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Little collecting- was doue on West Perhentian owing to the natui'e 

 of its surface and vegetation but the following mammals were 



obtained : 



1. Tupaia ferruginea longicauda. A Tree-Shrew of markedly- 



arboreal habits. 



2. Galeoiiterm immilm Miller. A Flying-Lemur inseparable 



from that occiu-ring on several other islands near the 

 shores of the Peninsula. 



3. Pteropus liyimnelanus lepidiis. The Lesser Flying-Fox. 



4. Sciurus vittatvs perhe7)tiani. A member of the vitfatus group 



of Sqviirrels. 

 The mamnial fauna of East Perhentian Island was ascertained to 

 l)e as follows : 



5. Sciurus (vittatus) p rot en s. 



An insular race of the Red- 

 Isellied Scjuirrel exhibiting 

 much variation within 

 itself. 



6. Mas surifer Jfavigrandis. 



1. Preshytes oh sc lira styx. A 



very dark race of the Dusky 

 Lotong. 



2. Tnpaia ferruginea longlcauda. 



3. Galeopterus pnmilus. Miller. 



4. Pteropus hypomelanous lepi- 



dvs, Miller. 



7. Mus raUusjaloi'ensis, Bonhote. 



Three species of Bats (probably Bhinolophus, Emhallonura and 

 Cynopierus spp.) were seen but not obtained : it was reported that 

 there wei-e no pig or mouse-deer and no carnivore with the exception 

 of a small wild cat (not Paradoxurus sp.) which was not met with, nor 

 any form of macaque. 



The following birds were collected or observed : 



1. Chalcophaps indica (Linn.). 



2. Demiegretta sacra (Gm.). 

 *3. Ceyx euerythra, Sharpe. 



6. Calornis chabyljea (Horsf.) 

 Of reptiles were obtained or seen : 



4. Acanthopneuste b o r e a 1 i s 

 (Bias.). 



5. Corvus macrorhvnchus, Wagl. 



1 . Ehacophorus 1 e u c o m y s t a x , 

 Gravenh. 

 *2. Chelone mydas, Linn. 



3. Acanthosaura armata, Gray. 



4. Calotes cristalellus, Kuhl. 



5. Mabuia multifasciata, Kuhl. 



6. Python reticiilatus, Schn. 



7. Dendrelaphis caudolineatus, 



Gray. 



8. Simotes cyclurus, Cantor. 



Below is a full account of all the mammals obtained : preliminary 

 diagnoses of the new forms appeared in the "Annals and Magazine of 

 Natural History" for Januai-y, 1911. 



rUESBYTE.S OBSCmA STYX. 



Kloss, Alw. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), vii., p. 116, 1911. 



Type.— Adult male (skin and skull), No. 2,061,10, Selangor 

 Museum, collected on East Perhentian Island, off Trengganu, east 

 coast of the Malay Peninsula, 12th September, 1910, by C. Boden Kloss. 

 Original No. 3,634. 



* Obf-ervefl. 



