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applied) or reiiewiuy- tlioir pelago, porlWt spec-iiiu-iis an- nuviv ■ 

 ed, and this individual variation has 1h'«>u th.- cauM' of „mi 

 certainty and some confusion. 



At present, however, three races of brown I{aliij\i ..... ., ..i-im- 



guished in the Peninsula : 



(1) Batiifa jryrsunota. Miller. 



General colour above uniform ucliraceoUb and lirowu, m.irkiMiU 

 annulated hut liecoming on fore legs, sides and tliigliH wurrelv hiie.-kl«l 

 tawny-ochraceous, under parts and inner surfa<-e« of \»'^h .-li^r 

 ochraceous. Top of muzzle dark brown, sides of niuz/lo wlutiMli. 

 cheeks and chin grizzled In-own or whitish. Tail u variuble bn>wu, the 

 bases of the hairs whitish, the latter colour conspicucjus nn tin* under 

 siu'face where the short hairs clothing the verteltne an* bp)Wii. Fevt 

 dark brown. 



Occurs in the northern lialf of the Pmiii-nla. Waterstnull {Ji*le 

 Robinson) has obtained specimens in Noj-th Pahang, and it is known in 

 Pemk as far south as Kuala Kangsar. 



(2) Batiifa ajinit? (Raffles). 



Greneml colour above a variable cafe-au-Liit !>r<>wn, ili»- hiiim dark 

 tipped and very faintly annulated but becoming on neck, fon« l«v»t 

 sides and thighs tawny-ochraceous ; under parts and inner Hurfoce* 

 of legs clear white or whitish-buff. Muzzle, cheeks antl »-lun m in 

 R. pyrsonota. Feet whitish or light buft" like the under i>artN. 



Occurs in Southern Johore and .Singapia-e Island. 



(3) Batufa aureiventer (G-eoftr.). 



Nearly agrees with R. affinis above but U-low ii'.seniblc> H. i>jfr- 

 sonota. The back and tail are very variable, ranging from iHaU-iJuM*- 

 brown to pale cream buff. As Cantor lias cornvtly noted, the fwt u«t 

 1)6 dark or light— in fact, they r.iuge from dark brown to «ji-hnMt'..u*. 

 buff, those of much bleached and abraded individuals .ift.-u Hh..«mi; 

 patches of both colours. 



Occurs in the area U'twecn the distri.t> .H.upi.-d i.^ 'I- i^^- -r. 

 ceding animals. 



All these mees agree in the posst>ssi.»n ..f a n..tabl.- |. n 



the outer side of the thigh, and in an annulati-d \iy\n^r mi! : h 



when the pelage is worn this often disapin-ars entin'I\ 



Mr. R. C. Wroughton, in a nvent paiier dealing witl '■■ 



Sqiiin-els (Jour. Bombay Nat. Hid. .SW., Fvh.. l'Jl'>\ ' "'r 



Bonhote in stating that R. anreiventer is a yeIlow-f.K.i. 



fines it to Malacca, wliilc the range of It. /»y.-^uH'V.i .^ « -• 



Trang to Selangor. But. as I liave iK.int.Ml o.it «U>to. tlH- (ornirr » 



both 'dark and light footed, an.l th.- -radat. 



colour of the feet\-auuot ]>e u.sed a.s a diffeni.- 



these races, and B. j>ryso„oto which, far from exU-ndmi: t 



appai-entlv barelv enters the Federateil Malnv St • 



venter, as'Mr. P.ouhote conxrtly u-ted. is the pn 



