1846.] 



Notice of the Nicobar Islands, 



367 



Moon, 



Khaha. 



Eat, 





Hookgnok. 



Sun, 



Han. 



Drink, 





Phim. 



Star, 



Lomalay. 



Go, 





Ahochoo. 



House, 



Hnee. 



Come, 





Kathara. 



Fire, 



Hahoha. 









1. Hing. 



4. Fuan. 



7. Hakiat. 



10. 



Lam. 



2. Hahoo. 



5. Thanin. 



8. Infuan. 



20. 



Hingian. 



3. Looha. 



6. Thafool. 



9. Inhatta. 



30. 



Loohagian. 



Notes on the Fauna of the Nicobar Islands. By E. Blyth, Curator of 

 the Museum of the Asiatic Society. 



The Vertebrated Fauna of the Nicobars, to judge from the collection 

 with which Mr. Barbe has favoured the Society, and also from a nearly 

 parallel series of specimens collected and presented to the Society by 

 Capt. Lewis, would seem to be remarkable for the paucity of terrene 

 species ; while a large proportion of such as do occur are apparently pe- 

 culiar to the locality. 



Mammalia. 



Of this class, I have examined four species only, of which three are 

 Bats. 



Macacus cynomolgus : which is also an inhabitant of the Tenasserim 

 Provinces and Malayan peninsula, but in Arracan is represented by the 

 allied M. carbonarius. I have been presented with two living specimens 

 from the Island of Timor, which do not appear to differ from those of 

 Malacca ; the species being everywhere subject to some individual vari- 

 ation. 



Pteropus edulis : Pt. javanicus, Horsf., &c. &c. Three specimens are 

 alike remarkable for having the throat and front of the neck black, the 

 head blackish, the nape dull reddish-brown, the back shining black, 

 flanks and vent dull black, and the rest of the under-parts dull reddish- 

 brown, much paler in the centre. 



