CATALOGUE. 133 



During the period above mentioned I obtained but two individuals. 

 One of these was forwarded to the Museum of the Honourable East- 

 India Company in 1812, with a few remarks on its locality, food, and 

 manners ; and the other formed part of the collection which was 

 brought to England by me in 1819." 



Dr. Sal. Muller, and the other Dutch naturalists, who examined 

 minutely the western parts of Java, inform us that the Tupaia javanica 

 is not unfrequent in the dense forests of these districts, where its 

 range extends from the coast to an elevation of about 4,000 feet above 

 the sea. 



The form and the exterior of the different species of Tupaia are 

 minutely described by the Dutch naturalists in the Verhand. over 

 Natuurl. Gesch. p. 160, &c., and in Horsfield's Zool. Research. &c. 



As to the habits of the various species of this genus, all zoologists 

 who have had an opportunity of observing them in their native 

 countries agree in ascribing to them a character easily suiting itself to 

 the society of man, and capable of some training. 



In the thirteenth volume of the Trans. Linn. Soc. p. 257, Sir T. S. 

 Raffles states : " These animals are as tame and sprightly as squirrels. 

 The tame one mentioned in the description was suffered to go about at 

 perfect liberty, ranged in freedom over the whole house, and never 

 failed to present himself on the breakfast and dinner table, where he 

 partook of fruit and milk/' Tupaia ferruginea. 



Dr. Sal. Muller describes the T. javanica as a confiding, simple, and 

 lively little animal, always in motion, seeking its food at one time on 

 the ground, among moss and dry leaves, at another along the stems of 

 trees, dipping its nose rapidly into the fissures and hollows. It forms 

 a nest of moss, at some distance above the ground, supporting it on 

 clusters of orchideous plants, which attach themselves to the forest 

 trees. 



Dr. Cantor communicates the following observations : " The young 

 of this very numerous species in hilly jungle is easily tamed, and 

 becomes familiar with its feeder, though towards strangers it ietains its 

 original mistrust, which, in mature age, is scarcely reclaimable. In a 

 state of nature, it lives singly or in pairs, fiercely attacking intruders of 

 its own species. When several are confined together, they fight each 

 other, or jointly attack and destroy the weakest. The natural food is 

 mixed insectivorous and frugivorous. In confinement, individuals 

 may be fed exclusively on either, though preference is evinced for 

 insects ; and eggs, fish, and earth-worms are equally relished. A 

 short, peculiar, tremulous whistling sound, often heard by calls and 



