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who go out for this purpose take two bamboo sticks, of about an 

 arm's length, which they hold close to their arms. As soon as the 

 animal sees the man it comes up to him and seizes one of his arms 

 with signs of joy and as if it wanted to caress him. The man 

 drops one of the bamboo sticks, which the animal keeps in his 

 paws, and which it contemplates with joy and admiration ; mean- 

 while the man seizes the other bamboo, and hits the animal over 

 the head, until it is dead. The animal is said to be good-natured, 

 but it only lives in the densest forests." 



H.B.M. Vice-Consul, Mr. T. H. Lyle, has lately made an 

 interesting collection of Siamese mammals : unfortunately I have 

 had no chance of seeing these. 



I have to acknowledge my sense of obligation to Mr. Oldfield 

 Thomas, for his kindness in identifying specimens which I have 

 sant home from time to time ; also to the Curators of the local 

 Museums, Dr. R. Hanitsch of Singapore, Mr. A. L. Butler of 

 Kuala Lumpor, and Mr. L. Wray, junior, of Taiping : and also to 

 Mr. H. N. Bidley, Director of the Singapore Gardens. 



The classification and nomenclature in this paper are according 

 to Mr. Blanford's volume on Mammals in the ' Fauna of British 

 India' — an invaluable work which I carried everywhere with me 

 and found a most interesting and charming companion. But 

 in the division of Sciurus into several genera I have followed 

 Mr. O. Thomas ( A. M. N. H. ser. 7, vol. ii. no. 9, Sept. 1898, p. 249). 



The following table shows the numberof species of the ten 

 Orders of Mammals represented in the Siamese and Malayan 

 Fauna : — 



Order. No. of Species. 



Primates 15 (p. 312.) 



Carnivora 37 (p. 322.) 



Insectivora 7 (p. 336.) 



Chiroptera 42 (p. 338.) 



Bodentia 36 (p. 351.) 



Proboscidea 1 (p. 365.) 



Ungulata 15 (p. 366.) 



Cetacea 5 (p. 376.) 



Sirenia 1 (p. 377.) 



Edentata 1 (p. 378.) 



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Alphabetical List of Localities in the Malay Peninsula and Siam 

 mentioned in this Paper. 



Alma, a planter's estate in Province Wellesley. 



Alor Star, the capital of Kedah, about 6° 8' N., called " Muang 



Seiburee " by the Siamese. 

 Anghin, a village near the head of the Gulf of Siam, anchorage 



for ships during N.W. monsoon. 

 Ayuthia, the former capital of Siam, about 60 miles (in a straight 



line) from the mouth of the Menam. 



