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ON MAMMALS AND BIRDS FROM THE LOWLANDS 

 OF PAHANO. 



By C. BODEN KLOSS, f.z.s., m.b.o.u. 



"TDAHANG has been but little explored zoologically, and the results 

 "^ of two small collecting visits to that State are now put on record. 



The narrative of a trip up the Pahang, Tembeling and Tahan 

 Rivers, ixndertaken in 1891 by Messrs. H. N. Ridley, W. Davison and 

 Lieut. H. J. Kelsall, was accompanied by lists of mammals and birds 

 observed and collected during the journey. These lists, drawn up by 

 Mr. Ridley and Lieut. Kelsall, consist so largely of species observed, 

 rather than obtained, that they are not altogether reliable, but they 

 present the first information we have of the animal life of the region. 



The mammals noted are the larger and commoner species only, but 

 amongst the birds recorded are two or three of interest — viz., Gerygone 

 modiglianii, Salvad (0. pedoralis, Davison), which was obtained for 

 the first time in the Peninsula ; a somewhat dubious species, Setaria 

 melanocejjhcda (Davison), which, if distinct, is very closely allied to 

 S. a^nis, Blyth, was described; and a new species of Myna, Acridotheres 

 torquatus, Davison, was also obtained. 



The next collection from Pahang was made by Mr. Waterstradt on 

 Gunong Tahan and is dealt with by Dr. Hartert in a paper entitled " On 

 Birds from Pahang, Eastern Malay Peninsula " : besides an account of 

 the mountain birds it includes a number of species obtained by collec- 

 tors in the lowlands of Pahang and also from the Simgei Lebeh. 



More recent information is contained in the reports on the collec- 

 tions of mammals and birds made by Messrs. Robinson and Wray in 

 1905 on Grunong Tahan and at Kuala Tembeling. 



Finally, some years ago. Dr. W. L. Abbott collected along the 

 course of the Rompin River in South-eastern Pahang : no account of 

 his specimens has been published, but the following were obtained or 

 observed : 



1. Hylobates lar (Linn.). 



2. Presbytis obscura (Reid). 



3. Felis tigris, Linn. 



4. Paradoxurus hermaphrodit vis , 



Pallas. 



5. Elephas maximus, Liim. 



6. Tapirus iudicus, Cuv. 



7. Bos gaurus hiibbacki, 



Lydekker. 



8. Cervus unicolor equinus, Cuv. 



9. Tragulus canescens. Miller. 



10. Tragulus ravus. Miller. 



11. Ratufa melanopepla, Miller. 



1 2 . Ratufa aurei venter (Greoff r. ) . 



13. Scivirus tenuis, Horsf. 



14. Mus vociferans. Miller. 

 16. Mus surifer. Miller. 



16. Mus asper, Miller. 



17. T u p a i a rn a 1 a c c a u a , 



Anderson. 



18. Graleoptervis peninsulse, 



Thomas. 



The collections dealt with below were obtained: the first during 

 May, 1910, at Genting and Punjom, spots about seven miles west of 

 Kuala Lipis, which localities are quoted as " Lipis " ; the second 

 during June of the same year, at places between six to nine miles west 



