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long; that the number of vertebrse in the spinal column apparently varies for 

 the species thus: 





Cer- 

 vical. 



Thor- 

 acic. 



Lum- 

 bar. 



Sacral. 



Caudal. 





7 



13 

 13 

 14 

 14 



5 

 6 

 8 

 6 



5 

 4 



i 



15 



14-F 

 17 

 17 -i- 







That the '•cranium much resembles that of the Lemurina, having a considerable 

 and vaulted cerebral cavity, large orbits, nearly vertical occipital plane, large 

 olfactory fossse, a well-developed zygomatic arch sending up a postorbital process 

 to meet a corresponding one from the frontal so as either partially or completely 

 to encircle the orbit behind, and tympanies ankylosed with the other cranial 

 bones, dilated into a bulla, and produced externally into a tubular auditory 

 meatus. The face is generally elongated, and narrow anteriorly, but in Galeo- 

 pithecus it is broad and depressed." '° That the coraeoid of the scapula "is greatly 

 developed and bifurcated"; that "the radius and ulna are fused together distally"; 

 "'the symphysis of the pelvis, as already sta.ted above, is long"; and, finally, that 

 "the fibula and tibia are complete and remain distinct" throughout the life of 

 the individual. 



About a year ago, Mr. Eichard C. McGregor, of the Bureau of Science, 

 Manila, kindly forwarded to me for description two adult specimens of 

 Cynocephalus, probabl}" C philippinensis (Waterliouse) . 



Mr. McGregor wrote as follows : 



We have on hand two skeletons of Galeopithecus, both of which are being 

 sent to you by mail. These were collected near Guindulman, Bohol, where the 

 species is fairly common. A considerable number are killed by the natives, but 

 I did not learn that the fur was used by them. In Cebu there were between 20 

 and 30 skins of this species for sale in a store: they came from Bohol, of course, 

 as the species is unknown in C«bu. It is found also in Jlindanao, Samar, and 

 Basilan. 



This animal seems to be strictly arboreal and to feed exclusively on the leaves 

 of trees. It is an animal difficult to see, as whenever it suspects danger it 

 remains perfectly quiet and hugs a branch. Its 'colors are quite protective. 

 When moving in a tree it is very cautious and seems to glide rather than to 

 move like a squirrel or other small mammal; in fact, its movements impressed 

 me as being very snake-like. The native name is "Ca-guan." 



The color of the pelage, even of specimens from one locality, varies greatly, 

 running from seal brown to light gray and from imspotted to thickly spotted 

 with gray. 



Padre Elera, in Fauna de Filipinas (1895), 1, 16, lists five species: Galeo- 

 pithecus i-olans (Shaw), G. rufus Geoflf. & Guv., G. variegatus Geoff. & Guv., 

 G. marmoratus Tenim., and G. philippinensis Waterh. as being found in the 

 Philippines, but I doubt if so many species should be credited to these Islands. 



^° In the paragraph just quoted Flower intended to cover not only Cynocephalus, 

 but likewise Tupaia, Macroscelides, and Rhynchocyon. — K. W. S. 



