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many of these squirrels : again they seemed to me smaller than 

 S.finlaysoni of the mainland, but they looked pure white : perhaps 

 they are a small island-race. 



Distribution. Sikhim ?, Burma, Siam. 



113. Sciubus ebythe.eus Pallas. Pallas' s Squirrel. 



Sciurus erythrcPMS, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 377. 



A stuffed specimen, apparently of this species, in the Siamese 

 Museum, was said to have been obtained locally, which seemed 

 probable, as the Siamese had a name for it — " Krarwak lai," that 

 is, " The Variegated Squirrel." 



Distribution. Assam, Burma, China ?, Siam ? 



114. Sciurus ejffusub Is. Geoffr. 

 Sciurus hippurus, Cantor, p. 41. 



"Tupai Jinjang," " Ummu," or " Jau " of the Malays of the 

 Peninsula (Cantor). 



Cantor records this species from the Malay Peninsula. 



Horsfield (Cat. Mamm. Mus. East Ind. Co. 1851, p. 154) records 

 it from Malacca. O. Thomas (P. Z. S. 1886, p. 75) records three 

 specimens from Klang, Selangor, collected by Davison, saying 

 "This species seems to be the Malay representative of <S'. erythreeus 

 Pall., which does not, however, extend further south than Manipur, 

 while Klang seems to be about as far north as 8. hippurus has been 

 found." 



W. L. Sclater (Cat. Mamm. Indian Mus. part ii. 1891, p. 18) 

 records two specimens from Malacca, from R. W. G. Frith, 1844. 



In the Museum at Taiping there are several squirrels from the 

 Larut Hills which Mr. "NVray considers to be 8. hippurus ; they are 

 about equal in size to 8. prevosti, but have the back dark ferru- 

 ginous instead of black, and have no white on the sides. 



Distribution. Malay Peninsula (Perak?, Selangor, Malacca), 

 Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



115. Sciurus caniceps (Gray). The Golden-backed Squirrel. 

 Sciurus caniceps, O. Thomas, P. Z. S. 1886, pp. 68 & 76 ; Blanf. 



Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 380. 



O. Thomas (op. cit. p. 76) records seven specimens of Sciurus 

 caniceps concolor from " Kussoom, Taroar, Poongah, and Salanga, 

 Junkceylon," collected by Darling. W. L. Sclater (Cat. Mamm. 

 Indian Mus. part ii. 1891, p. 14) records specimens from Perak 

 which " have only a slight tinge of orange on the back, and no 

 cheek-patches, and this form agrees very well with the speci- 

 men from Malacca (procured by G. Moxon, 1847), the type of 

 8. concolor." 



I shot a specimen, subsequently kindly identified by Mr. Thomas, 

 near Gunong Gajah, Kedah, 13th April, 1895. c? . 



Distribution. Burma, Malay Peninsula (Junkceylon, Kedah, 

 Perak, Malacca). 



