104 CUSCUS ORIENTALIS. 



Key-is\ands : 87. Young female. Von Rosenberg , August 

 1865. Like N». 71. 



^rou-islands: 88. Halfgrown male. Von Rosenberg , May 

 1865. Wonoembai. Colored like N". 33. — 89. Very young 

 female. Von Rosenberg, June 1865. Wonoembai. Upper- 

 parts, head, tail and legs of a light reddish brown with 

 a silvery tinge on the back. Underparts white. 



Besides the above registered mounted specimens there 

 are several very young individuals preserved in spirits in 

 our collection. 



Cuscus celebcnsls. 



1858. Cuscus celebensis Gray. P. Z. S. L. p. 105. PL LXII 

 (partim). 



Dr. Gray described this species (1858) in the following 

 terms: »Ears produced beyond the fur, naked internally. 

 »Male and female alike, ashy-grey, grizzled with silvery 

 » hairs; the nape and the upper part of the middle of the 

 »back blacker, but without any distinct dorsal streak '). 



» Cuscus celebensis , Brit. Mus. 



>'>Hab, Celebes. 



»We have of the species — 



1. Young animal, from the island^) of Macassar; pro- 

 » cured from Mr. J. R. Wallace in 1851. 



2. Adult male and female, from San Cristoval, So- 

 »loman ^) Group of Islands, Dec. 1855. Presented by John 

 » Macgillivray , Esq. and T. M. Rayner, Esq. in 1856. 



»The same author wrote in 1860^): » Cuscus ornatus 

 » differs entirely from C. celebensis {from Celebes ' ) in the 

 » general colour of the fur, and in having a distinct streak 

 »on the head and back '), somewhat like the streak on the 

 »back of the female C. orientalis , but narrower and darker." 



Gray in » Additional observations on the genus Cus- 



1) I write this injitalics. 



2) P. Z. S. L. p. 2. 



Notes rroni the Leyden Museum, Vol. "VU. 



