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Show 324 MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [Apr. 3, Localities:- Siam. The spotted leopard occurs ; while I was at the Museum in Bangkok two specimens were brought there in tbe flesh to be skinned, but neither had any history. Mr. St. Stephen, Manager of the Bawtong Mines, Kabin, told me he had once seen a panther near the mines. Kedah. Both the spotted and black varieties occur-the latter appears to be most numerous-and are often trapped and exported to Penang, and thence sent to menageries in Europe and America. Penang. So far as I can ascertain, there are no wild leopards on the island, but individuals from Kedah have occasionally escaped of late years to my knowledge; one attacked and wounded a native policeman on duty in Georgetown about 1896. Province Wellesley. A n English Officer of Police told m e he had shot a black panther in the Province about 1896. Perak. In the Museum at Taiping there is a spotted leopard from Larut, and black ones from Larut and from Kuala Kangsar. Bidley says the spotted form " appears to be fairly common in Perak and the northern part of the Peninsula." Selangor. Mr. A. L. Butler, Curator of the Museum at Kuala Lumpor, tells me 99 per cent, of the leopards in Selangor are black. Personally I have not heard of a spotted one from any State south of Perak. Pahang. Occurrence recorded by Ridley (J. S. B. R. A. S. 1894, no. 25, p. 57). Malacca. Cantor records a black male killed at Malacca, which " measured from the nose to the root of the tail 4 ft. 4| in. (about 1333 mm.), the tail 2 ft. 10| in. (about 886 mm.)." Johore. Ridley says : " The Black Panther is abundant in Johore, and formerly occurred in Pulau Ubin, between Singapore and Johore." Singapore. Ridley says the Black Panther " is said to have occurred in Singapore, but this appears doubtful." Distribution. Africa and Asia in suitable places. 18. FELIS NEBULOSA Griflith. The Clouded Leopard. Felis nebulosa, Blanf. Faun. Ind., M a m m . p. 72. " Clouded Tiger" of the English in Siam. This beautiful animal must be very rare in the Malay Peninsula ; and in Siam but little is known of it, except tbe handsome skins which are sometimes brought by natives from upcountry to be sold in Bangkok. Distribution. South-eastern Himalayas, Assam, Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Formosa (apud Blanford). Dr. Hanitsch (Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1898, p. 7) says he obtained " from a native a full-grown specimen of Felis nebulosa (body 36 in., tail 30 in.), said to have been killed at Changi, near Singapore." |