FLYING COLUGO. 
it has been remarked, are described as of a 
ferruginous colour, both above and below'; 
yet, in the coloured copies of that work, and 
particularly in the copy preserved in the Bri- 
tish Museum, and which was once the pro- 
perty of Sir Hans Sloane, they appear of a 
very deep or blackish cinereous on the upper 
surface, and of a pale ferruginous beneath. 
On the whole, it appears evident that there 
is a vast variety of what may be denominated 
Flying Quadrupeds with membranaceous 
wings; particularly, in the remoter parts of 
Asia, Africa, and South America: and that 
these, in many respects, resemble the Bats of 
Europe and other milder regions. So that, 
we conceive, what are called Flying Mau- 
caucos, Flying Lemurs, Flying Colugos, 
Flying Cats, Flying Monkies, Flying Opos- 
sums, Flying Squirrels, &c. as they are more 
or less conceived to approximate, in general 
appearance, those respective animals — as well 
as the Vampyres, the Spectres, &c. the Har- 
pies of the ancients-— should all form one grand 
order or division of animals, connecting the 
feathered race with the quadrupeds, by vari- 
ous 
