IG2 W. T. Blanford — On some Mammals fi^om Tenasserim. [No. 3, 



race, for which Blyth's name may be retained, but they are not, I think, 



really separable from >S^. caniceps. 



The following dimensions in the flesh of two adult females, are 



taken from Mr. Davison's tickets ; both specimens are from Kaukaryit in 



the Houngdarau valley. I also add (3 and 4) the measurements of two 



spirit specimens from Mr. Limborg's collection. 



1? 2? 3(^ 4?, 



Length from nose to anus, 8'2 8*7 9*25 8-75 



„ of tail from anus, 9'2 Q'S 7*75 9 25 



„ of hairs at end of tail, 2-5 2-3 3 3*25 



Total 19-9 20-8 20- 21-25 



Lengthof fore foot (without claws), 1-2 1-2 1-32 1-22 



„ of hind foot and tarsus (do.), 1*8 1-85 2* 205 



Height of ear outside, 0*4 052 045 045 



„ inside from orifice, 0'8 0-9 0-83 0-8 



S. caniceps ranges throughout the Tenasserim provinces from Moul- 

 main to the banks of the Pakchoung. I have also one specimen labelled 

 from Thatone, which is to the west of the Salween, but the skin so precise- 

 ly resembles the peculiarly dark olive specimens from Bankasiin that I am 

 inclined to suspect the label must have been changed by accident. 



S. mouhoti. 



Gray, P. Z. S., 1861, p. 137. 



S. berdmorei, Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 3, XX, p. 279. (? an S. berdmorei 

 verus Blyth.) 



Several skins were procured by Mr. Davison, and a specimen in spirit 

 was collected by Mr. Limborg, of a species of striped squirrel differing 

 somewhat from the Museum specimens of S. berdmorei, but agreeing very 

 well with Gray's description of S. mouhoti from Camboja.* The museum 

 specimens of S. herdmorei, said by Blythf to have been collected by him- 

 self in MartabanJ, have three broad black stripes along the back, whereas 

 in the specimens before me there are no black stripes and no distinct darker 



* Especially with the second description quoted above from the ' Annals and Maga- 

 zine of Natural History.' In the original description the interspace between the pale 

 1 ateral lines was said to be black, in the second account blackish, which accords better 

 with Mr. Davison's specimens. The remark appended to the original description of S. 

 Mouhoti, that it differs from most squirrels of the same size by having the three streaks 

 on the upper part of the back, I understand to refer to the lateral bands, a dark one- 

 between two pale stripes, on the upper part of the side, not on the lower as in S. vittatus 

 and its allies. 



t Cat. Mam. Mus. As. Soc. p. 106. 



+ J. A. S. B., 1862, XXXI, p. 333. 



