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Sumatra: Manindjau: skins: 178, 186, 187; skeleton: 193. 



„ Paninggahan ; skeleton: 193. 



„ Solok; Skulls: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 19. 



Saleyer: skins: 489 (young J 1 ), 520, 521, 539 (eight specimens); 

 skeleton: 532. 



I accept with Oldfield Thomas (P. Z. S. L. 1889, p. 231) for this 

 species the name giveu by Boddaert in 1785 as having the priority 

 over Kerr's S. hadjing and Ljung's S. plantani, however I remark that 

 the white ear-spot only is present in perhaps one out of ten specimens. 



Among the large series of individuals belonging to this species and 

 collected by Prof. Max Weber there are several from Saleyer which 

 without doubt belong to the form described by me in 1879 as Sciurus 

 microtis. As I stated in that description „the species agrees with 

 „Sciurus nigrovittatus (Sc. plantani or Sc. badjing) in the distribution 

 „of the externa! marks", the Chief difference being the grooved con- 

 dition of the upper incisors. And now Weber's collection shows that 

 the named characteristic is not constant but ought to be regarded 

 upon as merely accidental, so that I see no reason to separate the 

 Saleyer-form specifically from the so widely distributed and so very 

 variable Sciurus notatus. Prof. Weber observes that this is a very 

 common animal and well known by every one in the Saleyer ; it is 

 living in great numbers in the cocosnut-trees in the neighborhood of 

 the seashore. These squirrels are likewise known from Boelekomba, 

 South Celebes, opposite Saleyer. 



The indigenous name is Kakibientien (Teysmann) or Kalabienting 

 (Weber), the Buginese name for Squirrel. 



? Sciurus insignis Desmarest. 



Java: Buitenzorg; skin: 597. 



Dr. F. H. Bauer, Director of the lunatic asylum at Buitenzorg 

 presented to Prof. Weber an albino-squirrel purchased by him from 

 a Malay. As it is a specimen having the hindmost molars not not 

 yet fully developed and as it is a complete albino without a Single 

 colored hair, it is very difficnlt to make out with exactness to what 

 species it belongs. For the following reasons I bring it under this 

 head with a note of interrogation. Although it is not an adult spe- 

 cimen, I think it is fullgrown as I see no disproportion between the 

 hindfeet and the other parts of its body. As living in Java the fol- 



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