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begin flying about so I had always to shoot the moment I saw them.

February 8th, 1914.
  Pondok Batu, Sungai Ritan.
    After having a look at the traps, hunt with a Dyak along the hills and around the springs and shoot a common vittatus squirrel and a pigmy squirrel (Nannosciurus bormanus).  The latter are usually found on the trunks of large trees and seem to prefer trees having dark rough bark, whereas  Nannosciurus exilis I have nearly always found on or near lighter or grayish barked trees.

February 9, 1914
  Pondok Batu, Sungai Ritan.
    With one of my three Dyaks, hunt along the crest of highest hills westward from camp and finally ascend a high steep mountain, the upper slopes of which were mostly covered with a dense growth of fern which were matted together in such a way as to be almost impassable.  Part of the time we cut our way through them and a part of the time crawled over them.   We reached the highest peak about noon and found that on this, there were some small trees.  By climbing one of these trees I got an excellent view of the entire country which is mostly level and except near the rivers, all heavily forested.
    On the lower slope of the mountain I shot a small squirrel, possibly Sciurus Parvus, but this variety is a true arboreal one and very active.

February 10, 1914.
    For days ago I shot two red pygathrix monkeys; one of then dropped and the other, only wounded, escaped.  This morning when