

CONTRIBUTIONS 



NATURAL HISTORY OF LABUAN, 



THE ADJACENT COASTS OF BORNEO. 



PART I. 



MAMMALIA. 



Order Cheiroptera. 

 Fam. Pteropinse. 

 Gen. Cynopterus. 



Cyaopterus Horsfieldii (British Museum). 



Above, rufous brown ; sides of neck and body rufous. 



Below, light ash gray ; chin yellowish. 



Length, to the base of the tail, 3 inches 1 -tenth. 



„ of tail, 3-tenths. 



„ of head, 1 inch 2 -tenths. 



„ of ears, ^ an inch. 



„ of nose, from the base of ears to the tip^ 9 -tenths. 



„ of fore-arm, 2 inches 3-tenths. 



„ of thumb and claw, 1 inch. 



„ of hind foot, 4-tenths. 

 Breadth of ears, 4-tenths. 

 Expansion of wings, 12| inches. 



Very common near streams in the jungle, and easily dis- 

 turbed in the day-time. 



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Order Insectivora. 

 Fam. Soricidae. 

 Gen. Sorex. 



Sorex Grayii. 

 Colour, brown above, grayish brown below : tail, quadrangular, 



