VIEW OP THE FAUNA OF BRAZIL, ETC. 373 



khur^ Onagra) , and I believe the mule, the offspring of these 

 animals, are found in abundance on the mountains of Tartary''; 

 and again, — " This day we saw more wild Horses than on any 

 former one, also several wildi^sses of the kind called Gurkhor, 

 and I believe the mules. The Asses are a little less than the 

 Horses" (p. 462.). And in another place (p. 512.), he de- 

 scribes meeting with " many wild Asses, and some animals 

 which are thought more like Mules than either Horses or 

 Asses." Here there can be little doubt three distinct species 

 are noticed, viz. the true wild Horse, either the wild Ass or 

 the Djigguitai, and probably the Kiang. The latter is noticed 

 by the same author in the * Transactions of the Royal Asiatic 

 Society,' vol. i. p. 55, as '^ a nondescript wild variety [species] 

 of Horse, which appeared to be about fourteen hands high, of a 

 round muscular form, with remarkably clean limbs. Not more 

 than a dozen came within view, and they were all out of 

 shot. A native of the district was directed to lie in wait, and 

 a suitable remuneration was offered for the skin, head, and 

 organs of voice for dissection. The man," continues the au- 

 thor, " has completed his task, and I shall have these mat- 

 ters as soon as the Pass of Changlung will admit of being 

 traversed." Should the executors of the late Mr. Moorcroft 

 possess any notes by him of such examination, the publica- 

 tion of them would be acceptable to zoologists. In the ' Asi« 

 atic Researches,' vol. xviii. pt. II. p. 247, Mr. Gerard seems 

 to allude to this animal, as resisting every attempt to tame 

 it when caught, so that it has never been domesticated : and 

 Dr. Gerard met with '^ great herds of Kiangs" at an altitude 

 of I7j700 feet. Mr. Moorcroft likewise notices, in his ^Tra- 

 vels,' (1. 370, after at p. 311, indicating the Kiang as distinct), 

 that " the Ghor-khur or wild Ass," whichever species is 

 meant it is useless to attempt to determine, '^ is common in 

 Chan- than." Finally, it may be mentioned that the word 

 ^' Asses" occurs in the interesting list of wild animals inha- 

 biting the Malay peninsula, published in the 1 8th volume of 

 the ' Asiatic Researches,' p. 159 ; but from the context I 

 cannot doubt that it is a misprint for Apes. 



February 14, 1840. Edw. Blyth. 



Art. II. — View of the Fauna of Brazil, anterior to the last Geologi- 

 cal Revolution. By Dr. Lund. 



{Continued from page 317.) 



After this brief description of the extinct fauna of the 

 genera and species once living here, which I have accom- 



