or Red Particles of the Mammiferous Animals. 141 



were again observed to be very variable in magnitude, l-4800th, 

 1- 4.000th, l-3600th, and 1 -3000th of an inch, being all equally 

 common diameters of the disks. 



143. Slender Loris, (Loris gracUisJ a male, apparently 

 full-grown. The common-sized corpuscles l-3555th, and 

 l-3200th of an inch in diameter. Extreme sizes 1 -4600th 

 and l-2900th. Blood from a prick of the finger. 



144. Common Ferret, (Mustela furo,) an adult female. 

 Common diameters l-4800th, l-4500th, l-4000th, and 

 1 -3693rd of an inch. Extreme sizes l-6000th and l-3000th. 



Blood from a prick of the nose. The size of the disks was 

 extremely variable. 



145. Cape Hunting Dog, (Lycaon tricolor,} a young male, 

 probably about half-grown. The majority of the corpuscles 

 1 -4000th and l-3693rdof an inch in diameter. Extreme sizes 

 1-45 70th and l~3200th. Blood from a prick of the nose. 



146. Spotted Hyaena, (Hyeena crocuta,} an old male. The 

 most frequent diameters l-4360th, l-4000th, 1 -3600th, and 

 l-3555th of an inch. Extreme sizes l-5333rd and l-2900th. 



Blood from a prick of the upper lip. 



147. Virginian Opossum, (Didelphis Virginiana,} a male, 

 about two-thirds grown. Common diameters l-3600th and 

 1 -3530th of an inch. Extreme sizes l-4570th and l-2900th. 



There were quantities here and there of the red granular 

 particles, generally about 1 -5000th of an inch in diameter, 

 being as usual smaller than the regular disks. 



The blood was obtained from a prick of the tail. The animal 

 was diseased, the hind legs being paralysed. 



148. Vulpine Opossum or Pha.\ange\;(Pha!angisla vulpina,) 

 an adult male. Majority of the disks l-4000th and l-3693rd 

 of an inch in diameter. Extreme sizes l-5333rd and l-3000th. 



Blood from a prick of the ear. 



149. Black Rat, (Mus Ratlus,) an adult male. The most 

 frequent diameters l-4000th, l-3692nd, and l-3448th of an 

 inch. Extreme sizes l-5000th and 1 -3000th. Blood from an 

 incision of the tail. 



150. Splendid Flying Squirrel, (Pteromys nitidus,) a full- 

 grown female. The common sized disks l-4000th, l-3600th, 

 and 1-35 5 5th of an inch. Extreme diameters 1-45 70th and 

 1 -3200th. The size of the disks was remarkably regular. 

 Blood from a prick of the tail. 



151. Spotted Cavy or Paca, (Ccelogenys subniger,) a male, 

 apparently an adult. The most frequent diameters l-3693rd, 

 l-3600th, l-3429th, and l-3330th of an inch. Extreme sizes 

 l-4000th and l-3000th. Blood from a cut of the tail. 



152. Roebuck, (Cervus capreolus,) an adult male. All the 



