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monde aiment passionnément la chair très-grasse du cous- 

 cous blanc ; c'est pour eux un régal délicieux dont ils sont 

 friands , et ils se bornent a faire rótir l'animal dans sa 

 peau, avec Ie poil et sur les charbons arden ts, après en 

 avoir óté seulement les intestins. Mais telle est sou abon- 

 dance, qu'ils fa9onnent avec ses dents de longs chapelets, 

 qui servent a la decoration de leurs armes ; ou ils s'en font 

 des colliers et des ceintures, longues de plusieurs brasses." 



Teysmann wrote on the labels that it is called Koesoe 

 tigha in Ceram and Amboina; in Amboina the albino is 

 named Koesoe poeti {poeti signifies tvhite). 



According to Gray, Wallace attached to a specimen of 

 this species the observation: »eats leaves and cocoa-nuts." 



Von Rosenberg reports that it is called Kiedo in Goram . 

 and further: »es wird vermittelst eines stark klebenden, 

 aus dem Harze eines Artocarpus verfertigten Leimes hau- 

 fig von den Eingeborenen lebend gefangen." 



Mounted specimens in the Leyden Museum: 



Timor: 1 and 2. Adult males. Macklot, December 1828 and 

 May 1829. Crown of head, nape and back of a chestnut brown, 

 turning in a dirty yellow towards the haunches , the legs , 

 tail and head, Underparts yellowish white. — 3. Adult 

 female. Macklot, Dec. 1828. Like No». 1 and 2, but haun- 

 ches and legs browner , underparts whiter , red round the 

 pouch. — 4. Young male. Macklot, Dec. 1828. The very 

 long and woolly fur of a uniform dirty white color; no 

 trace of a dark line on back or head. Albino. — 5. Youncr 

 male. Macklot, May 1829. Upperparts reddish brown, 

 redder on the haunches and on the tail; underparts dirty 

 white. — 6. Very young male. Macklot, May 1829. up- 

 perparts chestnut brown , underparts whitish. 



Banda: 7. Very young male. J. Semmelink, 1880. Up- 

 perparts, legs and tail sooty, underparts pure white. 



Ceram: 8. Adult male. Pure white. No trace of dark 

 band on back or head. Albino. 9. Adult female. Teysmann , 

 1877. The very woolly hairs of the upperparts chestnut 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseum, "\''ol. VJI. 



