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870 ME. J. LEWIS BONHOTH OX THE [Dec. 4, 



mentioned : Tale-sap is a large inland sea in the State of Patelung, 

 which lies on the east coast of the Peninsula, where it begins to 

 widen out in the north : Singora is the capital of the State 

 and is situated near the entrance to the sea. Jering is a small 

 State on the east coast considerably to the south, in a latitude 

 slightly north of that of Penang. Patani, Kelantan, and Tringganu 

 form the remaining States under Siamese protection along the 

 coast from the north. Due south of Jering and Patani lies the 

 State of Jalor with Biserat as its capital ; Bukit Besar is a 

 mountain (3000 ft.) on its western border. South of Jalor lie the 

 small States of Banian and Legeh with its capital Belimbing. 

 The State of Kelantau takes its name from a large river of that 

 name, near the mouth of which is situated the town of Khota 

 Bharu. The Lebeh is a tributary of this river and lies in the 

 southern portion of the State, where it is joined by the Ariug, 

 another river. The prefixes Kwala and Ulu indicate the lower or 

 upper waters of the river. Grunong Inas is a large mountaiu 

 (5861 ft.) about 50 miles due east of the southern boundary of 

 Province Wellesley, in the State of Perak ; the head-waters of 

 the river Selama rise there, and Ulu Selama practically indicates 

 the foot of the mountain. This locality, which was visited by 

 Messrs. Laidlaw and Tapp after the rest of the expedition had 

 ^one home, seems to be of great interest, several species, including 

 the undescribed one and Trichys lijmra, having been found there 

 only. Mr. Laidlaw having given me some interesting notes on the 

 Mammals of this mountain, dealing more especially with the species 

 of which specimens were not procured, I have great pleasure in 

 recording them here : — 



" Primates. — A Gibbon, I believe the Siamang (Hyhbates syn- 

 dactylus), ranges well up to 4000 ft. on Grunong Inas. It has quite 

 a different cry to the species common at Kwala Aring. 



" A very large Semaopithecus with a long tail is also common at 

 that height, as are one or two smaller species. I was unable to 

 get a specimen of anv of these. 



'• Sciuromorpha.—I saw a very fine pair of large Flying Squirrels 

 at about 3000 ft. 



" Sciurus tenuis is the common species. I only saw the one 

 S. erythi-ceus that I shot. There is another black species about the 

 same size as S. caniceps that occurs, but is rare at that height (it is 

 perhaps S. atridorsalis). A very small species with a yellow and 

 black lateral stripe is common but very difficult to shoot ; this 

 species ranges well up to 5000 ft. There is another large Squirrel, 

 of which I saw a single specimen ; its head is shaped much like 

 that of S. bicolor, but it is not so large and more plainly coloured, 

 a dull grey : 4000 ft. 



" Carnivora. — The Tiger does not occur high up in the mountain 

 so far as we could discover, neither did we see any trace of Bears 

 or Leopards, though I imagine the latter must occur. 



" Ungulata. — The Elephant does not appear to get much above 

 2000 ft. The Tapir ranges right up to the summit-ridge of the 



