EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



Plate 1. 



Tupaia dissimilis, Pulo Condore. Reproduction of the original figure of William 

 Ellis' Sciurus dissimilis, in his natural history journal, written during Capt. Cook's 

 third voyage, 1776-1780; now in the British Museum (Natural History). Repro- 

 duced by the permission of the authorities of the British Museum. A scale of 100 

 mm. was laid on the page when photograph was made. 



Plate 2. 



Skeleton of Tupaia lacernata ivilkinsoni; Cat. No. 49468, U.S.N.M., Tarang, Lower 

 Siam; collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott. About one-half natural size. 



Plate 3. 



External appearance of Tupaia nicobarica, T. javanica, T. minor, and T. glis. About 



one-third natural size. 



Fig. 1. Tupaia nicobarica surda; Type; Cat. No. 111757, U.S.N.M., Little Nicobar 

 Island; Dr. W. L. Abbott, collector. 



2. Tupaia javanica; Cat. No. 154598, TJ.S.N.M., Mount Salak, Java; Bryant and 



Palmer, collectors. 



3. Tupaia minor minor; Cat. No. 145575, U.S.N.M., Sempang River, western 



Borneo; Dr. W. L. Abbott, collector. 



4. Tupaia glis ferruginea; Cat. No. 114548, U.S.N.M., Tapanuli Bay, west coast 



oi Sumatra; Dr. W. L. Abbott, collector. 



Plate 4. 



External appearance of Anathana ellioti (Waterhouse). After the original plate in 

 colors by Waterhouse in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London for 1849. 



Plate 5. 



External appearance of Dendrogale miinna (Schlegel and Miiller). After the original 

 figure in Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlandeche 

 Overzeesche Bezittingen, 1843. 



Plate 6. 



External appearance of Tana cervicalis, T. dorsalis, TJrogale everetti. About one-third 



natural size. 



Fig. 1. Tana cervicalis cervicalis; Type; Cat. No. 121754, U.S.N.M., Tana Bala, Batu 

 Islands, off west coast of Sumatra; Dr. W. L. Abbott, collector. 



2. Tana dorsalis; Cat. No. 142245, U.S.N.M., Kapuas River, western Borneo; 



Dr. W. L. Abbott, collector. 



3. Urogale everetti; Cat. No. 125287, U.S.N.M. (Type of U. cylindrura), Mount 



Apo, Mindanao, Philippine Islands; Dr. E. A. Mearns, collector. 



Plate 7. 



External appearance of Plilocercus lowii Gray. After the original plate by Gray in 

 the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London for 1848. 



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