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haiis do not attain a sufficient length to constitute moustaches. 

 The naked parts of the hands, and the nails, are black ; tlie ears 

 dusky ; and the face is of a light flesh colour, uith shoi t black hairs, 

 giving a sooty tinge to the nose, cheeks, and edges of the lips, from 

 vvhich a circle round the eyes and the space surroundiiig the nos- 

 trils are free. There is a narrovv light bandeau traversing the fore- 

 head above the superciliary ridges. The tail, in its mutilated statė, 

 is nearly as long as thebody, and is of the šame colour as the latter 

 above, and lighter beneath. The length of the body appears to be 

 about 18, that of the tail 16 inches. 



A paper entitled "Further Illustrations of the Aniilope Hodgsonii, 

 Abel," by B. H. Hodgson, Esq., Corr. Menib. Z. S., was rcad. These 

 are derived from opportuoities of observing other individuals which 

 have occurred to the author since his original description was drawn 

 up; the latter having been conmmnicated to the Society in March 

 1831, and with some additional particulars in January 1832. A 

 full abstract of these communicalion.s \vas given in the ' Proceedings 

 of the Committee of Science and Correspondence,' Part I. p. 52 

 and Part II. p. 14; and they have also been published at Calcutta 

 in the ' Gleanings of Science.' 



The nasai tuniours, which form so remarkable a peculiarity of the 

 Chiru, are found, on closer exaniination, to consist of fine elastic 

 skin and cartilage, similarly to the nostrils, immediately behind the 

 posterior boundary of which they are situated, and into \vhich they 

 opcn freely ; being, in fact, a prolongation backwards, and acces- 

 sory dilatation of that reflection of the skin which lines the nostrils. 

 Externally they present a round, firm, elastic swelling on each lip, 

 well defined, and covered vvitli hair likę the adjoining parts : inter- 

 nally they constitute a sac, of capacity to contain a niarble, lined 

 with the šame skin that lines the nostrils, and not communicating 

 with the interior of the nose except by and through the ordinary 

 nostrils, into vvhich the sacs open fornards by a slit that will adniit 

 the finger to be passed into it, and thence all over the interior of 

 the sac. These sacs are usually defiled with mucus secreted from 

 the nose; and they seem to Mr. Hodgson to be nothing more than 

 supplementary nostrils, designed to assist this exceedingly fleet ani- 

 mal in breathing when he is exeriing all his speed : for the ex- 

 pansion of the nostrils opens them also, and their elasticity allovvs 

 of their being dilated in the manner of the nostrils. 



There is no appearance, either external or on the bones of the 

 face, of lacrymal sinuses. 



There is reason to believe that the female of the Chiru is destitute 

 of horns. This is stated to Mr. Hodgson by Vir Kesh\var Pande, 

 the Envoy of the Court of Nepal to that of Čhina; who adds, that 

 the female has but tivo teatSj and produces only one young at a 

 birth. 



As to the existence oi inguinal pores, Mr. Hodgson statės that 

 he is yet unintornied. 



.\dverting to the opinion of Colonel Hamilton Smith that the 



