HYSTRIX MULLERI. 



91 



H. Mülleri. 

 m, m. 

 Length of body from tip of nose 



to root of tail 618 



Length of tail without termina] 



quills 115 



Length of one of the largest quills 



on the back 190 



Total length of skull 135 



Length of nasal bone 59 



Length ol ujjper molar series. . . 23 

 Distance between incisor and first 



upper molar 37 



Distance between incisor and first 



lower molar 23 



H. javanica. 



127 

 118 



48 

 26 



33 



20 



The measurements of the skull were taken from the 

 skeleton of a very old specimen formerly collected at Padang- 

 bessie (Sumatra) by our diligent traveller S. Muller. 



The other measurements are those of a very old male, 

 having lived Vj^ year in captivity at Padang at the house 

 of the Chinese Lie Saay , and a year in the Royal 

 Zoological Botanical Gardens at the Hague. We may 

 take this opportunity of expressing our sincere grati- 

 tude to that Society and especially to the Director Mr. 

 Maitlaud , to whom we are indebted for this very fine 

 specimen. 



In the Leyden Museum we have of H. Mülleri four 

 stuffed specimens and one skeleton, of H. javanica four 

 stuffed examples , two skeletons and three skulls. 



In the Galleries of the Amsterdam Museum , Natura Artis 

 Magistra, there is also an adult stuffed specimen of the 

 Sumatran Porcupine, which died last year in the Zoolo- 

 gical Gardens. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum. 



