1870.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE MAMMALS OF HAINAN, 227 
10; of leg about 11; of tail 7, thin, with harsh adpressed hair pro- 
jecting 13 inch beyond tip of bone. 
The short coarse hair of the head commences from the orbital 
ridge, leaving no forehead. Head, arms, and back olive-grey, rufes- 
cent on the first and last, browner on the arms. Fingers clothed to 
end of first digits, the rest bare and fleshy-brown in colour, with a few 
scattered hairs and long brown claw-like nails; basal portions of 
the hair bluish grey. Under neck, breast, and belly dingy yellowish. 
Rump, thighs, and base of tail yellowish chestnut ; yellowish brown 
on legs, feet, and rest of tail. Toes covered with longish hairs. 
Buttocks bare—with a bright red callosity on each side, of an irregular 
oval form, with the smallest end downwards, 1 inch long by °6 in 
greatest breadth. 
The Chinese General at Nychow (S. Hainan) gave me a live young 
specimen of this species; but, as it had had its tail chopped off, I 
did not trouble to have it forwarded to England. 
Judging from the single adult female brought home by me, the 
Hainan Monkey does not appear to be separable from the Macacus 
erythreus (Schreber) of Bengal, of which there are many examples 
in the Society’s Gardens. 
3. Hovuss-Bat. Vesperugo abramus (Temm.) [V. akokomali], 
Monograph. de Mamm. t. ii. p. 232. 
I only procured one small Bat at Hainan—the species which 
roosted under the eaves of the house in the city wherein I was quar- 
tered. Dr. Peters, of Berlin, has kindly determined the species. It 
is a common House-bat in Nagasaki, Japan. 
The Gazetteer places the Bats at the end of the list of birds, as is 
usual with Chinese authors, and says, ‘‘ Peenfoo, or Bat, shaped 
like a Mouse, has thin flesh-wings uuiting the four legs and extend- 
ing to the tail. In winter stows away; in summer comes out. In 
daytime lies prostrate ; in night flies. One name for it is Foo-yeh, 
or Belly-wings. It is now called the Feishoo, or Flying-mouse.”’ 
4, Asiatic Civer. Viverra zibetha, L. 
The Indian Civet occurs in China from Canton to Shanghai. I 
have not detected it in Formosa. In Hainan I procured two flat 
skins at Lingmun (Central Hainan), a place of barter between the 
Chinese and the independent Le. One is that of a full-sized animal, 
the other of one about two-thirds grown. The younger animal is 
blacker between the shoulders, with distinct markings on the sides 
and rump. In the older animal these markings have almost entirely 
disappeared. This is mentioned in the Gazetteer as the Heangle, 
or Fragrant Fox. 
5. Tae Litre Civer. Viverricula malaccensis (Gmelin). 
I obtained a skin of this animal at the same place as the last. Its 
black markings are somewhat confused. It is a common species in 
South China, as well as in Formosa. The Gazetteer calls it the 
Mao-hwa-le, or Fox with cat-like markings. 
