IV 
FASCICULI MALATENSES 
we visited. Through the exertions of the Penghulu (headman of the sub- 
district), a man of considerable influence among his compatriots and a 
relation of the Sultan of Perak, we managed to obtain measurements of a 
considerable number of Malays and of several Sakais, who happened to be 
visiting the village. In the immediate vicinity the country is mainly arable and 
orchard land, but at no great distance there are tracts of old jungle. A good 
many species of birds not elsewhere seen were obtained at Sungkei, including 
Treron nipalensis , Platysmurus leucopterus , and a species of Platylophus , as well as a 
new rat, Mus annandalei , which is very distinct from any hitherto known from 
the Peninsula. The situation of the rest-house, near the bank of the river, 
was very attractive to moths and nocturnal Orthoptera, and a considerable 
number were captured at light. 
We stayed at Sungkei from February 6th to nth, 1902. 
Tapah. A considerable town on the Batang Padang river, about six 
miles from the railroad between Kinta and Telok Anson, the port of South 
Perak. Until quite recently it was the headquarters of the district magistrate, 
but has now been superseded by Bidor. As it is the centre of an important 
mining district, the population is mainly Chinese, but there are also a large 
number of Klings (Madras Tamils) and Bengalis. The small and mixed Malay 
population of the neighbourhood is principally settled in surrounding hamlets, 
not in the town itself. 
We stayed in Tapah on several occasions during January and February, 
but our time was almost entirely occupied in preparations for other journeys, 
and we did little or no scientific work in the place ; two Sakai skeletons were, 
however, obtained from deserted clearings in the vicinity. 
Telom. A dilapidated bungalow in the mountains separating Perak from 
Pahang, about forty miles from Tapah. Though within the jurisdiction of 
Perak, Telom is technically in Pahang, as it is situated three or four miles east 
of the main watershed, on the headwaters of a small stream running into the 
Telom River, which is itself a tributary of the Pahang. The height of our 
collecting station v/as between three thousand five hundred and four thousand 
feet above sea level, but the mountains in the immediate vicinity ran up to 
over seven thousand feet. The district round Telom is inhabited by tribes of 
Sakais, of whom, for a variety of reasons, we were unable to see as much as 
we desired. A large number of them, however, were met with, a few 
measurements were taken and a small ethnological collection was obtained 
from them. 
Zoologically, Telom was quite the most interesting place that we visited, 
as the fauna was entirely a mountain one, differing in important respects from 
