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GUNOMYS sp. 



Thanks to specimens from Tenassei"im (received later than these) I am in 

 a position to say that these are not G. varius. Thos. So far as I can judge, 

 neither are they benyalensis. As our knowledge of that species however is 

 based on very imperfect material and as undoubted specimens may be ex- 

 pected in the Bengal Orissa Collection, I prefer, for the moment, not to 

 give a specific name to this series. Both in skull and body proportions 

 these are markedly larger than any benr/aloisis that T have ever seen. 

 (S 2. Mingun. 



6 8, 2 iO, ji^v. 2. Mt. Popa. 

 2 1. Pagan. 

 " Living in burrows close to houses, &c., like other Indian Bandicoots. 

 Plentiful in Popamyo Village and possibly in most towns and villages 

 throughout the Dry Zone. At Mingun an individual was trapped inside a 

 hollow tree about 8 feet from the ground." — G. C. S. 



Vernacular names — ^Taw-chwet (Popa), Mye-chwet (Pagan). 



MiLLAKDIA KATHLEEN^E, ThoS. 



The Burmese soft furred Field Hat. 



1914. yiillardia Katlileence, Thomas, Journ., B.N.H.S. XXIII, p. 29. 

 c? 8, $ 6. Mt. Popa. 



5 21, 2 16. Pagan. 



■' Plentiful at Pagan, especially in hedges around cultivation, also occur- 

 ring around Popamyo Village where it was much less numerous — nocturnal." 

 — G. C. S. 



Vernacular name — Le-chwet (Popa). 



Ehizomys castaneus, Blyth, 



The bay Bamboo Hat. 



(Synonymy in No. 14.) 



2 !• Mingun. 



6 1-5, 2 1^- Mt. Popa. 



1 (flat skin) Ngazun, Sagaing. (Collected by Maj. F. C. Owens). 



{See also Report No. 14.) 



"Occurring round every camp visited, both in dry and damp, open and 

 forest localities. Particularly numerous on Mt. Popa, where its mounds 

 were' observed almost at the top of the mountain. Rhizomys evidently 

 breeds before coming to its full size. The very large specimens were not at 

 all plentiful, yet the more plentiful medium sized ones were evidently 

 breeding and to all appearances adult. I doubt if these rats often come 

 above ground except for mating or migrating purposes. The mounds on 

 Mt. Popa were much larger than those made by the small species on the 

 Shan Plateau." 



Vernacular name — Pwe (Burmese). 



Ac'ANTHIOjST bkachyuruji, L. 

 The Malay Porcupine. 



1758. HystrLv brachyura, Linnyous. Syst: Nat: lOth Ed. p. 57. 



c? 2, 2 I. Mt. Popa ; 2. AUappa, Sagaing (collected by Maj. 

 F. C. Owens.) 



I had identified these as H. benyalensis, Blyth. They were neither 

 leucura nor hodysoni, it seemed to me therefore that they must be benyalen- 

 sis, which I had never seen but with the description of which they agree 



