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Show 1902.] MAMMALS FROM SIAM. 39 slightly at variance with those taken from the dried skin in my former paper:- Head and Tail Hind foot j* body. without hairs. (s. u.). a 589 mm. 440 mm. 108 mm. 4 mm. b 565 „ 435 „ 107 „ 4 „ 3. SCIURUS CASTANEOVENTRIS GORDONI Anders. Sciurus gordoni Anders. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 140; id. Zool. Res. Yunnan, p. 240 (1879). Sciurus castaneoventris gordoni Anders., Bonh. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vol. vii. p. 164 (Feb. 1901). a. o* . Doi Sritepe, Chiengmai, 27th March, 1901. Dimensions in flesh. Head and body 218 mm.; tail 193 ; hind foot 47; ear 21. This form has hitherto been recorded only from Upper Burma, but the present specimen agrees perfectly with examples from the type locality. 4. SCIURUS CANICEPS Gray. Sciurus caniceps Gray (nee Temm.), Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. x. 1842, p. 263 ; Bonh. P. Z. S. 1901, p. 55 ; id. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vol. vii. p. 271 (March 1901), a, b, c. 6 2 2- Sawankalok, Siam, 27th Dec, 1900. Two of these specimens are passing into the bright pelage, while the third has fully assumed it. 5. SCIURUS ATRODORSALIS Gray. Sciurus atrodorsalis Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. x. 1842, p. 263 ; Bonh. P. Z. S. 1901, p. 55. a. $ imm. Chiengmai, Siam, 5th April, 1901. This specimen, which is about three-fourths grown, differs from the adult in its much greyer coloration, the annulations on each hair being of a very pale grey. The colouring of the ears, however, shows a faint yellowish tinge, and down the centre of the back there is a slight trace of the dark colour characteristic of the adult. The underparts resemble those of the adult. 6. Mus CONCOLOR Blyth. Mus concolor Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxviii. p. 295 (1859); Bonh. P. Z. S. 1900, p. 195 ; Flower, loc. cit. p. 361. a. o* ad. Chiengmai, Siam, 3rd April, 1901. b. 2 a(h Chiengmai, Siam, 21st April, 1901. 7. Mus JERDONI (Blyth). Leggada jerdoni Blyth, J. A.S. B. xxxii. p. 350 (1863). a. o* ad. Doi Sritepe, Chiengmai, 15th April, 1901. b c. 2 ad- Doi Sritepe, Chiengmai, 16th & 17th April, 1901. |