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Show 19°1-] MAMMALS FROM SIAM. 53 specimen having full date, particulars, and measurements, and it is by these, and these alone, that local races and seasonal changes can be made out. 1. EONYCTERIS SPEL.EA (Dobs.). Macroglossa spelosa, Dobson, J. A. S. B. xl. 1871, pt. 2, p. 261, pi. x. figs. 3, 4. F l Eonycteris spelcea (Dobs.), Flower, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 311. a. 2 • Nan, Siam. 10th May, 1900. b. 2 • Nan, Siam. 3rd June, 1900. As predicted by Mr. S. S. Flower last year, this species is now recorded for the first time from Siam. 2. MEGADERMA SPASMA (L.). Vespertilio spasma, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 47 (1766). Megaderma spasma (L.), Flower, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 344. a, b. Sokotai, Siam. 20th February, 1900. ' 3. HERPESTES EXILIS Gerv. Herpestes exilis, Gerv. Voy. Bonite, 1841, pi. iii. Herpestes javanicus (Desm.), Flower, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 332. a. cS. Nan, Siam ; alt. 200 m. 16th May, 1900. Agrees in all respects with the specimen mentioned in Mr. Flower's paper quoted above. 4. PETAUEISTA LYLEI Bonh. Petaurista lylei, Bonhote, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 192. a. cS iram. E. Mee Nan, Utaradit; alt. 61 m. 20th March 1900. This specimen is only about half-grown and differs from the adults in several respects. The tail is grizzled nearly to its tip, which is black, the grey hairs being very woolly. The edge of the parachute, which in the adults is rufous succeeded by a narrow black line, is in this specimen light grey ; the fore half of the ear is grizzled rufous, not bright red; the uuderparts are lighter, and the long stiff black hairs at the edge of the shoulder are softer and grizzled with rufous. 5. SCIURUS PINLAYSONI (Horsf.). Sciurus finlaysoni, Horsf. Zool. Research. Java, 1S24 ; Anders. Zool. Ees. Yunnan, p. 243 (1879) ; Thos. P. Z. S. 1898. p. 245 ; Bonhote, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 193; Flower, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 335. Type A. Sc. finlay so ni. f. 3 ad. sk. R. Mee Nan ; alt. 75 m. 4th April, 1900. Type B. Sc. splendeus Gray. d. 6 ad. sk. Below Utaradit, R. Mee Nan; alt. 58 m. 11th March, 1900. e. 2 »d- sk- -Above Utaradit, R, Mee Nan ; alt. 64 m. 3rd April, 19U0. Pregnant with two young. |