118 FLYING C0LUG0. 



This animal is said to be called by the Indians 

 Caguang, Colngo, and Gigua. It was first de- 

 scribed by Bontius, in his History of Java. He 

 informs us, that it is found in Guzarat, in India; 

 that it is a gregarious animal, and flies principally 

 in the evening ; and that its body is of the size of 

 a cat, and is covered above with a soft grey fur, 

 like that of a rabbit; that the head is oblong, the 

 ears small and round, and that it has five strong 

 claws on each foot, by which it holds firmly what- 

 ever it seizes, and that it feeds chiefly on fruits. 

 Camelli, in his enumeration of the animals of the 

 Philippine isles, published by Petiver in the Phi- 

 losophical Transactions, describes it as about the 

 size of a cat, shaped like a monkey, but more 

 slender, and of the length of about three spans 

 from head to tail; but adds, that in some parts it 

 arrives at a far larger size, so as to equal a Chi- 

 nese umbrella in expanse. He describes the co- 

 lour on the upper parts as dusky, and elegantly 

 variegated with whitish streaks on the back, run- 

 ning beyond the body over the flying membrane : 

 the face he compares to that of a monkey, and 

 the manner of flight to that of a flying squirrel : 

 Camelli adds, that the young adhere to the teats 

 of the parent by their mouth and claws ; but it is 

 remarkable, that in his manuscript on this subject, 

 now preserved in the British Museum, he ex- 

 pressly asserts that the female is furnished with 

 two sacs or pouches on her belly, in which she 

 carries her young while sucking. " Fsemella ad 



