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Sumatra: Manindjaii : skins: 178, 18(5, 187; skeleton: 193. 
„ Paninggahan; skeleton: 193. 
„ Solok; skmlls: 2, 3, 4, 5, ß, 7, 8, 9, 19. 
Saleyer: skins: 489 (young 520, 521, 539 (eight specimens); 
skeleton: 532. 
I accept with Oldfielcl Thomas (P. Z. L. 1889, p. 231) for this 
species the name given by Boddaert in 1785 as having the priority 
over Kerr's S. dadjing 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 external 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 KalaMentien (Teysmann) or KalaMenting 
(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 difficult to make out with exactness to what 
species it belongs. For the foUowing 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 hving in Java the fol- 
