 



Habitat. — Palanpur, Gujerat. Altitude 150 feet. 



Type.— Oldi male. B. M. No. 13. 8. 23. 2. Original No. 2765. 

 Collected 21st March 1913 by 0. A. Crump and presented to the 

 National Collection by the Bombay Natural History Society. 



Three specimens in the British Museum Collection from Sam- 

 bhar, E-ajputana, agree with this Palanpur series of iKillens. This 

 Mungoose differs from M. ferrugineus, Blanf. (Larkhana, Sind). 

 in not having a red head or red tips to the hairs. 



MUNGOS AUROPUNCTATUS HELVUS, subsp. n. 

 The small yellow Mtmgoose. 



A small mungoose closelj" allied to ill. auroinmctatus pallii^es, 

 WLVth, but distinguished by its paler and j^ellower colour and by its 

 yelloAv feet, which are scarcely perceptibly speckled. 



General colour yellow grej^, minutely speckled with brown ; tail 

 of same colour and about 2 inches shorter than head and body. 

 Under fur drab, very light-brown at base (in pallvpes the base is 

 seal brown). Forehead of a deeper yellow buff, feet light j'-ellow, 

 almost without speckles. Underside pale j^ellow drab. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 303 mm., tail 258, hindfoot 50, ear 22, weight 

 1 lb. 3 ozs. 



Shull. — Condylo-incisive length 63'3 ; basilar length 58'9 ; 

 palatilar length 32; front of canine to back of carnassial 20*7 ; 

 breadth across carnassials (from outersides) 20 ; zygomatic breadth 

 30-8 ; squamosal breadth of cranium 22-4; breadth across bullse 23*8. 



Habitat. — Deesa, Palanpur. Gujerat. Altitude 450 feet. 



Type.— Adult male. B. M. No. 13. 8. 23. 1. Original No. 3191. 

 Collected 5th May 1913 b}^ C. A. Crump and presented to the 

 National Collection by the Bombay Natural History Society. 



These nine specimens from Palanpur are very constant in colour, 

 and although they bear a strong resemblance to Mungos auroimnda- 

 tus pallipes from Kandahar, they are decidedly yellower in their 

 general appearance. 



B. — FUNAMBULUS TRILINEATUS, Kel. 



The Nevjera Miya ground Sqiiirrel. 



1852, Sciurus trilineatus, Kelaart, Prod. p. 54. 



1891. Sciurus sublineatus, Blanford, Mammalia, No. 256 

 (p)artim). • 



The Ceylon specimens of this squirrel differ sufficiently to make 

 it necessary to separate them from the S. Indian F. sublineatus, and 

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