132 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums. [Vor. VII, 
were scarce and Gesnervaceae, for which we came specially 
to look, were not conspicuous or interesting and were almost 
entirely out of flower. 
PuLavu TeERuTAU. 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 Mr. Kloss and myself in the Ibis for rgro, 
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. 
Kou Lispone or PuLAu TELIBUN. Situated between 
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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 
