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MAMMALIA. 



Sciurus erythromelas, Tetntninck Esquiss. ZooL, p. 248 (1853). 



Sciurus prevostii, var. sumatrana, var. bangkana and var. bornensis, S. 



atricapillus, and S. erythrogenys, Schlegel Nederl. Tijdsch, i, pp. 25-29, 



pi. i, ii (1863). 

 Macroxus rafflesii, Macroxus sarawakensis, Macroxus pluto, Gray Ann. 



Mag. N. H. (3), XX, pp. 277, 283, (1867). 



Distribution. — The Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Banka, Billiton, 

 Borneo and Celebes. 



a. Skin 



b. Skin $ 

 c-d. 2 Skins $ 



and skulls. 

 e. Skin, skeleton 

 /. Stuffed and 



skull. 

 g. Stuffed and 



skull. 

 h. Stuffed 

 j. Ale. S 



k. Ale. ? 



Malacca 

 Matang, 9-70 

 Borneo 



Malacca 



Borneo 



E. R. Alston [P.] 

 E. R. Alston [P.] 

 E. R.Alston [!'•] 



Zoological Gardens. 

 A. Charlton, A. S. B. 



R. W. G. Frith, A. S. B. 



Batavian Soc. (1844) A.S.B. 

 Zoological Gardens. 

 O. L. Eraser. 



Sciurus palmarum. 



Sciurus palmarum, Linncsus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 86(1766); Sykes 



P. Z. S., 183 1, p. 103 ; Waterhouse Charlesw. Mag. N. H., i, 1837, p. 496; 



Elliot Madr. Journ., x, p. 216 [pt.] ; Ogilby Royle Him. But., p. Ixvii ;; 



Wagner Hugel's Kaschmir, IV, p. 573; Hutton, J. A.S.B. , xv, p. 168. 



Blytk J. A. S. B., xvi, 874 ; id. J. A. S. B., xx, p. 166 ; Horsfield Cat. 



E. I. Mus., p. 152; Blyt/i Cat., no. 339, p. 106; Jerdon Mamm., p. 170 



McMaster Notes on Jerdon, pp. 50, 196 ; Stoliczka J. A. S. B., xli, p, 228 ; 



Rainey P. A. S. B., 1875, p. 159; Blanford Persia, p. 50; Afidcrson 



Anat Zuol. Res., p. 257; Jentink Notes Leyd. Mus-, v, p. 138; Murray 



Zool. Sind., p. 42 ; Thomas P. Z. S., 1886, p. 56. 

 Sciurus penicillatus, Leach- Zool. Misc., I, p. 6, pi. i (1814)* ; Horsefild Cat. 



E. I. Mus. p. 152. 



The Palm squirrel ; Hindustani, Gilheri ; Benp;ali, Beral or 

 Lakki ; Mahratta, Khani ; Canarese, Alalu ; Telegu, Vodata ; 

 Waddurs, Urta. 



Distribution, — The Palm squirrel is found all over the penin- 

 sula of India from the terai region of the Himalayas southwards ; 

 westwards it has been got by Blanford at Pishin in Persian Balu- 

 chistan, and eastwards it does not seem to occur beyond Calcutta ; 

 it is also said to be absent from the east coast country about the 

 Northern Circars and from Malabar. 



$ Pishin, Baluchistan, W. T. Blanford. 

 7-2-72. 

 Bichiakoh, Nepal terai, J. Scully. 

 21-12-77. 



$ Manbhoom Mus. Collector (1866). 



Calcutta E. Blyth (1842), A. S. B. 



^ „ J. Anderson. 



$ Botanical Gardens J. Anderson (1870). 



