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I feel iiearl}' sure that thovo is no bird that is found above 4000 feet whirh wonlil 

 not also he found at 2OO0 feet, where the old forest ends, if looked for lone; enonsjh. 

 If this be real]}' the case, it ma}' he surmised that it is duo to the fact that the 

 island is probably one of the most recent!}- built uji of ihoso forming tlie Timorese 

 group, and to its never having- been in actual connection with the islands to the 

 east and west of it — a conclusion which is confirmed by the character of the 

 mammalian fauna, so far as it is known. Of Quadrumana there arc two species, 

 MaMciiii ri/nomohjKS and Semnop/'fJ/C'itx m'nin's of Java — the latter certainly 

 introduced by the Balinese Rajahs and now abundant in the hills from Ampenan 

 to Rinjani. Of Caniirorn there api)car to be three kinds, called respectively by 

 the Sasaks ij"f, Rasifi, and Mamuli, the first two being by their description a 

 I'uradoxuruii and a Vircvni, and the third either Felii bengulen.Hi-'i or a feral 

 domestic cat. Among the ( 'lilrnj/lcra tlierc are found Pteroptts (2 sp.), Mniddermn, 

 J'/iinohiphK-t, KeriroKhi, and other genera. The Rodentia are rejiresented by two 

 rats and a mouse (and perhaps other Muridde), and a porcupine, IL/sfrix javriwco. 

 without doubt. Of Unt/iihitii the island has a doer and ('('rculiia miiutjac — the latter 

 introduced by the Balinese Rajahs and now common. Zollinger, I think, mentions 

 the Pelaudok (^Tr(i(/iihi.s) also as existing in Lombnk, but I could licar nothing 

 of it. Wild pig, of course, abound, hut I do not know of what species. In this 

 scanty list, omitting the bats, the greater portion may have owed their existence 

 in the island to their introduction by human agency direct or indirect. The 

 presence of the porcupine, however, scarcely admits of this explanation. It is, 

 found also in Flores, Djamjiea, and S(nith Celebes, so that it seems to have some 

 exceptional means of dispersal. Possibly its armature of cpiills serves to buoy 

 it, and thus enables it to be drifted by the strong currents which characterise 

 these narrow straits and sea to distances which would be fatal to other, and 

 even swimming, mammals not similarly aided in keeping afloat." — A. Everett. 

 " .\iiiju.'<f '2/id, isori." 



1. I'rathicoln (■(iprulii (L.). — Both sexes from Ampenan (p. .")■'>.'')). 



2. (icocicldu harsjielili (Bp.). — One iii)ili> in full moult from a plac<' culh'd ."-^onkiirean. 



.5000 feet high (]>. .i.">.")j. 



:]. Orocic/d'i am/romi'diic (Temm.). — A number of young birds only, mostly from 

 .about l.")00 feet. "Iris chocolafe-brown ; bill dusky or slaty black; legs 

 greyish brown "' (p. .'.").")). 



4. (reofir/dii di>//i'rf>/i Hartert (\>. .">."i.">). — A line series, old .■nid young unes, lV<iin 

 ].")0n to 4000 feet. 



."). (ienrichld i//fcrj)iTs (Temm.). — A very fine scries of old and young birds. Adult : 

 " Iris chocolate; bill very dark brown ; legs pinky wliite, claws pale horn- 

 brown." The young resembles the yonng of (r. do/irrf/// ; hut the slaty grey, 

 not deep black, tail, and the brownish, not chestnut-rufous, rump, <listin- 

 guish it even in the youngest age (p. .").')(!). 



0. I)rfu'/t//pfi'iyx leurophri/x (Temm.). — 3000 to 40oii feet and below (p. 'i-")?). 



7. i'isfico/a risticola (Temm.). — (p. o.jT). 



8. Ortkotomtis mpiiim Horsf.— At 1200 and l.'iOO feet (p. o.")T). 



*9. Ai'focephalKs longirostriis Gould. — Two skins of an Acroccplialns agree in every 

 respect with the type of .1. /oHffiros/ri.'i (Jould from Australia. They are 

 certainly not A. australis, which has been recorded from Lombok, bnt was 

 not found there eitlier hv Everett or DoIuMtv. " Verv aliundant .among the 



