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with a ready sale at Manilla. They are found on the islands of Bo- 

 hol and Mindanado." 



Another of the specimens was the Tarsius spectrum of GeofFroy, of 

 which Mr. Cuming's memoranda furnished the following interesting 

 details : — 



" The Malmag is a small animal living under the roots of trees, 

 particularly the large bamboo of these islands. Its principal food is 

 lizards, which it prefers to all other. When extremely hungry, I 

 have known it to eat shrimps and cock-roaches, and give a great pre- 

 ference to those which are alive. It is very cleanly in its habits, never 

 touches any kind of food that has been partly consumed, and never 

 drinks a second time from the same water. It seldom makes any 

 kind of noise, and when it does emit sound it is a sharp shrill call, 

 and only once. On approaching it in its cage, it fixes its large full 

 eyes upon the party for a length of time, never moving a muscle : 

 on drawing nearer, or putting anything near it, it draws up the 

 muscles of the face similar to a monkey, and shows its beautiful 

 sharp regular set teeth. It laps water like a cat, but very slowly, 

 and eats much for so small an animal. It springs, nearly two feet at a 

 time. It sleeps much by day, is easily tamed, and becomes quite 

 familiar, licking the hands and face, and creeping about your person, 

 and is fond of being caressed. It has an aversion to the light, al- 

 ways retiring to the darkest place. It sits upon its posteriors when 

 it feeds, holding its food by its fore paws ; when not hungry, it will 

 ogle the food for a considerable time. A male and female are gene- 

 rally seen together : the natives of these islands make sure of taking 

 the second having secured the first. They are extremely scarce in 

 the island of Bohol, and only found in the woods of Jagna and the 

 island of Mindanado. 



*' It produces one at a time. I had the good fortune to procure a 

 female without knowing her to be with young : one morning I was 

 agreeably surprised to find she had brought forth. The young ap- 

 peared to be rather weak, but a perfect resemblance to its parent ; 

 the eyes were open and covered with hair ; it soon gathered strength, 

 and was constantly sucking betwixt its parent's legs, and so well 

 covered by its mother, that I seldom could see anything of it but its 

 tail : on the second day it began to creep about the cage with apparent 

 strength, and even climb up to the top by the rods of which the cage 

 was composed. Upon persons wishing to see the young one when 

 covered over by the mother, we had to disturb her, upon which the 

 dam would take the young one in its mouth, in the same manner as a 

 cat, and carry it about for some time ; several times I saw her when not 

 disturbed trying to get outof the cage, with the young one in her mouth 



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