This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... Skull: greatest length 40*5; basilar length 31*5; zygomatic breadth 22*2; nasals 11*4x5; interorbital breadth 5*8; breadth of brain-case 19*7; height of brain-case from basion 12; palatilar length 17*3; diastema 1O'8; palatine foramina 5; length of upper tooth-row 5 DEGREES3, of m1 4'2. Hab. Serigina, Brown River, N.E. British New Guinea. Altitude " not less than 4500 ft." Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 7. 5. 22. 3. Original number 36. Collected 12th October, 1906, and presented by C. A. W. Monckton, Esq. "Iris dark brown. Caught while swimming down a rapid creek."--C. A. W. M. Uromys anak, sp. n. A very large species with a wholly black tail. Size largest of the genus. Fur harsh; longer hairs of back 28-31 mm. in length, underfur about 20 mm. General colour coarsely mixed grey-brown, becoming bistre on the middle back and rufous or burnt-umber on the rump. When first appearing the hairs of the fore-back at least are really grey, that is ringed with black and white, but owing to the bleaching of the black to brown, and of the white to buffy white, the DEGREEScneral tone soon approaches bistre. Under surface mixed brown and whitish, without sharp line of demarcation, most of the hairs brown with whitish tips, but a certain number along the median area white to their bases. Muzzle and chin dark brown. Ears short, naked. Arms grizzled brown, like body, the inner aspect rather lighter; upper surface of hands reddish brown. Hind legs dark rufous, becoming browner on the metatarsals; toes naked, except for the few brown hairs at the roots of the claws. Tail long, of the usual Uromys structure, wholly black, except for the short basal furry portion, which is deep reddish. Skull large and heavy, but otherwise as in the other members of this group. The molar...