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Show 358 MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [Apr. 3, W. L. Sclater (Cat. Mamm. Indian Mus. ii. 1891, p. 20) records a specimen from Perak, and one from Malacca, collected by A. R. Wallace. H. J. Kelsall (J. S. B. R. A. S. no. 26, Jan. 1894, p. 16), in a list of Mammals from Johore, says " Sciurus tenuis, Horsf. Fairly common. The smallest of the Malayan squirrels." Ridley (Nat. Science, vol. vi. 1895, pp. 95 & 96) gives an account of the habits of this squirrel, and says it is very abundant and destructive in the Botanic Gardens, Singapore. Hanitsch (Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1897, p. 11) also records it from Singapore. Distribution. Malay Peninsula (Perak, Selangor, Malacca, Johore, Singapore); " Pulo Panjang in the Gulf of Siam " (W. L. Sclater, o. s. c), Java, Sumatra, Borneo. 119. SCIURUS PREVOSTI Desm. Raffles's Squirrel. Sciurus raffiesii, Cantor, p. 40. " Tupai Biang " of the Malays (according to Messrs. Ridley and Wray). Cantor records this species as numerous on the Malay Peninsula. O. Thomas (P. Z. S. 1886, p. 76) mentions specimens from Klang, Selangor, and Malacca. W . L. Sclater (Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. ii. 1891, p. 24) records specimens from Malacca. Ridley (J. S. B. R. A. S. no. 25, Jan. 1894, p. 59) mentions this species being common at Kuala Semantan, Pahang, and (Nat. Science, vol. vi. 1895, p. 95) says of it, "one of the most beautiful kinds in the world, is common in the Malay Peninsula, but I never saw it in Singapore." Hanitsch (Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1897, p. 11) records this species from Kuala Lumpor and from Pahang. In July 1898 I saw a specimen in the Raffles Museum labelled " Sciurus raffesii, Singapore." The Museum at Taiping contains specimens from Taiping and Blanja, Perak. Mr. A. L. Butler tells me this species is not uncommon in Selangor; there are several specimens in the Museum at Kuala Lumpor. Distribution. Malay Peninsula (Perak, Selangor, Malacca, Pahang. Singapore ?), Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Bank a, Billiton, Celebes. 120. SCIURUS NOTATUS Bodd. The Malayan Squirrel. Sciurus badging, 0. Thomas, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 76. Sciurus planlani of authors. Sciurus vittatus, Cantor, p. 42. Sciurus nigrovittatus, Cantor, p. 42. ? Sciurus griseiventer, L. Wray jun., label in Perak Museum. Cantor records S. vittatus from Penang, Singapore, and the Peninsula, and says it is " the most numerous species in the Straits of Malacca," and S. nigrovittatus he records from the Peninsula and says it is " not numerous." 0. Thomas (P. Z. S. 1886, p. 76) records specimens from Lumut in the Dindings; Jerome, Klang, and Birman in Selangor; Malacca; Gunong Pulai in Johore; and |
