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characters as yiveii abuve. Wo arc .l..ul,ilul. huwevt-r. wheth.-r the 

 Tiuggi squirrel, wheu a hirger series is avaihihh\ will W- n'tuiiuHl in thi« 

 race. Moreover, siiecimeiis from Leuuui Point on the .-ast cumit of 

 Johore, not more tliau 15 miles from Tin-gi, ure in.lul.itubly j^nin. 

 sidarU: The corner of Johore, \vheuco all but the Tin^"„'i 8i').'«-iinonH 

 come, is nearly an island, as a deep estuary, the Sungei Lebuni. runs up 

 to Avithin 4 or 5 miles of the east coast, while the Johoj-L- StniitN 

 and the estuary of the Johore Kivcr separates it from llu* niaiuhiud t.i 

 the we^t. At Tanjong Boi, within 8 miles, as the crow lli.s of the 

 type locality of this race, but on the other side of the estuuiy. Sc. r. 

 peHiHimlaris is common. — H. C. K. and C. B. K. I 



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 S 1(A)1, 111(52, J 118 ; ? 1062«. Chang], Singupoio Islau'l. 

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Toj^otypes. 



[This small squirrel is widely distributed through-. ut ili-' IVuiusuhi 

 up to about 4,000 feet, above which level it is. in Paljaug an<l Sclaup.r. 

 replaced by He. laui'is tahan, a consideral)ly larger fi.mi, which. ajKirt 

 from dimensions, can be recognised by tlie yi-llMW liutY, ii-'i white 

 annulations to the hairs of the tail. 



Though we have not actually seen topotypes of Sciuru-> lenuin 

 sardaif, Miller, described from Trang, we have had through our hand« 

 some hundreds of specimens from all h>calities south of a point ulx>ut 

 loO miles south of Trang, and have been unable to draw any coustiint 

 distinction, however slight between this large nundn^r and some :>0 

 or 40 topotypes of Sc. tenids from 8iugai)ore. Yvviw the fact that 

 the authorities of the United States National Museum have distribute*! 

 specimens from Johort} under the name Sc. tenuis ^urdui; Miller, it 

 would appear that they restrict the typical Inmig to JSiugaiM.re Isluud, 

 a conclusion with which we cannot agree. — H. C \l and <' 1*« Iv 



:ni. sciinrs si-i.mi.mu. 



Thos. and Wrought., Ann. Mag. N. H. («), iii.. p. ti:' i.liHH»). 



^Ulied to, and of the same size as. Sc. rolinxonl. Bouli.. but luiviug 

 the pale belly area mudi narn-vcd and the hand-" and iVvt iiion- 

 coarsely made. 



Fur soft and close, but ratlar ,^hori ( 7 mm. on tlu- back). Ucuerul 

 colour above as in robiii^i'ul l>ut rather warmer csiKvially on the fi»iv- 

 l>arts; below much less tinged with bull than in that sjMvio.s. at ino»t 

 yellowish white. Dark colour of back protbkMil «l..\vnward-s on the 

 sides, so that the pale belly area, which i.s parallel sidiil and ^httTly 

 deflned, is n)uch narrowed, and tlie pale aix-as ou the inner sidt* of the 

 upper arms and legs are isolated from it. Hands and fi-»'t eoluun«d 

 like the back, more heavily Iniilt than in ,uhiii:«nil. 



Sladl of type much damaged, hut not «p|»eariug to differ fruui |h«l 

 of roblnsonl, except that the upper incisors 80t>m sliirhtly uion? iuolimnl 

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