168 ON THE NEST OF PITECHEIR MELANURUS. 



rest 1 have to add to my former informations (Notes 

 Leyden Museum, 1892, p. 123) merely the following ob- 

 servation, namely that by having now found the nest only 

 some meters above the ground , I suspect that the native 

 told lies when he reported (N. L. M. 1892, p. 123) that 

 he observed one of the red Rats running upon a branch 

 of a high Rasamala-iree : probably the native said that solely 

 in order to exaggerate the trouble spend in catching the 

 animal as much as possible , and at the same time to dis- 

 courage the other natives crowded together on that occasion. 

 Under such circumstances it is very difficult to obtain trust- 

 worthy details from the natives : it is quite the same thing 

 as with the informations concerning trees upon which 

 rare Insects have been collected , the natives fearing that 

 others may frequent their hunting-ground." 



J*J otes from tbe Leyden Museum , Vol. X. VII. 



