MELES 349 



1906. Meles meles britannicus Satunin, Mitteilungen des Kaukasisohen 

 Museums, n, p. 115 (Based on the cranial measurements of 

 English specimens recorded by Barrett-Hamilton, Ann. and Mag. 

 Nat. Hist., 7th ser., iv, p. 384). Co-types in British Museum. 



1910. Meles meles and M. meles britannicus Trouessart, Faune Mamm. 

 d'Europe, p. 69. 



Type locality. — Upsala, Sweden. 



Geographical distribution. — Central and southern Europe from 

 southern Sweden to the Pyrenees and Italy, and from Ireland 

 eastward ; eastern limit of range not known. 



Characters. — Skull and teeth moderately large, the teeth 

 rarely attaining maximum size for the species ; colour moderately 

 light, the sides not often conspicuously whitish. 



Measurements. — Adult male and female from Woodpark, 

 Galway, Ireland: head and body, 686 and 618; tail, 153 and 

 150 ; hind foot, 108 and 102 ; ear from meatus, 48 and 45. 

 Adult female from Boueonne, Gers, France : head and body, 670 ; 

 tail, 170; hind foot, 100; ear from meatus, 45. Adult female 

 from Ingelheim, Rheinhessen, Germany : head and body, 672 ; 

 tail, 180; hind foot, 104; ear from meatus, 50. For cranial 

 measurements see Table, p. 350. 



Specimens examined. — Thirty-five, from the following localities : — 



Ibeland : Woodpark, Galway, 2. 



England: Burnley, Lancashire, 1; Ross, Hereford, 1; Kentchurch, 

 Herefordshire, 4 ; Tetworth, Oxfordshire, 1 ; Ibstone, Buckinghamshire, 1 ; 

 Horsham, Sussex, 1 ; Bicton, Devonshire, 1 ; Oornwall,l; no exact locality, 4. 



Norway : Holme, Mandal, 7 ; Egersund, Stavanger, 2. 



Sweden : Middle Sweden, no exact locality, 1 (Stockholm) ; Takern, 

 Ostergotland, 1 (Stockholm) ; Smaland, 1 (Stockholm) ; Skane, 2 (Stock- 

 holm) ; no exact locality, 1. 



Ekance : Eor£t de Boueonne, Gers, 1. 



Gebmany : Ingelheim, Bheinhessen, 1 ; Strass, near Burgheim, 

 Bavaria, 1. 



Italy : Liguria, 1 (Genoa). 



<5, ?. Woodpark, Galway, Ire- R. E. Hibbert (p). 95. 6. 2. 1. 

 land. 95. 12. 3. 1. 



(Co-types of M. m. britannicus, Satunin.) 

 ?. Burnley, Lancashire, Hon. N. C. Roths- 0. 10. 31. 4. 



England. child (p). 



i. Ross, Herefordshire. Hon. N. C. Roths- 0. 10. 31. 3. 



child (p). 

 9, 3 juv. st. Kentchurch, Hereford- W. E. de Winton 

 shire. (c & p). 



6. Tetworth, Oxfordshire. Hon. • H. Parker 



(c & p). 

 i. Ibstone, Buckingham- A. H. Cocks (c & p). 4. 1. 25. 1. 



shire. 

 A. Horsham, Sussex. E.C. Hawes (c & p). 7.4.13.1. 



9. Bicton, Devonshire. J.C.Stagdon(c&p). 97.2.23.1. 



1 (albino) Cornwall. Lord Lilford (p). 89. 10. 28. 1. 

 skull. Sweden. Purchased (Wheel- 64. 3. 8. 1. 



wright). 

 4 (J, 2 9. Holme, Mandal, Norway. R. J. Cuninghame 8. 8. 9. 7-12. 



(c & p). 



2 skulls. Egersund, Stavanger. K. H. Schaanning /ll. 6. 3. 13. 



(o), ill. 10. 23. 2. 



