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Show 356 MR.'STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [ Apr. 3 many of these squirrels; again they seemed to me smaller than S.finlaysoni of the mainland, but they looked pure white : perhaps they are a small island-race. Distribution. Sikhim ?, Burma, Siam. 113. SCIURUS ERYTHR^US Pallas. Pallas's Squirrel. Sciurus erythrceus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 377. A stuffed specimen, apparently of this species, in the Siamese Museum, was said to have been obtained locally, which seemed probable, as the Siamese had a name for it-" Krarwak lai," that is, " The Variegated Squirrel." Distribution. Assam, Burma, China ?, Siam ? 114. SCIURUS HIPPURUS IS. Geoffr. Sciurus hippurus, Cantor, p. 41. " Tupai Jinjang," " Ummu," or " Jau " of the Malays of the Peninsula (Cantor). Cantor records this species from the Malay Peninsula. Horsfield (Cat. Mamm. Mus. East Ind. Co. 1851, p. 154) records it from Malacca. 0. Thomas (P. Z. S. 1886, p. 75) records three specimens from Klang, Selangor, collected by Davison, saying "This species seems to be the Malay representative of S. erythrceus Pall., which does not, however, extend further south than Manipur, while Klang seems to be about as far north as S. hippurus has been found." W . L. Sclater (Cat. Mamm. Indian Mus. part ii. 1891, p. 18) records two specimens from Malacca, from R. W . G. Frith, 1844. In the Museum at Taiping there are several squirrels from the Larut Hills which Mr. Wray considers to be S. hippurus; they are about equal in size to S. prevosti, but have the back dark ferruginous instead of black, and have no white on the sides. Distribution. Malay Peninsula (Perak?, Selangor, Malacca), Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 115. SCIURUS CANICEPS (Gray). The Golden-backed Squirrel. Sciurus caniceps, 0. Thomas, P. Z. S. 1886, pp. 68 & 76; Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 380. O. Thomas (op. cit. p. 76) records seven specimens of Sciurus caniceps concolor from " Kussoom, Taroar, Poongah, and Salanga, Junkceylon," collected by Darling. W . L. Sclater (Cat. Mamm. Indian Mus. part ii. 1891, p. 14) records specimens from Perak which " have only a slight tinge of orange on the back, and no cheek-patches, and this form agrees very well with the specimen from Malacca (procured by G. Moxon, 1847), the type of S. concolor." I shot a specimen, subsequently kindly identified by Mr. Thomas, near Gunong Gajah, Kedah, 13th April, 1895. d. Distribution. Burma, Malay Peninsula (Junkceylon, Kedah, Perak, Malacca). |