44. 
ON MAMMALS AND BIRDS FROM THE LOWLANDS 
OF PAHANG. 
By C. BODEN KLOSS, F.z.s., M.B.0.U. 
| PAELNTE: has been but little explored zoologically, and the results 
of two small collecting visits to that State are now put on record. 
The narrative of a trip up the Pahang, Tembeling and Tahan 
Rivers, undertaken in 1891 by Messrs. H. N. Ridley, W. Davison and 
Lieut. H. J. Kelsall, was accompanied by lists of mammals and birds 
observed and collected during the journey. These lists, drawn up by 
Mr. Ridley and Lieut. Kelsall, consist so largely of species observed, 
rather than obtained, that they are not altogether reliable, but they 
present the first information we have of the animal life of the region. 
The mammals noted are the larger and commoner species only, but 
amongst the birds recorded are two or three of interest—viz., Gerygone 
modiglianii, Salvad (G. pectoralis, Davison), which was obtained for 
the first time in the Peninsula; a somewhat dubious species, Setaria 
melanocephala (Davison), which, if distinct, is very closely allied to 
S. afinis, Blyth, was described; and a new species of Myna, Acridotheres 
torquatus, Davison, was also obtained. 
The next collection from Pahang was made by Mr. Waterstradt on 
Gunong Tahan and is dealt with by Dr. Hartert in a paper entitled “On 
Birds from Pahang, Eastern Malay Peninsula”: besides an account of 
the mountain birds it includes a number of species obtained by collee- 
tors in the lowlands of Pahang and also from the Sungei Lebeh. 
More recent information is contained in the reports on the collec- 
tions of mammals and birds made by Messrs. Robinson and Wray in 
1905 on Gunong Tahan and at Kuala Tembeling. 
Finally, some years ago, Dr. W. L. Abbott collected along the 
course of the Rompin River in South-eastern Pahang: no account of 
his specimens has been published, but the following were obtained or 
observed : 
1. Hylobates lar (Linn.). 10. Tragulus ravus, Miller. 
2. Presbytis obscura (Reid). 11. Ratufa melanopepla, Miller. 
3. Felis tigris, Linn. 12. Ratufa aureiventer (Geoffr.). 
4, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus, | 13. Sciurus tenuis, Horsf. 
Pallas. 14. Mus vociferans, Miller. 
5. Elephas maximus, Linn. | 15. Mus surifer, Miller. 
6. Tapirus indicus, Cuv. 16. Mus asper, Miller. 
7. Bos gaurus hubbacki, 17. Tupaia malaccana, 
Lydekker. Anderson. 
8. Cervus unicolor equinus, Cuv. 18. Galeopterus peninsu le, 
9. Tragulus canescens, Miller. Thomas. 
The collections dealt with below were obtained: the first during 
May, 1910, at Genting and Punjom, spots about seven miles west of 
Kuala Lipis, which localities are quoted as “Tipis”; the second 
during June of the same year, at places between six to nine miles west 
