SMALL MAMMALS FROM THE KA CHIN PRO VINCE. rm 



broad white bands, the white extending along the inner sides of both 

 tore and hmd hmbs, while in others these bands are narrow and are 

 restricted to the trunk. And the median black Ibe may be either 

 deep black or grizzled grey. 



(15) Dremomys pernyi, M. Edw. 

 6 18, 19. Imaw Bum. 6— 7000'— F. K. Ward. 



(16) Tamiops spencei, sp. n. 



$ 22, 23. 28 22'N. 97 40'E. Alt. IO,000'-P. M. Leonard. 



A reddish suffused species with inconspicuous striping and very 

 long fur. 



Size about as in macclellandi. Fur very long and soft, more so 

 than in any others of the Museum series ; hairs of back about 12— 

 13mm. in length, apart from the longer bristle hairs. General colour 

 strongly suffused with dull rufous, not so olivaceous as usual. Strip 

 ing very little developed, the median black stripe alone definitely 

 developed, and even that rather snort. The other stripes only faintly 

 distinguishable as stripes at all, subequal in breadth, the inner one 

 greyish buffy, the next brownish rufous, followed by the broad dull 

 buffy band which represents the usual outer light stripe ; this ends 

 behind the shoulders and does not connect with the subocular. 

 Hairs of undersurface dark slaty with dull creamy tips. Crown dull 

 olivaceous. Hairs of ear-tufts black with white tips. Tail hairs 

 ringed with black and dark ochraceous. 



Hind-foot of type 33mm. 



Hah.—^. Kachin Province, N. Burma, at 28 22'N. 97 40'E. This 

 position would appear to be in the Nam Kiu Mountains, 



Type :— Adult female ; skin without skull. B. M. No. 20. 8. 8. 6. 

 Original number 22. Collected 30 December 1916. 



This seems to be a very distinct species, not nearly allied to other 

 members of Tamiops. It is readily distinguished by the extreme 

 inconspicuousness of the striping, the dull rufous suffusion in the 

 general colour and the very long fur. Unfortunately the heads ol 

 both specimens have been damaged by shot, so that the face markings 

 are not very visible, and the skulls have been destroyed. 



" Shot in snow ". 



I have named this pretty species in honour of Mr. R. A. Spence, 

 of Bombay, who is now continuing the onerous but most valuable 

 work of managing the collecting part of the Mammal Survey of India, 

 a duty so long and ably carried on by ]\Ir. W. S. Millard. 



(17) Rattus niviventer, Hodgs. 



6 17. E. Flank of Imaw Bum range, 8,000'— F. K. Ward. 



(18) Rattls bowersi, And. 

 S 11, 12.' 14, 15, 16. Kachin Province, 6—8,000'— 

 P. M. Leonard. 



