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and paddling between muddy banks we were unable to see any- 

 thing- of the country on either side. Crocodiles are said to be 

 numerous but none were met and after crossing 1 the bar at the 

 river mouth, we got up sail and in short time reached the 

 schooner. 



Previous to my arrival Dr. Abbott had made an expedition 

 to the peak. He spent eight days in a hut built at an altitude 

 of about 1000 feet and ascended on three occasions to 3000 feet, 

 but each time the mist was so dense that he could not proceed 

 higher. Animal life was remarkably scarce in the mountain 

 forest; the lotong, however, was seen occasionally and at the 

 highest elevation reached the " house " of a pig- was found. 

 Birds were very few in number. The mountain seemed to offer 

 most attraction to a botanist: orchids occurred in great abun- 

 dance. 



In order to give a complete list of the mammals known 

 from Ling-a I have included here the further material obtained 

 by Dr. Abbott during- a second visit to the island in 1901. All 

 species that were described for the first time from both collec- 

 tions are distinguished by the addition of sp. nov. 



1. Semnopithecus maurus. 



2. Macacus cynomolgus. 



3. Pteropus vampyrus. 



4. Tupaia tana. 



5. T. malaccana. 



6. Yiverra tangalunga. 



7. Arctogalidia simplex, sp nov. 



8. Tragulus javanicus. 



9. T. pretiosus, sp. nov. 



10. Sus vittatus. 



11. Ratufa notabilis, sp. nov. 



12. Sciurus vittatus. 



13. Sciurus tenuis. 



14. S. notatus. 



15. Rhinosciurus laticaudatus 



16. Mus lingensis, sp. nov. 



17. M. fremens, sp. nov. 



18. M. firmus, sp. nov. 



R. A. Soc, No. 41, 1903. 



