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of Bencoolen, living principally on palm-trees. It pierces a hole 

 in the coco-nuts for the purpose of drinking the contained milk. 

 It is called Tupai, Jty which appears to be the generic name of 

 the Squirrels. 



It is about eight inches in length, and the tail is about the same. 

 The ears are round, resembling in form the human, and not 

 bearded. The colour on the upper part of the body and on 

 the tail is a mixed yellowish-grey, each hair being twice an- 

 nulated with black and fawn-colour. The lower parts are 

 brownish-red or fulvous. On the sides, from the shoulder to 

 the hind-leg, is a stripe of white, separated from the fulvous 

 part by one of black. The tail is round, and has the hair 

 uniformly disposed, not spreading towards each side, in which 

 particular it resembles the S. Guerlingus (Myoxus Guerlingus 

 Pennant). It carries it erect like the other Squirrels, and it 

 is of the same colour as the body, with the exception of the 

 extremity, which is furnished with some fulvous hairs. The 

 scrotum is very large and pendent. The eyes are surrounded 

 by a fawn-coloured ring. The whiskers are black. 



There is another species nearly related to the preceding, but 

 much smaller, being only about five inches in length. It has the 

 same distinguishing characteristics of rounded ears, round tail, 

 and large scrotum, but differs in wanting the white stripe on the 

 sides ; in the under parts being of a greyish-white, not fulvous ; 

 in the tail wanting the fulvous hairs at its point, and in ha vino- the 

 light and dark colours more distinct and somewhat annulated. 

 In other respects, and in the colour of the back, it exactly re- 

 sembles the former, and is perhaps no more than a variety. 



Of Flying Squirrels there are two species. The S. Petaurista 

 is, according to Major Farquhar, a native of Malacca, and there 

 called Chin Krawa. The second species was lately sent to me 



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