of a Zoological Collection made in Sumatra. Part II. 3:ii 



ANAS. 



Of this genus the most common is a species of Teal, called 

 Bilibi. 



It is about twelve or fourteen inches in length, the back black- 

 ish, the feathers on the upper part tipped and edged with 

 brown. Upper part of the wings dark-chesnut ; (mill-feathers 

 black. Crown of the head dark-brown ; neck cinereous, which 

 colour passes into ferruginous on the breast and abdomen. 

 The hind toe is free. 



Or the remaining classes it would be tedious to enter here into 

 a detailed account ; the more particularly, as the largest pro- 

 portion of the subjects are forwarded for examination and de- 

 scription in Europe, it being impossible to enter into minutiae 

 in this country, without occasioning delay and detriment to 

 other more pressing avocations. Drawings of the most remark- 

 able have been made ; and the specimens, for the most part 

 preserved in spirits, and accompanied by a catalogue, will afford 

 every facility for detailed examination at a distance. The fol- 

 lowing general account may therefore suffice for the present 

 purpose. 



AMPHIBIA. 



In the first division of Amphibia, the species in the collection 

 are not numerous. Of the Sea Tortoises, the Testudo Mydas, or 

 Katong, cy\£, and T. imbricata, or Katong Kara, sj& cytf, are 

 the most common, and are found in most parts of these seas. 

 The tortoise-shell of the latter is a considerable article of com- 

 merce at Singapore and other places. 



Two species of fresh-water Tortoises are known by the name? 



of 



