1908.] FROM THE TSU-SHIMA ISLANDS. 49 



Iki the sea i-eaches no greater depth than 65 fathoms (Japanese 

 Admiralty chart), while between Kamino-shima and Korea it 

 falls, in one restricted area near the coast of Kamino, to a depth 

 of 105 to 118 fathoms. 



" I collected in Tsu-shima from Jan. 1st to Feb. 3rd, 1907. 



" No Hares or Squirrels are known to the people of Tsu-shima, 

 and I could find no traces of Evotomys or Microtus, or indeed of 

 any other wild species." — M. P. A. 



In addition to the specimens collected by Mr. Anderson I have 

 inserted references to a few mammals obtained by Mr. P. A. Hoist 

 in 1891 when travelling on behalf of the late Mr. Henry Seebohm, 

 by whom they were presented to the British Museum. Among 

 these are the original examples of the Tsu-shima Marten, described 

 by me in 1897. Two further new subspecies are now described. 



After Tsu-shima Mr. Anderson visited the Iki and Goto 

 Islands, the resulting collections proving that those groups are 

 absolutely similar to S.W. Japan in their mammal fauna. 



Mr. Anderson's series amounts to 151 skins, with their skuDs, 

 and is presented as before to the National Museum by His Grace 

 the Duke of Bedford, K.G. 



1. Rhinolophus cornutus Temm. 

 (92.3.20.1-2. P. A. Hoist. 1891.) 



This is the only Bat as yet recorded from Tsu-shima. 



2. MOGERA WOGURA KANAI ThoS. 



(92.9.2.2. P. A. Hoist. 1891.) 



Unfortunately Mr. Anderson was not able to obtain further 

 specimens of the Tsu-shima Mole, which I have provisionally 

 assigned*, on the single example above recorded, to the smaller 

 south-western form M. laogura. 



" Not secured or even seen, but natives tell of a black Mole, 

 and also of a much larger buflT-coloured one, which they say they 

 see in spring and summer." — M. P. A. 



3. Urotrichus talpoides ADVERSUst, subsp. n. 



S. 1243, 1244, 1272, 1274, 1275. $. 1263, 1273, 1279. 

 Sasuna, N. Island. 100'. 



S. 1199, 1204, 1213, 1215, 1221, 1234. $. 1214. Izuhara, 

 S. Island. 300'. 



General colour very brown, furthest from the slaty black of 

 the Hondo subspecies. Size less than in the Kiushiu form, the 

 head and body measurement rarely attaining 90 mm. Tail com- 

 paratively long, averaging nearly 34 mm., its hairs also particularly 

 long. Fur thick and soft — hairs of back about 6'5 mm. in length, 



* Supra, p. 463. f Tsu-shima= Opposite Island. 



. Prog. Zool. Soc.— 1908, No. lY. 4 



