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Kkmajcks. — Tlie East B^iiesitian Isknd st^mrn?! ditfex* from the 

 Gresit Kedang animal in that — ^rfule in the latter e:i;se departxuies from 

 the ireneiallT pieTailinf &urm aie still in the minority — in Perbentiau 

 Idand it is the verr distinct and uausaally cok>iuvd animak that 

 alreadv predomin:»te, *and it therefore becomes nev.v*sary to take one of 

 the latter for the tvjw and regard the others a;* individuals in a stage 

 of eTolution. 



The variation which this ^luimel and also S. jplta^iti«^ exhibat is 

 extraordinary, for the island of Great Bedang is perhaps ten square 

 miles in area, while East Perhentian is about half that sine only. 

 The species most resembling ^. j/>r*:4em:^ appears to occur on one 

 of the Katuna Islands, but each of wbat are ia P^rhentian Island 

 mere stages or varieties is parallelled bv a distinct gec^raphica! race on 

 one or other island of the Bomean groxip, each race there occxipying 

 an island by itself. * 



The principal diJ96?rvnce betwee.: ^ nd these latter seems 



to lie ia the ruf ous-pencilkd tail ^ -hich. in spite of its 



pallid under-parts, allies it with the m*m*^*4>» bdraneh of the ritt<atii$* 

 group. 



While mutations 2 and o closely resemUe mutation 2 of the Great 

 Ibedang squirrel tiie two species an? vet very distinct and different. 



$CirRl~S OITTATTS WATSOXL 



Kloss. Ann, and Ma^. Nat. HL^. 1 8 K vii.. p. 118, 1?11. 



TrPK. — Adult male (skin and skull). Xo. 2085 10. Selangor Mu- 

 seum, collected on Xantingti Island, off Trengganu. east coast of the 

 Malay Peniosula, t>ai September. 1910. by C Boden Kloss. Original 

 IJo. S500. 



Chauactkks. — ^Most nearly resembJbe^ o>. >w>;*!(«v,.«. 7 .^ v\' . ^ 

 hut is smaller and paler above, the yeUow dement beii^ Kg'r.:- -. .rser 

 and present in greater qxantity, especmDhr on head, Kmbt ai: ' 

 Ptencil of tail more defined and intense; Intend pale strife i^u 

 broader and daik^, du^ stripe much shtxta- and much obseured by 

 giinliiig. 



CoiouR. — Upper-parts a ccarse sj^cUe of buff and Mack; the 

 black being much reduced or absent on sides of liead and neek, fore- 

 limbs and hrnd-fi?!^: an obsolete bnff ring rofund the ev^s; chin 

 and anterior pKHticHi of throat gievish-baff. 



Under-parts soiled Oi:hiaceott$^ slightly tinged with tawny on the 

 chest and abdomen. 



Upper lateral stripe medium buff (7. S mm. wide): ktwer strqie dull 

 black, about 10 mm. wide, stiongbr giioied and obecored by the buff- 

 tichraceous tips of the haiis and giadoalty blatdi^ with the colour of 

 the upper-parts round the poist^ior termnHidioB of the buff stripe. 



13S (19M). 



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"x Jaanail «f Ok? Brdia»ned SGtJtas %i!%«SE<^~ tIj' rr_ ^ftx 1- Deic 1900, pc U& 



