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were scarce and Gesneraceae, for which we came specially 

 to look, were not conspicuous or interesting and were almost 

 entirely out of flower. 



Pulau Terutau. Pulau Terutau lies north of Langkawi, 

 from which it is separated by a channel about five miles 

 in breadth. I have little to add to the brief account of the 

 island given by Air. Kloss and myself in the Ibis for 1910, 

 pp. 666 et seq. 



During our stay on the present visit, which lasted from 

 17 — 29th December we circumnavigated the island and 

 landed at several spots on the western shore which is very 

 bold and exposed though there are three large shallow bays 

 with fine beaches. The island is even more sparsely inhabited 

 than it was in 1907 and 1908, but a good deal of timber cutting 

 takes place at intervals. The collections of birds were neither 

 large nor of any great importance but we obtained a number 

 of mammals which were special desiderata of the Museum, 

 including the rare Petaurista terutaws, hitherto known only from 

 the type, and a new species of Arctogalidia. 



Koh Libong or Pulau Telibux. Situated between 

 Lat. 7 12' and 7 18'. N. and Long 99 31' and 99 27', this 

 island is roughly an equilateral triangle in shape with sides 

 of about six miles. One face is high and rocky with a sandy 

 shore, the maximum height being put in the charts at about 

 1,450 feet, though this estimate is probably excessive. The 

 high land, which is on the western face, is comparatively 

 narrow and the rest of the island is low and flat, there 

 being a good deal of mangrove in places while further inland 

 there are sandy flats and grassy plains overgrown with gelam 

 (Melaleuca), several species of tall grass (though lalang is quite 

 absent) and a variety of prickly shrubs. The high land 

 is covered with jungle though in places where this has been 

 cleared for hill rice and the like, the landscape has assumed 

 a park-like aspect, very pleasing to the eye after the monotony 

 of the jungle of the southern islands, though by no means 

 so pleasant to traverse. The jungle is open and the under- 

 growth consists largely of a species of palm, with fan shaped 

 leaves, growing to about fifteen feet in height. Epiphytes 

 generally were scarce and orchids, in contrast to the islets 

 off Terutau and Langkawi, are by no means numerous. In 

 fact the botany generally was of no great interest-, doubtless 

 due to the fact that there had been but little rain for some time 

 prior to our visit and few plants were consequently in flower, 

 the most attractive being a small Begonia with rose-pink 

 flowers which grew on damp rocks on the shore, barely 

 above tide marks. 



The flat portion of the island being unsuitable for collect- 

 ing upon and water being there scarce and indifferent in 

 quality, we anchored in a small bight off the N.W. corner 

 of the island where there was a small stream of excellent 

 water and a fine, sandy beach backed by good jungle. We 



