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His conclusion is: "ich fiode nicht, dass derartige Ver- 

 schiedenheiten in den Maassen auf geographische Ab-arten 

 hinweisen und stelle die fünf bisher beschriebenen Cepha- 

 Zo<es-species in einer einzigen Art zusammen". 



The study of the other measurements always gives the 

 same negative answer, so too do the dimensions of the 

 skulls. 



And now we will take the color into consideration; 

 Geoffroy, the first describer of paliata, called the color of 

 his young type-specimen, probably from Timor, "jaune 

 tres pale ou la teinte de la paille"; in a later description 

 a small individual was "roux", a larger one "brun", both 

 from Timor; Dobson, 1. c, named his specimens ''dark 

 brown on the head, paler brown on the neck and shoul- 

 ders, beneath dull yellowish or greyish brown", and his 

 small Amberbaki-iudividual from the Paris-Museum seems 

 to present the same tints; Temminck said concerning his 

 specimens from Banda, Samao, Timor and Amboina: "cette 

 série comparée en masse ne nous a fourni aucune diSerence 

 dans la charpente osseuse, dans le système deutaire, ni 

 dans les formes totales du corps et des membres et settle- 

 ment des légères differences de teiutes dans les couleurs 

 du pelage; qui sont locales, ou simplement dues aux diffé- 

 rentes époques de l'année dans lesquelles ces individus ont 

 été tués, au sexe ou a Tage de ceux-ci." The material at my 

 disposal is not very promising for the theory of local 

 forms ; it seems, generally spoken, that the individuals from 

 the western parts have a lighter hue combined with 



1) im Zahnwechsel! 



Notes from tlie Leyden ]Museum, Vol. XX."V1H. 



