246 Dr. Horsfield and Mr. Vigors on Gii/)nnura Rcifflesii. 



nothing could exceed its attachment, or the marks of its attention, 

 to its owners. It was an excellent mimick ; readily repeating any 

 tunes or sounds which it chanced to hear. 



In these powers of voice our bird appears deficient. As yet I 

 hare heard no sound from it unless once or twice a loud and some- 

 what discordant shriek which it uttered when apparently in more 

 than usually high spirits. In other respects its manners are simi- 

 lar to those of M. Le Vaillant's bird. It is gentle and tractable, 

 although somewhat timid. It seems much pleased by attention 

 being paid to it ; and is fond of being handled, particularly about 

 the head. At such times it plays with the hand which caresses 

 it, without any injury from its bill. Indeed I have observed in 

 all the living birds of the present group which have come under 

 my observation, that their bill has not the power of inflicting that 

 severe wound which is given by the Parrots more nearly tjpical 

 in the family. The strength of this member decreases as the 

 lower mandible becomes straiter and more lengthened. 



[To be continued.] 



Art. XXIX. Notice of a new genus of Mammalia^ 

 found in Sumatra by Sir T. Stamford Raffles. By Thos. 

 Horsfield, M.D.^ F.L,S.j S^c, and N. A. Vigors, 

 Esq., M.A., KR.S., and X.S., Sfc, 



In the thirteenth volume of the Linnean Transactions an animal 

 was described by the late lamented Sir T. S. Raflies, which he 

 had acquired among his extensive Zoological collections in Su- 

 matra. A preserved specimen of the species, according most 

 accurately with his description, except in size, the diflference in 

 which seemed to originate in the difference of age, the specimen 

 being apparently that of a young animal, was discovered among 

 the numerous and valuable subjects with which he enriched the 

 Museum of the Zoological Society. The specimen was in such 

 fine preservation, and the species on many accounts of bo extreme 



