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The skeleton presents 13 costales, 6 lumbares, 3 sa- 

 crales and about 30 caudales. 



There is a single upper premolar. 



Hab. Sumatra and Java. 



Mounted specimens in the Leyden Museum. 



1 and 2. Adult males, Sumatra, Padang, S. Muller, 

 1836. — 3. Adult female, Sumatra, Padang, J. F. Snel- 

 leraan, 1878. N^*. 1 — 3 present back and tail pale brown. — 

 4. Adult specimen, Sumatra, Benkoelen , Wienecke, 1865. 

 Upperparts and tail blackish brown. — 5. Adult female, 

 West-Java, Diard, 1864. All the hairs have yellowish 

 tips , those of the hairs of the tail especially are largely 

 yellowish tipped. — 6. Adult male, Java, Kuhl and v. 

 Hasselt. — 7. Female, Java. Nos. 6 and 7 have brown 

 upperparts. — 8. Adult female, Java, Reinwardt. Upper- 

 parts maroon brown , hairs of tail broadly tipped with 

 yellowish orange. — 9. Adult male, West-Java, Diard, 

 1864. — 10. Adult female, Java, Tjikao, Boie and Macklot. 

 Nos. 9 and 10 have the back blackish brown , the tail 

 like N". 8. — 11. Young individual, Java, Kuhl and v. 

 Hasselt. Upperparts brown, tail broadly orange tipped. — 

 12. Young specimen, Java. Back black, hairs of tail 

 broadly orange tipped. — 13. Very young female, Java, 

 1840. Upperparts and very short-hairy tail of an uniform 

 brown color. — 14 and 15. Adult males, died in the 

 zoological garden at Rotterdam and Amsterdam. Upper- 

 parts of a beautiful brownish black. Hairs of tail broadly 

 orange tipped. — 16. Adult male, died in the zoological 

 garden at Rotterdam. Upperparts of a rich glistering dark 

 brownish black color. Hairs of tail broadly orange tipped. 

 17. Skeleton of an adult specimen, Java, Kuhl and v. 

 Hasselt. — 18. Skeleton of a not full-grown specimen, 

 Java , Kuhl and v. Hasselt. 



19. Skull of NO. 3. — 20. Skull of an adult specimen, 

 Java. — 21. Skull of an adult specimen, North-East-Su- 



Notes from the Leyden ZMiiseixin, "Vol. V. 



