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ON MAMMALS AND BIRDS FROM THP: 1ITTJ,S oF 

 NEGRI SEMHILAN. 



By C. BODEN KLOSS, k.z.s., M.M.o.r. 



I 



N July, 1910, 1 made a short coUectiiif^ viwit to the Telajm Buroli ini'l 



Benimbun Hills ^I'oup iu Ne^ri Senibilau, and )>y {MTiiUHHion of tin* 

 authorities of the Raffles Mviseiun, Singapore, Mr. Val«'iitiiu' Kniirlif 

 of that iustitvition joined me at Sereuiban. 



Of these hills, which attain in Oiuiong Telapa Buroli a heiv,'ht of 

 3,915 feet and are hounded on the noi'th In' the pass from Ser<'ni)»iiii to 

 Jelebu (1,300 feet) and on the south towards Guuon^^ An^^ni (2.«>.'i9 

 feet) sink to a still lower level, we had hoped to work the iipj^'r sloj^-s 

 with a view to ascertain whether the fauna of the main mountain 

 range of the Peninsula, well represented in Selangor, extended ko far 

 southwards. Owing, however, to the luisatisfactorv carriers w»' liad 

 to make use of, we finally camped on Bukit Lautai, at a hei^,'ht of 

 2,400 feet, and from thence collected upwards to :i,:^U() f.^-t. finding 

 throughout species very few both in numl>er and in individi'.als and of 

 a purely sub-montane type,thus confirmingthe conclusions of Robinson, 

 derived from the examination of a small collection from Gimong Angsi 

 which was made in November, 1904, and contained several migratory 

 birds not met with by us. 



I was compelled to return to Seremban after a few days, and a wwk 

 subsequent to my departure, Mr. Knight and the collectors descnd.'d 

 to Bukit Tangga in the Seremban-Jelebu Pass and settling thcm.s.'lv.'s 

 iu the Rest-house at an altitude of 1,300 feet worked that neigh)H,urh..o.l 

 for a further ten days. 



Since Robinson's list of Gunong Angsi Vertebrates (- Journ. K.M.S. 

 Museums," i., p. 25, 1906) was the only one in existence dealing with the 

 fauna of this district of Negri Sembilan, I now record the mammals 

 and birds obtained on the adjac-ent group of hills, together with some 

 additional species obtained ))v the Museum collectors on Gunong AngM 

 during a second visit in the month of April and not included lu his 

 account of the first collection. 



MAMMALS. 

 1. HYLOB.\TES L.\R (LiNX.). 

 Bukit Lantai, 2,500 feet. 3 J . 



These animals are all in the dark phase of in-lage. Th- \N h.te. 

 handed Gibbon was fairly common at Bukit Lantai. but .as not 

 obtained at the lower collecting station. 



2. PRESBYTIS (>H.'<»1'K\ (Kni". 

 Bukit Tangfra, 1,300 feet. I <S . 



The exceedingly dark pelage of this dusky Lot<mg n>nder. .t 

 somewhat abnormal for the hx-ality ; >t mon^ nearly ---»^-;»^; 

 northern race than the typical ionn ocrupyuig the lower ,>ort.on of 

 the Peninsula. 



