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10. Dremomys nifiyenis adamsoni, Thos. — Adamson's Squirrel. 

 1891. Sciurus rufiyenis, Blanford. Mammalia, No. 244 (partim). 

 1914. Dremomys rufiyenh adamsoni, Thomas., Journ. B. N, H. S., 



Vol. XXIII, p. 25. 



2 1, Kalaw, S. Shan States. Collected by Capt. Venning. 



2 1, 1. Maymyo. Collected by J. P. Cook. 

 A small squirrel, about 7 inches long, with a tail a couple of inches less. 

 Grizzled black and yellow, with markedly red cheeks, the under parts white, 

 except the midrib of the tail, which is red, like the cheeks. The chin is 

 much whiter than in true rufigenis and the hairs of the inner sides of the 

 thighs are white to their bases instead of being partially slatey as in the 

 Southern form. The specimens ranked as nifigenis by Miss Ryley, in the 

 Shan States Report (No. 14) belong also to this subspecies. 



11. Epimys rufescens var. — The Common Indian Rat. 



2 1. Gokteik, N. Shan States. Collected by J. P. Cook. 



12. Bandicota sp. 



S 1. Thaton, Tenasserim. Collected by R. Y. Littledale. 



13. Muntiacus vayinalis, Bodd. — The Barking Deer. 



1 juv. Hsipaw, N. Shan States. Collected by J. P. Cook. 



The above specimens, though included in this collection, belong to the 

 Fauna of the Shan States, dealt with by Miss Ryley in Report No. 14. 

 Out of these 13 names no less than 7 do not appear in that Report. Of 

 these latter there are two (Nos. 9 and 10 above) which are names modified 

 as the result of further examination and they apply equally to the speci- 

 mens mentioned in Report No. 14. The remaining 6 are additions to our 

 list of the Shan Plateau Fauna — I believe it has always been the hope of 

 the organisers of the Indian Mammal Survey (it certainly has been mine) 

 that besides its direct results, it would stimulate the interest of Members in 

 the Mammal Fauna of their Districts, and thus result in its being supple- 

 mented by their exertions. The above List, I venture to think, illustrates 

 how much remains to be done, and how much can be efl'ected by local 

 private effort, after the Survey has passed on from any given District. 



The following specimens, also included in the present Collection, belong 

 to areas, whose Fauna has not yet been collected by the Survey. 



1. Felis tigris, L. The Tiger. 



1, Mogoung, Myitkyina Dist. Collected by Capt. F. E. Venning. 



2. Felis pardus, h. The Panther. 



1. Kamaing, Myitkyina Dist. Collected by Capt. F. E. Venning. 



3. Felis affinis, Gray. The Jungle Cat. 



1 (no skull). Thayetmyo. Collected by F. B. Leach, I.C.S. 



4. Felis bengalensis. Kerr. The Leopard Cat. 



2. (no skulls) Thayetmyo. Collected by F. B. Leach, I.C.S. 



Mr. Leach's two skins represent two types of colouring, one is normal 

 bengalensis (?) the other, with confluent spots and streaks is Hodgson's 

 pardochrous. Can Mr. Leach or any other Member throw any light on the 

 question whether these are mere individual variations, or represent distinct 

 species (?) the above two specimens were taken at the same place on the 

 same day. 



