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however, that an Ornithoptera, fully 6 inches across the wings, 
settled on his foot as he stood motionlessly watching it. It was 
of a velvet-black, with a band of pea-green across the wings. 
In one of the last chapters of his book Mr. Burbidge gives an 
eloquent, but as far as we can learn by no means exaggerated, 
description of the native fruits of the Malay Islands, such as the 
mangosteen, durian, tarippe, langsat, rambutan, and jintawan. 
These are neither capable of production in European hothouses, 
nor do they succeed in other tropical countries. Thus the durian 
does not flourish in India, and has utterly failed in the West 
Indies. In like manner the mangosteen has failed both in India 
and the West Indies, and succeeds but imperfectly even in Cey- 
lon. The mango is less limited in its distribution. It has been 
successfully acclimatised in India, Jamaica, and even in the 
Azores. “ The shaddocks brought to Covent Garden from the 
West Indian Islands and the Azores are flavourless as a turnip 
when compared with those of Bangkok or Labuan.” 
The author’s concluding hints on tropical travel are not with- 
out interest. He recommends three medicines, but as two of 
them are so-called “ proprietary ” articles we must decline to 
quote their names. He does not imitate Waterton’s strange 
custom of walking barefoot, but enjoins good strong boots. Not 
being a collector of inseCts, land-shells, serpents, &c., he has no 
experience to communicate either as to the capture of specimens 
or on their safety in transit. 
The appendices give a catalogue of ferns, fifty of which were 
new. Twenty species of birds were brought from the Sulu 
islands, among which rank a new jungle-cock (Gallics straminei- 
collis) and a new parroquet (T any gnanthus Burbidgei). Bu- 
changa stigmatops, a new species, was found on the Kina Balu 
mountain. 
The flora of Borneo at high altitudes is said to be intermixed 
with Indian ( Rhododendron ) and Australian types ( Dacridium , 
Phyllocladus, &c.). On Kina Balu, at the height of 6000 feet, 
was found a gigantic moss (Dawsonia superba), which has 
hitherto not been met with nearer than New Zealand. The 
number of plants discovered, and in many cases introduced 
alive, is remarkable, and warrants the conclusion that the expe- 
dition of Mr. Burbidge has been most remunerative. It is to be 
regretted that he was not accompanied by a zoological specialist, 
since, as he remarks, a very great part of Borneo is yet unex- 
plored. To all students of Nature his book will be delightful 
reading. 
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