M o n k i e s .
M a u c a u c p ,
TIGERS.
O p o s s u m .
;We e s e l .
hog, two long rough ears, and a thick buihy tail; the eyes
placed upright in the head, quite different from other beafts; on
the fide o f the head, next to the eyes, ftand two long horns, or
rather teeth, not quite fo thick as thofe of an elephant; it feeds
on herbage, and is but feldom taken. I have enquired about
this animal from Mr. Loten and others, who never heard of
it. I fufpedt Mr. Nieuhoff was impofed on by a fictitious
drawing.
T he monkey tribe are very numerous ; at their head is the
Ourang Outang, common to Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes; and this
ifland. I fhall fpeak more of that fpecies when I reach Borneo.
The Egret, N° 119, the Monea, N° 120, and feveral other kinds,
abound ; and Sir Jofepb Banks faw near Batavia -a. great black
one, but it ran away before he could afcertain the fpecies.
T hat lingular animal the flying Maucauco, N° 156, is found
here, and is well reprefented by Bontius. It inhabits alfo the Philippine
ifles.
Tigers are found in great numbers in the forefts of Java, and
annually deftroy multitudes who are employed in hunting, or
cutting of wood. Bontius, p. 55, fays, that Leopards or Panthers
are lefs common than the Tiger, but he does not fix the
fpecies.
T he Javan Opojfum, N° 219, is well engraven by Le Brun*.
T h e Pbalanger, N” 226, 1 fufpeit to be native of the fame
ifland.
T he four-toed Weefel, or Surikate, N° 257, is another animal
of this country.
* Travels, ii. p. 212,
T he
T he long-tailed Porcupine, N* 316, -is excellently figured by P o r c u p i n e .
Seba*. Bontius mentions it at p. 54, but his figure is o f the Brazilian.
Here are found the Javan Squirrel, N” 335, and the Palm, S q u i r r e l s .
N° 346; this lives much among the coco trees; and being very
fond o f the Sury, or liquor procured from the tree, is called the
Suricatsje, or little cat of the Sury, a name improperly given to
the Weefel above mentioned. The Plantane Squirrel, N” 348, is
alfo very common here, rattling over the dry leaves o f the Plantane.
■ T h e Sailing Squirrel, N" 349, is a very curious fpecies, common
to this and other neighboring ifles. T h e Arrow Squirrel is a
fmaller fpecies, furnifhed with membranes, and has not yet been
engraven.
T he Perfuming Sbrew, N‘ 424, is very common.
I p a s s over the birds, excepting two, but may obferve, that P a r r o t s .
here the Parrot tribe become more numerous. The black
Cockatoo, Edw. 316, inhabits Java; it fometimes grows as large
as a raven; all the birds of rich plumage begin to increafe. In
one of thofe hot days when the fowls o f the air fall down, and
often perifh, unable to refpire, that moil beautiful fmall pigeon
the black capped, Ind. Zool. tab. viii. was found on the ground'.
It is a fpecies o f fuch elegance, that I cannot refill mentioning it
in its native place. At Amboina I may begin to be more particular;
for in the Latitude of the Moluccas nature hath been
lavifli o f her beauties on the feathered clafs.
tab. 53,
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