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mals.givingtheirnativenames.andinformationrelativetotheirhabits. 

 Of one of these, a species of Galeopithecus, Mr. Cuming remarks : — 



" The Caguang is an inofFensive animal, inhabiting lofty trees in 

 dark woods, and is known to feed upon the leaves of the Nanka or 

 Jack Fruit; it suspends itself from the upper branches of the tree by 

 all its feet, which gives it a large appearance, as it brings them all 

 four together. 



" It flies heavily for about a hundred yards on an inclined plane, 

 but readily ascends the trees by its strong claws ; it makes a weak 

 noise similar to geese ■vvhen at ręst : when the calls of nature ope- 

 rate on the animal, it erects its tail and membrane up to the back 

 part of the neck, which gives it a most singular appearance. They 

 are easily taken by the natives throwing nets over them, or by cut- 

 ting down the tree on which they are ; and before they can clear 

 themselves of the branches are taken hold of by the hand. I never 

 saw one of them attempt to bite. When the female has young she 

 is very easily taken. They appear much attached to their young, 

 ■which are always hanging at the breast. Of late years great num- 

 bers of them have been taken for the sake of their skins, which meet 

 ■with a ready sale at ManiUa. They are found on the islands of Bo- 

 hol and Mindanado." 



Another of the specimens was the Taršius spectrum of Geoffroy, of 

 tvhich Mr. Cuming's memoranda furnished the following interesting 

 detaUs : — 



" The Malmag is a small animal living under the roots of trees, 

 particularly the large bamboo of these islands. Its principai food is 

 lizards, ■which it prefers to all other. When extremely hungry, I 

 have known it to eat shrimps and cock-roaches, and give a great pre- 

 ference to those which are alive. It is very cleanly in its habits, never 

 touches any kind of food that has been partly consumed, and never 

 drinks a second time from the šame •vvater. It seldom makes any 

 kind of noise, and \vhen it does emit sound it is a sharp shrill call. 

 and only once. On approaching it in its cage, it fixes its large fuU 

 eyes upon the party for a length of time, never mo^ving a musele : 

 on drawing nearer, or putting anything near it, it draws up the 

 museles of the face similar to a monkey, and shows its beautiful 

 sharp regular set teeth. It laps water likę a cat, but very slowly, 

 and eats much for so small an animal. It springs nearly two feet at a 

 time. It sleeps much by day, is easily tamed, and becomes quite 

 familiar, licking the hands and face, and creeping about your person, 

 and is fond of being caressed. It has an aversion to the light, al- 

 ways retiring to the darkest ^ilace. It sits upon its posteriors Avhen 

 it feeds, holding its food by its fore pa\vs ; when not hungry, it will 

 ogle the food for a considerable time. A malė and female are gene- 

 rally seen together : the natives of these islands make sure of taking 

 the second having secured the first. They are extremely scarce in 

 the island of Bohol, and only found in the woods of Jagna and the 

 island of Mindanado. 



" The calls of nature seldom operate ; the/<Eces are similar to those 

 of a dog, and large for so small an animal. 



