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still a real bray, and not a neigh. The differences of opinion on this 

 point are easily reconcileable, I think, considering the inarticulate 

 nature of the sounds. 



As to the colour of the animal, it varies very greatly, and I think 

 no dependence, as regards specific character, can be placed on mere 

 depth of tint or brilliancy of hue. So also as to the dorsal and 

 humeral stripes. The dorsal stripe is always plain. The humeral 

 cross varies much, but is often as strongly marked as in the Ass bred 

 in Kumaon, in which, however, it is not commonly very well defined. 



I see nothing in the habits of the Kyang to make it improbable 

 that it is, in fact, the same species as the Ghor-khur. The Kyang 

 must be a very hardy animal to be able to live on the desert plateaus 

 of Tibet ; and though in winter the climate in which he exists is 

 different enough from that of the plains of Sindh, yet, in the summer, 

 the arid surface and scorching heat of the mid-day sun place the 

 Kyang much more on a par with the Ghor-khur than might be sup- 

 posed. 



The Kyang, so far as external aspect is concerned, is obviously an 

 Ass, and not a Horse. — From the Journal of the Asiatic Society of 

 Bengaly vol. xxix. p. 136. 



On a supposed New Fish. 

 By the Prince of Salm-Horstmar. 



The Prince of Salm-Horstmar has written to the editor of the 

 ' Archiv fiir Naturgeschichte,' stating that some years ago he found 

 a small fish lying dead upon the sand of a brook called the Huhner- 

 Bach, near Coesfeld. The fish resembled a Stickleback (Gasterosteus 

 aculeatus) in size and general appearance, but differed from a Stickle- 

 back in the following characters : — 



1 . Its lower jaw, or its apex, stands far back in proportion to the 

 apex of the upper jaw ; and the lower jaw is quite different. 



2. At the apex of the lower jaw there is a remarkable chisel-shaped 

 tooth, the edge of which appears under the lens to be finely notched. 



The profile of the tooth is (1 . 



The author did not preserve the fish, which he took for a Stickle- 

 back ; but on afterwards examining true Sticklebacks, he found that 

 they possessed neither the chisel-shaped tooth nor the peculiar pro- 

 portion of the jaws. — Wiegmanrfs Archiv, 1860, p. 119. 



Notes on the Habits of the Brown Coati (Nasua fusca, Desm.). 

 By George Bennett, M.D., F.Z.S., etc. 



A full-grown living specimen of this interesting Plantigrade animal, 

 a native of Tropical South America, was presented to me in Sydney, 

 N. S. Wales, by the commander of a ship, who had procured it from 

 the coast of South America, and had had it in captivity for eleven 

 months. It was of the size of a very large cat, with hair of a greyish- 

 brown colour over the back and sides, the tail long, bushy, and of a dark 

 brown colour, and the ears round. The colour seems to vary accord- 



