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FLYING COLUGO. 
This animal is said to be called by the Indians 
Caguang, Colugo, and Gigua, It was first de- 
scribed by Bontius^ in his History of Java. He 
informs ns^ 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 oblongs 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. 
Camellia 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, ran- 
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 
