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them, a fine male, was taken for that Institution: another died, 
hec oe from an old wound, aud the third was shipped to Singapore. 
lt may be of interest to give here a brief account of how such a 
large, thick -skinned specimen was successfully treated in a climate 
which i 1 as с 
the evening the skinning was completed. Some Chinese woodeutters 
begged for the flesh, and removed practically the whole of it. They 
also took other parts of the body for medicinal purposes. 
The skin having been removed, it and the bones were dressed with 
i 
Sitiawan, which we reached that evening, after having spent two 
nights in an TUR shed built in the 82е near the pit-fall. 
3 alice of ibl су, н 2 ths. of alum, 2 gallons ‘of salt and 
1 tb of dry alum. ‘Three days afterwards it was put into a new 
solution composed of 2 gallons of water, 2 gallons of salt and 6 ounces 
of earbolic acid. It arrived in к five days ope rolled up in a 
bundle in sacking, and was put into a new solution of the same com- 
position as the last. The skin was kept in this solution ишш i had 
water. It was then patted and laced on the mannikin, which hac 
n prepared to receive it. It may be added that the skin did not 
“slip” anywhere and at no time had any offensive odour. When 
first taken off it was fully 12 sect in thickness, in places. 
L. WRAY. 
ON A SQUIRREL NEW TO THE FAUNA OF THE 
MALAY PENINSULA. 
SCIURUS RUFIGENIS, анар а 
Sciurus rufigenis, Blanford, J. А. S. В. xlvii 2, p. 156, pls. vii, 
viii (1878); Thomas, P. Z. S. 1886, Т, Віну Faun. Brit. Ind. 
Mamm. p. 376 (1891); Bonhote, Р. 7. 8.1 ‚ 194. 
A SMAL мя a ae valuable collection has sili been made 
by t the Selangor mountains in the neigh- 
bourhood d Tia боа bak at elevations of between 4,000 and 5,500 
feet. The series of birds includes a species of Peacock г баин Р 
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