I. 



REPORT ON THE MAMMALS. 



Rt J. LEWIS RON MOTE, m a., f.l.s. 



FIELD NOTES. 



Rv H. 0. ROBINSON. 



(WITH ONE PL A TE.) 



rpHE following is an Account of the small Collection of Mammals, 

 made on Gunong Talian by Messrs. L. Wray and H. C. Robinson. 

 Considering the many collections that have been made in the Malay 

 Peninsula of recent years, it is not to be expected that a large propor- 

 tion of novelties should occur ; but, of the 28 species in the present 

 collection, three are new, while one, Mus inas, was only described a few 

 months ago. A bat of the genus Ccelops is described, a squirrel 

 allied to Sc. tennis and a local race of F. rufigenis. Besides these 

 actually undescribed species, there are several species of, perhaps, still 

 greater interest as adding further to our knowledge of the fauna; and 

 among these should be noted especially the fine series of Sc. c. griseo- 

 pectus, a further example of Mn* ciliatus and a single specimen of 

 Gh/mnura, an animal that seldom finds its way into collections. 



I have given as little synonymy as possible ; Capt. Flower's paper 

 in the Proc. Zool. Soc. for 1900 is quoted, after the first reference, as 

 "Flower, op. cit."; and in the same way my paper in the "Fasciculi 

 Malayenses (1903)" is quoted as " Bonh., op. cit." In these two papers 

 will be found all former references relating to the various species in 

 the Peninsula and reference is made to all papers subsequent to 1903. 

 Blanford's Fauna of British India Mammals, quoted as " Blanf. 

 Mamm.," has been referred to, although it does not deal with the 

 Malay Peninsula, because it is likely to be within reach of collectors 

 on the spot and gives valuable information as regards habits as well 

 as detailed descriptions. 



1. HYLOBATES SYNDACTYLUS (Desm.). 



Pithecus syndactylus, Desm., Mamm., p. 531 (1820). 



Hylobates syndactylus (Desm.) ; Flower, F.Z.S., 1900, p. 313. 



ft. m.ftd. Gunong Tahan, Pahang. 3,000 ft. ] 0th June, 1905. 



This specimen is a very fine adult male. The dimensions noted 

 are: Stretch of arms, 5 ft. 7 in. ; heel to body, 1 ft. 5 in. ; hind-font, 

 7| in.; hand, <6h in.: body girth, 1 ft. IQ§ in.; ear, H in.; eyes, 

 reddish-brown; skins of hands, feet, face and pouch, black. 



