PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



Vol. Ill, pp. 111-13S. March 26, 1901 



MAMMALS COLLECTED BY DR. W. L. ABBOTT 



ON THE NATUNA ISLANDS. 



By Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. 



About three months during the spring and summer of 1900 

 were spent by Dr. W. L. Abbott in exploring the Natuna 

 Islands in the South China Sea.^ Specimens were collected at 

 the following localities : Pulo Midei, or Low Island (May 23- 

 26), Pulo Seraia (May 29), Sirhassen Island (June i-io), Pulo 

 Subi (June 12-13), Pulo Lingung (June 17-19), Bunguran, or 

 Great Natuna Island (June 24-July 31) and Pulo Laut, or 

 North Natuna Island (August 5-13). About 265 mammals 

 were obtained, all of which have been presented to the United 

 States National Museum. This paper contains an account of 

 these, and is published here by permission of the Secretary of 

 the Smithsonian Institution. 



Two extensive collections of mammals had been made on 

 the Natuna Islands previous to Dr. Abbott's visit, the first by 

 Mr. A. Everett during September and October, 1893, the sec- 

 ond by Mr. Ernest Hose during July, August, September and 

 October, 1894. These have formed, either wholly or in part, the 

 basis of several papers,^ which constitute the literature relating to 



^ For location of the Natuna Islands see Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., 11, p. 

 204. August 20, 1900. 



^Thomas (O.) and Hartert (E.). List of the first collection of mammals from 

 the Natuna Islands. Novitates Zoologicae, i, pp. 652-660. September, 1S94. 



Thomas (O.). Revised determinations of three of the Natuna rodents. 

 Novitates Zoologies, 11, pp. 26-28. Februarj', 1895. 



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