ON A COLLECTION OF MA.NLMAI.S AN1> oTHKl: 

 VERTEBRATES FROM THK TKENUGANT vf. ini-i t \.,.. 



\i\ c. |{()1)|;n kloss, k.z.h., m.,, 

 TN e'Oiui)aiiy witli tour collators, u MahiN ..hIitIv iiml u M'naiil I 

 left Tn'ii^-i;iiiiu town at o a.m. on 'i'.'tli .\iiu'ust. I'Jlo. to muki' a 

 zoolotiical invostiiiatiuu of the Ti-cui^'i^'aim AiTlii|K-la'/i>. Tin- \.'*m'| m 

 which v/e sailed, aud for wliiih witli its crew I am indelit*^! !•• 

 Mr. Walter D. Scott, British A^'cnt, Treu<,'^Miiu, fur IiIm iij.Hi»ttuiu«- in 

 engaging, was a lug-rigged ketch of ahout 4-t- feet in length uikI II 

 feet beam. SheAvas iniliallasted and dn-w al>out thn-*- f*-*-! wlu-n l".i'i«-«l 

 with our impedimenta and sujiplies. Tlioiigli decke<|, tin* lioM ran 

 the whole length of the hull, but in the stern there wan u miM*d mbiu 

 hatch giving six feet of head-room between roof and Hcxjr and thi* 

 portion of the vessel was titted with two bunks; thi- inid»hiii |Mirtiiiu 

 between the masts was occupied l>y a large Iiatih anil forward of thin 

 again we carried on deck a wooden gallev with a r\a\ hearth. Oiir 

 water was stored in jars and Mr. Sc-ott kindly lent uh u HUiall Uwit 

 which we towed astern. The i)rau was not a goo«l H«i-lN«t. Ikt 

 anchor and cable were untrustworthy and her sails so rotten that «)ii a 

 stormy night towards tlie end of thr cruise they w.-n- pra<ti.-ally 

 blowii away. She was very slow ami we ci>uld not afford to \>rv*>n Iht 

 owing to her iudiiferent sea-worthiness and poor gear. It wu*. how. 

 ever, onlv necessary to spend short periods on board a.s at tlie hirer 

 islands we took everything out of her and camiK'd on slioif. 



The cruise, which lasted for eigliteen days, was conceimHl with the 

 vertebi-ate zoology of the islands with special ivfeivnce to uuimnuilii. 

 Species in particular, and individuals, with one or two ex.eptiouH. wen* 

 not numerous. 



Little Redaug or Puiau ndinig. \n1miv one nigiu was H|-'nt. pro- 

 duced eight mauuuals ; Onnit Redang, where we caniiied f..r mx muht*. 

 resulted hi a collection of 1<»(; specimens; a fi-w hours >.|.-nt at an-lior 

 one afternoon oft' Pulau Lantinga gave us lo miunniaU and a mijouni of 

 seven days in the Perhentians iHl nior- a total oi :M)5. of whicli « 

 fiill account is given U'low. 



The collection of birds niinil.Mv.l :•:. >|h-< ini.-n.s. of which C«/<rii.f 

 nlcobarica, hitherto onlv obt;iined (from the island^ pro,,.Tly Ndonu'intf 

 to the Malav Peninsula) ..n Pulau Janik. .Straits of MuUva. .n.I 

 the Laugkawi group was |H.rhaps the n.ost inten-Htiug. IV n-iiwindrr 

 do not call for comment. 



Reptiles were scarce, and in.^-.t life, as is usual on all hucI. uUwU-. 

 was extremely scanty : the butterflies obtain.nl „u.nl--n.l K- Ihwi 



fiftv specimens. • i_ i 



The onlv previous visit of a /.oologieal nat.nv tounv of »Ih. i.U».U 

 appears to U^ that of some menilH.i-s of the " Skeat hxi«-d.' 

 Redang in 1899, when the four si-tvies of bird. Im.ntlom^l -^ • ■ nr 



obtained; but the exan.ple of C^l'vna, .o<^nra nvonk^l M 



Oct., I'Jii. 



