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collected on this hill, Init it is known to possess, in 

 common with other ranges of similar elevation, species 

 that are not met with in the low country, such as 

 Mus ciliatus, Bonh. ; Sciarus tenuis tahari, Bonh. ; 

 Sc. novemlineaias, Miller; and Demomys rufiyenis 

 helfieldi (Bonh.) ; 



(e) Semauglvo Pass, 2,700 feet— 



A pass on the main range between Selangor and Paliang, 

 to the north of the preceding locality with high hi] Is, 

 on either side of it reaching about 4.800 feet. 

 (Til.) Singapore and S. Johore.: 



(a) Bukit Timah, 680 feet— 



In the centre of Singapore Island and the highest hill 

 on it. Being a forest reserve, tliere is still some old 

 jungle left, thoogh it is very much damaged, most 

 of the really large trees having been cut out. The 

 hill, or its immediate neighbourhood, is probably the 

 actual type locality for such species as Sciurtis tenuis, 

 Tupaia ferriujinea and Tvacjvlns ]i a nchilfulvi venter ; 



(//) Changi, Singapore Island — 



A locality at the north-east corner of the island at the 

 eastern entrance to Johore Straits, where there is 

 still 300 or 400 acres of old jungle, and where mam- 

 mals, especially I'ats and slirews, were found to be 

 numerous ; 



(c) Tanjong Surat, S.-E. Johore— 



On the coast of Johore, a few miles N.N.-E. of Changi. 

 A large village with considerable groves of coconuts. 

 There is no old jvmgle in the neighbourhood, all 

 having been felled for gambier and pine-apples. Most 

 of the plantations are now abandoned and have 

 grown u)) in coarse grass (lalang) and bracken 

 (resam) ; 



(d) Si Karang, S.-E. Johore— 



On the coast, 4 or 5 miles east of Tanjong Surat at 

 the foot of the hill marked on the charts as Little 

 .lohore Hill. There was a certain amount of jungle 

 here and characteristic sp'ecies, such as 3Ius vnciferavi^ 

 and L'Jilt/osciuriis leo were obtained; 



(e) Tanjong Boi, S.-E. Johore— 



A promontory between the estuaries of the Johore and 

 Lebam Rivers and opposite Tanjong Sm-at. 



A grove of coconuts yielded specimens of ^SV*. ji^ninsu- 

 taris, and not the new form luteolns, wliich occurs at 

 Tanjong Surat and Si Karang, and also a few com- 

 mon rats ; 



