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31. TURTUR TIGRINUS—THE MALAY SPOTTED DOVE. 
Turtur tigrinus (Temm. and Knip); Salvad. t.c., р. 449; Sharpe, 
е p. 80. 
This bird is found in much the same situations as the Barred 
Ground Dove but is less tied to cultivation than that в cles. It is 
widely distributed учар озн) the Peninsula and is particularly abun- 
a 
more gregarious and at pn time of the year is found in flocks that 
may number as many as thirty or forty individuals, ert 8 1з 
exceptional. It is a common cage bird with all classes of nati 
RAL RaNaE.—From Burma, throughout the wm Peninsula 
and pror as far east as Timor and the Moluccas 
Maray Name.—Tekukor. 
SELANGOR STATE Museum, HERBERT C. ROBINSON. 
Kuara Lumpur, 17th March. 
ON A FLYING-SQUIRREL (PTEROM ҮЗ) FROM PERAK. 
Ai... following is a description of a Flying deme с shot at the Tea 
Gardens on the Larut Hills last: January 
GENERAL ÅPPEARANCE.— Some 10 or 12 inches shorter than 
Plo Git! peii. (Large Malay Pr Poe muzzle sharper ; 
the fur profusely variegated with pur akes, the gro ound 
colour being red with a “dusky es iin a lightly dark grizzled 
appearance; the tail rounded and black. Sex male; adult. 
DIMENSIONS :— 
Total жазылсын" ы body eur Power to end of vertebra 981 
nches (say 7 
» to dia of hair, мо; did (774 Bing 
Length of tail —141 inches (368 mm.) 
»  ear—1l inches (30 mm.) 
»  fore-paw—1l# inches (45 mm.) 
»  hind-foot—21 inches (51 mm.) 
Stretch of parachute—17 inches (432 mm.) 
Length of supporting cartilage—31 inches (83 mm.) 
The head is broad at the back and narrows rather suddenly at the 
muzzle. "The көше of the fore-paws are long, with f y large 
claws. There are four digital pads, three meta-carpal A nd two 
carpal pads, lar w sand small, respectively. The hind feet in comparison 
