666 Messrs. Robinson and Kloss on Birds from the 
far to see. The floor of the lake must be some considerable 
height above sea-level, at least forty or fifty feet, but we had 
no means of ascertaining this with any exactitude. The lake 
is said to be inhabited by a white crocodile, which is, however, 
of benignant disposition and does not attack human beings. 
Terutau lies north of Langkavvi, from which it is separated 
by a channel about four miles in minimum breadth. In area 
it is considerably smaller than Langkawi, being roughly 
about sixteen miles long by about four in maximum breadth, 
the longer axis running north and south. Its surface is 
extraordinarily rugged and there is little or no cultivation on 
it, and but few permanent inhabitants, the majority being 
merely fishermen, who visit the island for the six months’ 
calm season and live in one or two sheltered bays on the 
east coast. 
The west coast, exposed as it is to the full force of the 
S.W. monsoon, is quite uninhabited. At the south end of 
the island the coast is sandy and fringed with Sheoaks or 
Casuarinas, but on the east, where the sheltered waters permit 
the growth of mangroves, it is muddy, while the west is almost 
sheer rock. Like Langkawi, Terutau is mostly clothed with 
thick jungle to the summit of the highest hills, which are 
slightly lower than those of the first-mentioned island, but on 
the east side there is a small extent of open ground which is 
pastured by buffaloes brought over from the mainland. They 
are now almost feral. We stopped at the south end at Telok 
Udang, or Prawn Point, for a day or two in December 1907, 
and also for a few days at a small but excellent anchorage on 
the east side marked on the charts as “ Wanderer Bay/*' 
Our collectors also stopped at the same localities for nearly 
a month in March 1909. 
The birds of Terutau are identical with those of Langkawi, 
but the mammals are slightly different, the larger Mouse 
Deer, as is very often the case with the insular forms, 
especially presenting a marked change in coloration, while 
the common Palm-Squirrel is also distinct. In addition the 
island boasts of several Bats, a peculiar Porcupine, and a large 
Flying-Squirrel which we were not so fortunate as to obtain. 
