182 MR. KLOSS ON THE WHITE SQUIRREL OF SIAM. 



from those of Wroughtoii ) but neither indicates the specimen, nni' 

 even its provenance. 



I was of course auare (Journal, ji. 159, para. 2) tliat these 

 authors both i)robably regarded the type locaHly as insular, and my 

 note was written with the object of showing that this was a mistaken 

 view. 



Mr. ^Vfoughton's pajier is subsequent to the " Zoological lie- 

 searches " and tlie only way in which Anderson's statement could be 

 discounted, even though the type he saw may have disappeared — as 

 has happened more than once — would be to prove that a white squirrel 

 does not occur in Siam. It is, liowever, very common there, and any 

 attempt to select a lectotype is invalid unless an example, from ihe 

 Siamese mainland of Horsfield's original series is available. 



G. f. lacliurdi liobinson, is thus a synonym of Sc. f. finlaiisoni 

 Horsfield, and the name of the Koh Si Chang race remains S'\ f. portiis. 



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