I860.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 87 



Report of Curator, Zoological Department. 



The following collections have been received : 



1. E. Swinhoe, Esq., of H. M. Consulate, Amoy. Numerous 

 specimens of mammalia and birds, and some in other classes, addi- 

 tional to the birds noticed in XXVIII, 280, — collected chiefly about 

 Amoy, but some from Formosa ; and among the latter the skull and 

 horns of an undescribed Stag, of the Elaphine type of Deer, which 

 cannot but be regarded as an interesting discovery. 



MAMMALIA. 



Macactjs ? Skull of a young animal, sent as that of " the 



small Formosa Monkey." I am not aware that any species of Mon- 

 key has been described from that island ; and the present specimen 

 exhibits no special characteristic at so early an age, when the second 

 true molars had not been developed. A Monkey of this genus (M. 

 speciosus, F. Cuv.,) inhabits Japan. Mr. Swinhoe since writes — 

 " The Macactjs from Formosa must have been at least two years 

 old. I procured him in spring and kept him alive for several 

 months. I have one still alive, with an unmutilated tail, which I 

 will send you as ifc is, and you will be able to form your own views of 

 the species from the living animal. It is very difficult to get an 

 animal of the kind with a full tail, as the Chinese are in the habit 

 of docking the tail before Europeans can get hold of them. This 

 is the small species and inhabits the camphor forests of the Formosa 

 mountains. Its colour is grey with pale uncler-parts, and it has yel- 

 lowish-brown ej T es. The large species which frequents the rocks on 

 the coast of Formosa, especially in the neighbourhood of SaJcoio or 

 ' Ape's hill,' is about twice the size and rather darker in colour (both 

 have rough coats), with redder face, and with two bright red callosi- 

 ties on the rump. This I take to be the Japanese animal, as also 

 identical with the Monkeys found in the island of Lintin near Hong- 

 kong, but this only on conjecture. The small species stands about 

 2 ft. high, the larger about 3 ft. A sporting friend has lately gone 

 over to Formosa, and having sent a stuffer with him, I hope to pro- 

 cure some of these animals." — Qu. Has the very short tail of 

 M. speciosus, as figured by M. Fr. Cuvier, been docked of its na- 

 tural proportions? — Again, Mr. Swinhoe subsequently writes — 



