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Show 1870.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE MAMMALS OF HAINAN. 227 10 ; of leg about 11; of tail 7, thin, with harsh adpressed hair projecting 1| inch beyond tip of bone. The short coarse hair of the head commences from the orbital ridge, leaving no forehead. Head, arms, and back olive-grey, rufescent on the first and last, browner on the arms. Fingers clothed to end of first digits, the rest bare and fleshy-brown in colour, with a few scattered hairs and long brown claw-like nails; basal portions of the hair bluish grey. Under neck, breast, and belly dingy yellowish. Rump, thighs, and base of tail yellowish chestnut; yellowish brown on legs, feet, and rest of tail. Toes covered with longish hairs. Buttocks bare-with a bright red callosity on each side, of an irregular oval form, with the smallest end downwards, 1 inch long by *6 in greatest breadth. The Chinese General at Nychow (S. Hainan) gave me a live young specimen of this species; but, as it had had its tail chopped off, I did not trouble to have it forwarded to England. Judging from the single adult female brought home by me, the Hainan Monkey does not appear to be separable from the Macacus erythrceus (Schreber) of Bengal, of which there are many examples in the Society's Gardens. 3. HOUSE-BAT. Vesperugo abramus (Temm.) [_V. akokomali], Monograph, de M a m m . t. ii. p. 232. I only procured one small Bat at Hainan-the species which roosted under the eaves of the house in the city wherein I was quartered. Dr. Peters, of Berlin, has kindly determined the species. It is a common House-bat in Nagasaki, Japan. The Gazetteer places the Bats at the end of the list of birds, as is usual with Chinese authors, and says, " Peenfoo, or Bat, shaped like a Mouse, has thin flesh-wings uniting the four legs and extending to the tail. In winter stows away; in summer comes out. In daytime lies prostrate; in night flies. One name for it is Foo-yeh, or Belly-wings. It is now called the Feishoo, or Flying-mouse." 4. ASIATIC CIVET. Viverra zibetha, L. The Indian Civet occurs in China from Canton to Shanghai. I have not detected it in Formosa. In Hainan I procured two flat skins at Lingmun (Central Hainan), a place of barter between the Chinese and the independent Le. One is that of a full-sized animal, the other of one about two-thirds grown. The younger animal is blacker between the shoulders, with distinct markings on the sides and rump. In the older animal these markings have almost entirely disappeared. This is mentioned in the Gazetteer as the Heangle, or Fragrant Fox. 5. THE LITTLE CIVET. Viverricula malaccensis (Gmelin). I obtained a skin of this animal at the same place as the last. Its black markings are somewhat confused. It is a common species in South China, as well as in Formosa. The Gazetteer calls it the Mao-hwa-le, or Fox with cat-like markings. |
