1917.] II. C. Robinson: Birds from Pulau Langkawi. 1.; ; 



collected here from December 31st to January 4th, and 

 besides the mammals actually secured, which will be dealt 

 with later, obtained evidence id' the existence of a form oi 

 which is very dark in colour and of a 

 species of Paradoxurus (musang). 



A very small bat, probably an Emballonura, was seen round 

 ,1 flowering tree after dark, while the orang laid or coast 

 aboriginals told us th re many of the larger kluaug 



(Pteropus) among the mangr »v - at certain times of the year, 

 though none wi n to be found at the time of our visit. 



Neither Pig, Mouse deer or the Lotong {Pithecm obscurus) 

 an found on the island. 



The strait separating the island from the mainland is 

 i'n i\ .1 mile wide at its narrowest part and curies less than 

 ten feet "i" water at low tide and it is therefore at first sight 

 surprising that the isl md forms of the mammals should differ 

 to the extent that they undoubtedly do from the mainland 

 stocks. It seem- probable, however, that the lower land 

 forming the eastern part of the island is of very recent 

 formation and that Telibun, in times geologically very recent 

 p irati i from the mainland by a deeper and wider strait 

 than is at present the 



Birds, as our lists show, were few in number and not 

 particularly interesting in >pecies. 



From the evidence of the rocks on the shore it would 

 appear that the island is in part composed of sandstones and 

 other similar formations though man) of the higher peaks 

 seem to be limestone. 



Koh Mt'K or Pulau Muntia. A small island, roughly 

 circular or quadrangular in shape, about 6 miles NNW. of 

 Telibun and separated from it and the mainland by depths not 

 exceeding four fathoms. The WWW. and SW. parts of the 

 island consi-t of precipitous limestone bluffs coming down 

 sheer into the sea. the maximum hi ighl of the island being 

 about a thousand feet. The E. and SK. -ides however, are 

 lo \ and sandy and there is go id anchorage for small craft in 

 the SE. bay in about three fathom-. The western face is 

 much tissured by caves, some of considerable size, in which 

 esculenl swallows breed in great numbers while others are 

 inhabited by b <us melanopogon fretensis, Thomas). 



Some of these caves appear to havi I n u ed as places of 

 sepulture, as wi ft agmentar) human bones in more 



than one of them, but this fact has already bei n noted by 

 Annandale who has described skel t< 11 collei ted by him in 

 the vicinity. 



At the time of our visit from . | -St h January 1917, there having 

 been little rain for over six weeks, the island was deficient in good 

 water. Then 1 earings on the eastern 



side of the island, which is much frequented for fishing 

 purposes and for the collection oi beche-de-mer 01 trepang 



Sept., 1917. . 



