224: ON THE GEOGKAPIIICAL 



and I dare not decide this difficult question, on account of 

 the great changes ^vhich these animals undergo from ago, 

 especially in the form of the cranium ; it is, however, 

 proper to state, that the TujKijas of Java never arrive at 

 so great a size as those of Sumatra and Borneo. The 

 Common Boar of India, Sus vittatus, has been brought 

 by navigators from Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and from 

 Timor ; but the differences which exist among individuals 

 from those different places are so trifling, that it is not 

 worth the pains to distinguish them. Tlie Stag of the 

 Moluccas is of a size considerably inferior to that of 

 Java, Cervus russa, altliough it evidently belongs to the 

 same species. The Small Cat of India, Felis minuta, 

 Javanica, or Sumatrensis, presents in its tints discrepan- 

 cies, more or less marked, according as the species in- 

 habits Java, Sumatra, Malacca, Siani, or Bengal ; and 

 we observe, besides, a great number of accidental varie- 

 ties. The Pigmy Indian Musk, Mosclius javanicus, be- 

 comes a little larger, and presents darker tints in Suma- 

 tra, Mosclius najiu. It is also found in the Isle of 

 Bangka, Penang, and the Peninsula of Malacca ; the in- 

 dividuals from Borneo attain a hirger size, and those of 

 Siani shew a different disposition of colours, although the 

 physiognomy of that race is quite the same as that of 

 Java. The Dwarf Squirrel, Sciurus melanotis (which, by 

 its extremely small size, is to the other squirrels wliat 

 the Falco cocruleus is to the rest of the Falcons) inhabits 

 Java, Sumatra, and Borneo, and presents, in these differ- 

 ent countries, local A'arieties, more or less constant. One 

 of the squirrels most common in India is the Sciurus 

 nigro vittatus, which, during certain seasons of the year, 

 losing the gi'eyish-black colour of its belly, then forms 

 the nominal species introduced into systems under the 

 names of Sciurus plantani, S. ginginianus, and S. biline- 

 atus : this squirrel lives in Java, Sumatra, Malacca, 

 China, &c. ; it presents, in these different parts of the 

 world, many varieties, but their characteristics are so 

 minute, that I should not dare to describe them, without 

 having examined a great number of individuals of each 

 variety. Lastly, I shall only mention the differences, often 



