Preliminary Diagnoses of some New Species and 



Subspecies of Mammals and Birds 



Obtained in Korinchi, West Sumatra, Feb.— June 1914 



By Herbert C. Bobinsox, c.m.z.s., m.b.o.f. 



and 



C. Bode sr Kloss, f.z.s., m.b.o.u. 



The following brief diagnoses, which are merely sufficient to 

 establish the species and subspecies, are published in advance of 

 the detailed report on our expedition to Korinchi Peak to be issued 

 by this society, which may possibly be somewhat delayed, hi it 

 will be found the narrative of the expedition, detailed descriptions 

 of all new forms and a complete account of the zoological and 

 botanical results. 



MAMMALS. 



ERINACEIDAE, 



Hylomys parvus, sp. nov. Type : — Adult female (skin 

 and skull), Federated Malay States Museums N"o. 576/14, 

 collected on Korinchi Peak, 10,000', West Sumatra, on 9th 

 May 1914, by H. C. Robinson and C. Boden Kloss. 



Characters: — Like II. suillus 1 hut smaller, though with 

 tail actually longer and bieolored ; fur longer and less harsh 

 and the grey of the underparts rather more pronounced. 

 Skull more lightly built, teeth strikingly smaller. 



Measurements: — Head and body, [105 av.~| ; tail, 25; 

 hindfoot, 23.5 mm. Skull : greatest length, 31.2 ; basal length, 

 27.8; palatal length, 17.0; upper tooth row, 15.8; pm 4 -m 3 , 6,-9; 

 breadth of palate behind canine, 4.4; zygomatic breadth, 15.6; 

 length of mandible, 22.4 mm. 



Specimens examined : — Twenty. 



SCIURIDAE. 



Sciurus tenuis altitudinis, subsp. nov. Type : — Adult 

 male (skin and skull), Federated Malay States Museums No. 

 471/14, collected at Sungei Kring, Korinchi Peak, 7,300', 



1. Mueller and Schlegel, Verhandelingen. Naturr. Gcsch. Ind. Zool. 

 p. 153; pi. 25, figs. 4-7; pi. 26, fig. 1 (1839-44). 



Jour. Straits Branch 11. A. Soc, No. 73, 1916. 



