168 Mr. J. L. Bonliote on the Squirrels 



The same remarks hold good with regard to Sc. baluensia 

 from Borneo and Sc. erythromehis and Sc. Scldegeli from 

 Colebes. I am inclined to believe that further investiga- 

 tion will prove them to be races of one and the same species, 

 but from lack of sufficient material and data I have thought 

 it best, considering the distinctness as a rule of Bornean and 

 Celebean species, to keep them separate. 



The next point of note is tiie question of the exact locality 

 of Sc. redimitus. The original describer states that it vvas 

 collected in the East Indies; Temminck imagines it to have 

 come from S. Borneo ; while Schlegel, correcting the last- 

 named author, stales that it came from Sumatra and that he 

 removed it from the original spirit in vvliich it was preserved. 

 It is impossible to say which, if any, of these statements is 

 correct ; from the original description it seems to agree 

 most nearly with the race from Selangore, but in the face 

 of Schlegel's statement that it came from Sumatra it seems 

 best to leave the matter open for the present. 



Owing to lack of material, I have omitted descriptions of 

 the skulls, although from those examined there seems to be 

 very little, if any, variation among them. 



We have thus seven species in this group : — 



(1) Scittrus Prevostiij from the Malay Peninsula, Su- 



matra, and Borneo. 



(2) Sciurus atricapillus, from S.W. Borneo. 



(.•>) Sciurus Caroli, from Sarawak and the Baram district, 

 Borneo. 



(4) Sciurus baluensisj from N.W. Borneo and the Ba- 



ram district. 



(5) & (6) Sciurus erythromelas and Sc. Schlegeli^ from 



Celebes. 

 (7) Sciurus rufuJiiger, from Borneo. 



Of Sciurus Pi-evosdi ton (or probably only eight) races 

 may be distinguished : — 



(1) Sciurus Prevostii lypicus, from Malacca and the 



Malay Peninsula. 



(2) Sciurus Pr€Vostii Bumei, from Selangore. 



{'6) Sciurus Prevohtii sarowakensis, from Sarawak. 



(4) Sciurus Prevostii kuchingensis, from Kuching, 



S.W. Sarawak. 



(5) Sciurus Prevostii vavigator, from Sirhassen Island. 

 ((3) Sciurus Prevostii LungkauuSj from the Island of 



Bangka. 



