of a Zoological Collection made in Sumatra, Part II. 357 



The Zoophytes have not been unattended to, and will lierr- 

 after be particularly considered when leisure shall be afforded 

 to make drawings and examine the subjects with more accu- 

 racy. The coast of Sumatra is particularly rich in Madrepores, 

 Millepores, Isis, Antipathes, Gorgonke, Alcyonia, and Spon- 

 gise, &c. 



APPENDIX. 



Since closing the preceding parts of this account, a speci- 

 men of a very singular and rare animal, called by the Sumatra/is 

 Singapooa lytf--. has been procured, and also a new species ot" 

 Buceros and one of Strix. The former appears to be the Lemur 

 Tarsier, hitherto imperfectly known. 



LEMUR Tarsier. 



This animal is about six inches in length from the nose to the 

 tail, which is about nine more. The hind legs are remark- 

 ably long, and the feet are very peculiar. The extremities of 

 all the toes, on both the fore- and hind-feet, are dilated into a 

 round, flat, fleshy callosity, which seems to enable the animal 

 to hold with more advantage on the trunks of trees. At many 

 of the joints of the feet and toes are similar callosities, but not 

 so large. On the toes of the fore-feet there are no claws, 

 their place being supplied by small scale-like processes occu- 

 pying the centre of the upper surface of the rounded extre- 

 mities of the toes. On the hind-feet three of the toes are in 

 like manner unarmed ; but the fore and middle toes are fur- 

 nished with claws, which are sharp, somewhat curved, and 

 stand nearly erect from the middle of the flat rounded extre- 

 mities of the toes. The head is round, and the face broad ; 



the 



