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season living in trees, and in the monsoon freely entering our houses 

 and in impudent familiarity taking the place held in India by the 

 common palm squirrel, it is however, probably from its rat-like 

 head, and thievish expression, very unpopular. I have found them 

 in rat-traps however, so possibly they deserve to be so. I cannot 

 endorse the statement regarding their " extraordinary agility," page 

 65 of Jerdon, for they did not to me appear to be nearly so active 

 as squirrels : at least, I remember one of my terriers on two 

 occasions catching one, a feat I have never seen any dog do with a 

 squirrel ; cats of course often pounce upon them. 



No. 12. Ursus Malayanus. 

 JERDON, No. 90, PAGE 71 ; BURMAH BEAR. 

 If ursus " Malayanus" be the Burmah bear ; the description 

 under No. 90, does not give a clear idea of it. The Burmah bear 

 has a glossy black coat, with short and smooth hair, muzzle black- 

 ish, but face, mouth and lower jaw dirty-white, throat black, 

 dividing the white part just mentioned from a large, heart- 

 shaped white mark covering nearly the whole breast with a 

 large black spot in centre and a few minute black dots over 

 remaining portion, the lower part of this heart is continued by a 

 white line between the fore legs, and widened out again on the belly 

 into a large irregularly-shaped spot. The head is flattened and 

 very short, with far more of a canine than an ursine expression 

 ears very small, smooth and round. The animal is somewhat smaller 

 than ursus labiatus of the same age and sex (female about three 

 years old) would be, but very powerful and certainly far more 

 intelligent and lively than any specimen of ursus labiatus I have 

 seen. These notes were taken from a well known animal, " Ada" 

 presented by me to the People's Park at Madras, and which in 

 good humor, playfulness and amusing tricks much resembles the 

 bear mentioned by Sir Stamford Raffles in his notes. Like his pet, 

 " Ada," is never out of temper and always ready to play with any 

 one. While she was with me, " Ada" would not eat meat in any 

 shape. But I was told by one of the ship's officers that another of 

 the same species^ " Ethel," (also presented by me to the Committee 

 of the People's Park' of Madras and by them sent to England) while 



