Zoological Society. 



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Man and the Quadrumana, but larger than in the Ruminantia ; and 

 the same assertion has been extended to the Marsupiata, especially 

 that the red particles of the Perameles, which derives its nourish- 

 ment from the greatest number of organized substances, are larger 

 than the particles either of the carnivorous Dasyure or of the herbi- 

 vorous Kangaroo. 



" This opinion is not supported by numerous measurements given 

 by me in the ' Philosophical Magazine' for January, February, March 

 and August, 1840. In one of the Ruminants indeed the corpuscles 

 are singularly minute, but in another granivorous animal they are as 

 singularly large ; and they are larger in several of the Ruminants 

 than in some of the Carnivora. Among the marsupial animals, al- 

 though the corpuscles of the Perameles slightly exceed those of the 

 Viverrine Dasyure in size, yet in the Ursine Dasyure the corpuscles 

 are larger than in either, and just as large too as those of Bennett's 

 Kangaroo." 



An abstract of the measurements of the blood- corpuscles of the 

 order Ferce is subjoined. 



Measurements of the Blood-corpuscles of the order Ferce. 



The measurements are all expressed in fractions of an English 

 inch, and, for the sake of brevity, the average-sized corpuscles only 

 are mentioned, as deduced from numerous observations in each spe- 

 cies. 



Insectivora. 

 Talpa Europa?a, Linn. . . 1*4747 

 Sorex tetragonurus,//erm.l*457 1 

 ErinaceusEuropseus,jLm«. 1*4085 



Plantigrada. 

 Meles vulgaris, Desm. . . 1*3940 

 Ursus maritimus, Linn. . 1*3870 



Arctos, Linn 1*3732 



Americanus, Pallas. 1*3693 



■ ferox, Lewis & CI. . 1*3530 



labiatus, DeBlainv. 1*3728 



Procyon lotor, Cuv 1*3950 



Nasua fusca, Desm 1*3789 



rufa, Desm 1*3878 



Basaris astuta, Licht. . . 1*4033 



Carnivora. 



Paradoxurus binotatus . . 1*4660 



leucomystax, Gray 1*4236 



Bondar 1*5693 



Canis familiaris, Linn. . . 1*3542 



Dingo, Blum 1*3397 



Vulpes, Linn 1*4117 



fulvus, Desm 1*3920 



argentatus, Desm. . 1*3888 



lagopus, Linn 1*3888 



Canis aureus, Linn 1*3860 



mesomelas, Schreb. 1*3645 



Lupus, Linn 1*3625 



Lycaon tricolor, Brookes . 1*3801 

 Hyaena vulgaris, Desm. . 1*3735 

 crocuta, Linn 1*3820 



Herpestes griseus, Desm. 1*4662 



Javanicus ? .... 



Smithii, Gray.. , 



Viverra Civetta, Linn. 

 tigrina, Schreb. 



Felis Leo, Linn 



concolor, Linn. 



Tigris, Linn. . . . 



Leopardus, Linn 



jubata, Linn. . . 



pardalis, Linn. . . 



domestica, Brisson . 



Caracal, Gmelin 



cervaria, Temm. 



Serval, Linn. . . 



Galictis vittata, Bell. . 

 Mustela Zorilla, Desm 

 furo, Linn 



Lutra vulgaris, Erwl. 

 Phoca vitulina, Linn. 



1*4790 

 1*4466 

 1*4274 

 1*5365 

 1*4322 

 1*4465 

 1*4206 

 1*4319 

 1*4220 

 1*4616 

 1*4404 

 1*4684 

 1*4220 

 1*4129 

 1*4175 

 1*4270 

 1*4134 

 1*3502 

 1*3281 



