BIRDS OF THE ANAMBA ISLANDS. 3 
islands of the main, or northern, group—Siantan, Mata, Mobur, 
etc.—are virtually connected by them. The islands have many 
coastal indentations, and the numerous resulting bays and channels 
afford good anchorages. The soil of at least the larger islands is 
fairly fertile and supports nearly everywhere a good forest growth,}! 
except where cleared for cultivation or the planting of coconut trees. 
These clearings are numerous along the coast of some of the larger 
islands, while from a few of the smaller islands the forest has entirely 
disappeared in this way. 
Wild mammals are not numerous, and consist chiefly of various 
species of rats, squirrels, monkeys, tree shrews (Tupaia), and bats. 
The climate of these islands, owing to frequent heavy rains and 
fresh breezes, is much cooler than that of Siam. 
The population of the Anamba Islands is probably not over 3,000 
or 4,000, made up mostly of Malays, with a few Chinese traders. 
The principal village is Terempa, on a little bay on the northwestern 
coast of Pulo Siantan. It is inhabited chiefly by Chinese, who have 
here many shops. 
The island of Jimaja, or Pulo”® Jimaja, the largest of the group, 
is about 14.miles in length north and south, about 9 miles wide, 
and has an area of approximately 47 square miles. The surface is 
uneven, and there are many peaks over 700 feet high, the greatest 
elevation being 1,530 feet. The coast line is very irregular, and 
there are consequently numerous bays. In places along the coast 
there are swampy areas of limited extent grown up to mangroves. 
There are a number of streams on the island, also a few low water- 
falls and pools, the latter merely rocky basins in the stream beds. 
Pulo Siantan, in the eastern part of the Anamba Archipelago, is 
the second largest island, with an area of about 31 square miles. 
It is rough and hilly, and rises at one point to an altitude of 1,855 
feet. There are some small streams on this island, and on the north- 
eastern coast a waterfall about 400 feet high. This island is heavily 
forested, and has also patches of mangroves in places along its coast.’ 
Pulo Telaga, or Peaked Island, is a conspicuous object in the sea 
between the northern and western groups, and is surrounded by a 
number of smaller islands. It is a narrow wooded ridge, about 5 
miles long, extending north and south, and has near its northern end 
a picturesque peak 1,740 feet in height. 
Pulo Mata and Pulo Mobur, which lie a short distance north of 
Pulo Siantan, are among the larger islands, and do not differ in 
characteristics from those already described. 
Pulo Kelong, northeast of Pulo Mata, is a narrow island some 
5 miles in length and a mile or less in width east and west, with its 
ridge rising to a height of 600 or 700 feet. 
See pl. 2, upper figure. 2“ Pulo” is the Malay word for island. See pl. 2, lower figure. 
