NYCTICEBUS. 95 



Hah. Assam and Eastern Bengal tbrougb Upper Burma 

 and Arakan to Siam, and through the Malayan Peninsula to 

 Sumatra and Java. 



Vae. einerea. 



Large race inhabiting Assam, Sylhet^ and Cachar, and 

 ranging eastwards through Upper Burma (Bhamo) to Siam. 

 Clear greyish ashy, or silvery grey on the head and neck, with 

 only a trace of the head markings so distinct in the Javan 

 race ; the rest of the trunk greyish, but washed with brown- 

 ish and tending to reddish brown on the hind quarters. 

 Dorsal band rich dark brownj fading away on the vertex ; 

 upper incisors two to four. 



83a. A stuffed adult female, and its skull. No. 47A of 

 Blyth's Catalogue : one pair of upper incisors. Tipperah. 

 Presented by P. Skipwith, Esq., 1846. 



b. A stuflFed young animal. Tipperah. Presented by 

 F. Skipwith, Esq., 1846. 



c. A stuffed adult. Tipperah. Presented by A. Grote, 

 Esq., 28th July 1864. 



d. A stuffed adult female and its skull : two pairs of upper 

 incisors. Goalpara, Assam. Presented by Raja Pirthi Ram 

 Chowdry, 17th August 1867. 



e ^ f. A stuffed adult female and its young one. Goal- 

 para, Assam. Presented by Raja Pirthi Ram Chowdry, 17th 

 August 1867. 



g. A stuffed young male. Goalpara, Assam. Presented 

 by Raja Pirthi Ram Chowdry, 5th July 1868. 



h. An adult male in alcohol, Goalpara, Assam. Presented 

 by Raja Pirthi Ram Chowdry, 17th August 1867. 



i. An adult male in alcohol and its skull : two pairs of in- 

 cisors. Bhamo, Upper Burma. Dr. J. Anderson. Presented 

 by the 2nd Expedition to Western China, 1875. 



j. The skeleton of an adult male. Goalpara, Assam. Pre- 

 sented by Raja Pirthi Ram Chowdry, 5th July 1868. 



h. The skulls, Nos. 47 A to C of Blyth's Catalogue. 



I. The skeleton of a specimen from Goalpara, Assam. Pre- 

 sented by H. L. Houghton, Esq., 1868. 



Vae. malaiana, 



A smaller variety, darker than the preceding, without the 

 marked silvery grey ; brownish, with a rusty hue ; indistinct 

 head markings as compared with var. javanica ; dorsal line 

 well defined to lumbar region ; upper incisors 3 to 4 ; skull 



