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R. 1329. Mterize River. July 26, 1905. 

 R. 127. Mterize River. July 19, 1905. 

 R. 131. Mterize River. August 25, 1905. 

 Native skins, Mterize River, May, 1905. 

 Two flat skins. This series proves how well this 

 species deserved the name mutabilis. 



" I had quite made up my mind that this series repre- 

 sented two species. 



" I found the reddish forms are common and widely 

 spread, and are called ' Kasiri.' 



" The dark forms I only obtained from the Mterize 

 River, where they are called ' Kaiaiye ' by the natives. 



" I never saw either form away from the dense jungle 

 on the banks of streams." 



Funisciurus annulatus rhodesise, sub. sp. n. 



R. 137$. Road to Chewalla's. Sept. 27, 1905. Alt. 

 4000. 



R. 145 c? , I46?(yg.). Road to Chewalla's. Nov. 14, 

 1905. Alt. 4000. 



Desmarest in his description of annulatus gives the 

 colour as " gris-verdatre clair, provenant de ce que les 

 poils y sont gris a la base et termines de jaunatre." He 

 gives no type locality, but a West African squirrel exactly 

 answers his description and h-as been accepted as annu- 

 latus. The British Museum possesses specimens of this 

 species from Gambia, Angola, &c. The coloration in the 

 series is very constant, the more northern specimens 

 being on the whole more brightly coloured. The present 

 specimens, while agreeing fully in the general pattern of 

 coloration, can be picked out of the series at a glance, 

 owing to the complete absence of the yellow tinge so 

 characteristic of typical annulatus. The hairs of the back 

 are about 15 mm. in length; black for the basal third, 



