10 LIST OF THE MAMMALS OF PENRISSEN. 



most markedly in different localities, mountain forms 

 being as a rule much darker and redder, 



12. Sciurus hippurus Geoff. 



13. Sciurus tenuis Horsf. 



14. Sciurus {Fiinambulus) everetti Thos. 



15. Nann ostiums melanotis Mull, and Schleg-. 



lf>. Mus murgarettce Thos. This pretty little mouse was seen 

 about the house one evening, but it eluded all efforts to 

 catch it. 



17. Sus barbatus Mull. 



18. Ccrrus equinus Cuv. 



The Birds of Mount Penrissen and 

 Neighbouring 1 District, 



The bird fauna of Mount Penrissen as evinced by collec- 

 tions made in the month of May of this year (1899) has proved 

 to be most disappointingly sparse, and this list must compare 

 somewhat unfavourably with those of the late Mr. Whitehead's 

 collections on Mt. Kina Balu and of Mr. C. Hose's collections on 

 Mt. Dulit. Not only was the number of species obtained small, 

 but bird-life in general, with the exception of Barbets, was most 

 noticeably scarce. I attribute this scarcity partly to the fact that 

 the mountain has long been the happy hunting-ground of the 

 Land Dyaks, GO % of whom are armed with guns; all the game 

 birds seem to have been shot or trapped, for we certainly nei- 

 ther saw nor heard one, whilst hornbills, profiting by a large ex- 

 perience of the sound of a shot, were very difficult to approach. 

 A good collection of low-country birds was made at Pankalan 

 Ampat, at the head of the left-hand branch of the Sarawak river, 

 and about 10 miles from the foot of Penrissen. Amongst other 

 good things we were fortunate enough to obtain there, was a 

 specimen of a kingfisher, rare in Borneo, Alcedo eurycone. 



With the exception of a small fly-catcher, too battered for 

 description, and an obscure little greenish Timeling, allied to 



