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Show 326 MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [^Pr- **> " Rimau aker " of the Malays of Perak, according to L. Wray. " Seua-bong " and " Mow-pa " of the Siamese. Cantor records this species from Penang and the Peninsula. Ridley (Nat. Science, vol. vi. 1895, p. 92) says this is "the commonest wild cat . . . . I have seen it in Singapore, and it appears to be abundant in the Peninsula." In the Museum at Taiping there are many specimens from Larut, Perak; and I was told it was common in the State of Selangor. In the Museum at Bangkok there are specimens from Pachim, Siam. A wild cat caught near Balik-Pulo, Penang, in the spring of 1896 was, to the best of m y recollection, of this species. Distribution. India, Assam, Burma, Southern China, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and the Philippines. 23. FELIS PLANICEPS Vig. & Horsf. The Flat-headed Cat. Felisplaniceps, Blanf. Faun. Ind., M a m m . p. 83. " Jalang " of the Malays of the Peninsula, according to Cantor. Cantor also gives " Kiiching utan " as the Malay name of this species, but this simply means " Cat of tbe woods " and is applied to any wild cat. Cantor (p. 37) says of this apparently not numerous species that it is found on the Malay Peninsula and is " of most ferocious habits and untamable." In the Museum at Taiping there is a specimen said to have been obtained in Selangor. In the Museum at Kuala Lumpor are two specimens, one from Klang, and the other from some other locality in the State of Selangor. W . L. Sclater (Cat. M a m m . Indian Mus. ii. 1891, p. 222) records a specimen from Malacca obtained in 1846. Distribution. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. 24. FELIS CHAUS Giild. The Jungle Cat. Felis chaus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., M a m m . p. 86. In the Siamese Museum there is an old stuffed cat apparently of this species, labelled " Siam : January 1894." Distribution. Northern Africa, Western Asia, India, Ceylon, Burma, and perhaps Siam. N.B.-Eidley (Nat. Science, vol. vi. 1895, p. 92) says " Felis tristis has been taken in Malacca." Sclater (P. Z. S. 1898, p. 281) mentions a beautiful small wild cat from Siam, living in the Jardin Zoologique d'Acclimatation, Paris, which was quite new to him. 25. FELIS DOMESTICA Briss. The Common Cat. " Kiiching " of the Malays. " M o w " of the Siamese. The ordinarv domestic cat of the Malays has a very short |