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I have measured a spirit specimen in the Natural History 

 Museum at South Kensington, wliicli was collected in Sarawak 

 by Mr. A. H. Everett. I also find a good skin in the Museum 

 collected by me in i88g from Claudetown. The measurements 

 of Mr. Everett's specimen agree with those of Dr. Jentink. I 

 believe this to be the smallest known species of Sciuro]iterus. 

 The specimen I procured came out of a tree that had ju^t been 

 felled in the dense forest. 



Hab. Baram River (C. Hose). Kuching (A. Everett). 



SCIUROPTERUS GENIBARBIS. 



Ptcromxs i^rnibarbis^ Horsfield. Zool. Researches in Jawat 

 1824. 



This is one of the smallest of the Southern Asiatic flying 

 squirrels. The upper surface is pale yellowish-brown. The 

 tail is markedly distichous, pale yellowish-grey at its base, the 

 remainder being pale brown and the under surface somewhat 

 rufous. The upper surface of the parachute is dark brown, 

 the fore feet being pale 3'ellowish brown, and the hind feet 

 darker. The under parts are thickly clad with rather woolly 

 hair, white, but with a faint yellowish tinge. The bases of 

 the hairs on the sides of the belly and on the under surface of 

 the parachute are slaty grey. The moustache is long and 

 black. The sides of the face and neck are yellowish-white, 

 with tufts of bristles on the cheeks. 



Specimens of this flying squirrel from Borneo have been 

 obtained on the Penrisen Hills, Sarawak, but as yet I have 

 been unable to procure a specimen in Baram. 



Hab. Sarawak (A. Everett). 



GENUS S C I U li U S . 



SCIURUS EPHIPPIUM. 



Still I- us cpliippiiiin^ Miillcr Tijdschr. Over Nat. Gesch. 

 1838-39, p. 147. 



This is the largest squirrel in Borneo, and it is conmion 

 everywhere. It varies a good deal in colour at different times of 

 the year, and has a tendency to become red as it gets to higher 

 attitudes ; for above 3,000-ft. a marked difference is noticeable 

 the specimens. 



Native name ' Enkrabak.' 



Hab. Mount Dulit (C. Hose). Sarawak (A. Everett). 

 Baram River (C. Hose). 



