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Show 72 MR. O. THOMAS ON THE MAMMALS OF [Jan. 19, 24. TRAGULUS KANCHIL, Raff. a-c. Bankasun, 5 and 6/77. Mr. Blanford1 has fully described the differences between the two Tenasserim species of Chevrotain. 25. MANIS JAVANICA, Desm. a. Bankasun, 1/75. IV. THE MALAY PENINSULA COLLECTION. The mammals from the Malay Peninsula are 105 in number, and belong to 28 species, of which no less than 13 are Sciuridae, a group always well represented in collections made by ornithologists. As in the case of the other series, the greater part of this set were collected by Mr. Davison, although some few were obtained by Mr. J. Darling at Salanga and on the mainland adjoining, and by Mr. Syers in Salangore. As might be expected, these specimens, while of considerable value in fixing the northward and southward distribution of the species along the narrow Malay peninsula, belong for the most part to common species. There is, however, among them a specimen representing a beautiful new species of Sciuropterus, which I have dedicated to its discoverer, Mr. Davison, and there are many which render important service in contributing additional information as to the exact localities and other particulars about the species to which they belong. The only previous paper of any importance on the mammals of this district is that published by Dr. Theodore Cantor in 1846 a, which gives a complete list of the species then known to occur in the " Malay Peninsula and Islands," but which, excellent as it is for the date at which it was written, is now, of course, somewhat obsolete, and would well bear the addition of such information as may be gleaned from Mr. Hume's valuable collection. Many of the localities at which the collection was obtained are referred to or described in the two following papers : - A. O. H U M E . " A First Tentative List of the Birds of the Western Half of the Malay Peninsula," ' Stray Feathers,' viii. p. 37, 1879. A. O. H U M E . " The Birds of the Western Half of the Malay Peninsula, Second Notice, torn. cit. p. 151. 1. SEMNOPITHECUS FEMORALIS, Horsf. a. Klang, Salangore, 25/7/79 3. 2. SEMNOPITHECUS SIAMENSIS, Mull. & Schl. a. " Interior of Malay peninsula, beyond Klang." 4/79. A curious whitish specimen, far paler than usual, but apparently 1 Tom. cit. p. 166. 2 J. A. S. B. xv. pp. 171 and 241. 3 As in the last list, all specimens to which no name is appended were reflected by Mr. Davison, |
