NO. 1485. MAMMALS FROM RHIO-LINGA ISLANDS— MILLER., 281 



Sus rhionis. — No notes. 



Mus finnxis. — 



Mus near rattus. — 



Jfus lingensis. — The three species of Mus were trapped in heavy 

 juno'le, where the}^ were very abundant. 



No miisangs ( Viverrklai) were seen, and the natives say that none 

 occurs. 



SUGI {Soojee). 

 August 22-29, 1902. 



Pulo Sugi, on east side of Durian (Moro) Strait, is about 10 miles 

 long and contains about 30 square miles. Scarcely any original forest 

 remains, it having been cleared sometime since by Chinese to grow 

 gambler. The surface is now mostly covered with scrub and l)lukar 

 (secondary jungle), and there are wide areas of coarse bracken and 

 lalang. Most of the island i.s hilly, rising to al)ove 1,000 feet in Gun- 

 ong Bekaka. A tract of heavy jnngle lay about 2 miles W. S. W. of 

 Nyor Kampong, and a hill with some original forest back (east) of 

 Kampong Sisok furnished excellent collecting ground. 



Tr(((j nlus flavicolUs. — The napu was not common. Many traps and 

 snares were seen, but the natives succeeded in getting onlj' one speci- 

 men, though the}^ were offered a dollar apiece for them. 



RaUifa insU/nis. — Shot on a forest-covered hill. A number seen 

 and heard. 



Sc! ariis pen insularls. — Very common among the cocoanuts. 



Mas firmus. — No notes. 



3£us lingensis. — No notes. 



Mus near rattus. — No notes. 



Cynopterus inontanoi. — A large l)unch hanging beneath a cocoanut 

 leaf in village. Thirty-one killed at one shot; many of these \'Oung. 

 Onl}" one adult male in the lot. 



Macacus fascicular is. — Common. Shot in patch of heav^y forest. 



Preshytis cristata. — Shot on forest-covered hill. 



Pig tracks were plentiful, and Kubong {Cijnocephalus) were said to 

 exist. The natives said that there were no musangs on the island. 



BATAM (Baltayi). 



September 15-27, 1905. 



Batam is the second largest of the nortliern islands of the Rhio 

 Archipelago. It is the fourth in size of the whole group. It lies 10 

 miles southeast of Singapore, and is about 15 miles long b}^ about 12 

 miles wide. Doctor Abbott has not visited it, but Mr. C. B. Kloss 

 spent a week there in September, 1905. Part of his collection of 

 mannnals, numbering 30 specimens, has been presented to the U. S. 

 National Museum. It contains the following species: 



Tragulus perflavus. 



