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India. Mr. St. Stephen, Manager of the Kabin Gold Mines, on 

 the Bangpakong River, told me, when I was there, that in 1895 

 or 1896 a coolie was killed by a bear near the mines ; he went out 

 after the animal, but failed to find it. Some of the European 

 engineers constructing the railway through the Dong Phya Fai 

 said that bears were numerous in the hills of that forest, having 

 their dens among the rocks. 



In the Siamese Museum is a stuffed Sloth-Bear, obtained before 

 I went there, labelled by one of my predecessors " Siam " ; I made 

 particular enquiries about it, and was assured by the Siamese that 

 it came from the Laos country. But more evidence is wanted to 

 prove that t bis species inhabits either the Laos States or Siam. 



Distribution. India, Ceylon, Assam (?), Burma (?). Siam (?). 



Order INSECTIVORA. 

 Family Tupaiid^:. 



53. Tupaia perruginea Raffl. The Malay Tree-Shrew. 



Tupaia ferruginea, Cantor, p. 18; Blauf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. 

 p. 210. 



" Tupaia tana " of the Malays of Penang (a/pud Cantor). 



"This singular little animal was first observed tame in the house 

 of a gentleman at Penang, and afterwards found wild at Singapore 

 and in the woods near Bencoolen " (Sir Stamford Raffles, circa 

 1819). Cantor records it from " Pinang, Singapore, Malayan 

 Peninsula," and gives some account of its habits, as also does 

 Ridley (Nat. Science, vol. vi. 1895, p. 28), who records it from 

 Pahang (J. S. B. R. A. S. no. 25, Jan. 1894, p. 58). Oldfield Thomas 

 (P. Z. S. 1886, p. 73) records it from Malacca and Jelang, Selangor. 

 In the Museum at Taiping there is a specimen from the Waterfall 

 Hill, Larut, labelled T. tana, but probably of this species. The 

 Museum at Kuala Lumpor contains specimens from Selangor. 



Distribution. Nepal, Assam, Burma, Malay Peninsula (Penang, 

 Perak, Selangor, Pahang, Malacca, Singapore), Sumatra, Java, 

 Borneo. 



51. Tupaia javanica Horsf. The Javanese Tree-Shrew. 



Discovered by Horsfield in Java in 1806. Recorded from 

 Pahang (Ridley, J. S. B. R. A. S. no. 25, Jan. 1894, p. 58), and from 

 Selangor and johore (O. Thomas, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 73). 



Distribution. Malay Peninsula (Selangor, Pahang, Johore), 

 Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



N.B. — Dr. Anderson (Cat. Mamm. Indian Mus. part i. p. 156, 

 1881) records two specimens of Tupaia malaecana from Malacca. 



I did not myself see a Tupaia in Siam, but there can be little 

 doubt that at least one species occurs there. An English friend 

 told me of an animal inhabiting his garden in Bangkok which was 

 probably T. ferruginea, and the Siamese described it to me under 

 the name of " Kra' chang." 



