96 



Elephas Indicus, Cuv 1-2745 



Bradypus didactylus, Linn 1-2865 



BaUna Boops, Auct 1-3099 



Hydrocharus Capybara, Erxl 1-3216 



Phoca vitulina, Linn 1-3281 



Dasypus villosus, Desm 1-3315 



Myopotamus Coypus, Desm, 1-3355 



Pithecus Satyrus, GeofF. 1-3383 



Dasypus sex-cinctus, Auct 1-3457 



Numerous other measuremėnts are appended to the English ver- 

 sion of Gerber's Anatomy. 



It has been said that the blood-corpuscles are larger in omnivorous 

 than in herbivorous and carnivorous animals. To the facts \vhich I 

 have elsewhere * sho\vn to be at variance -^'ith this opinion, it may be 

 added that the oviparous Vertebrata, ^hatever may be the nature of 

 their food, have larger blood-corpuscles than Mammalia, and that 

 the size of the blood-corpuscles of many carnivorous birds exceeds 

 that of the corpuscles of several of the omnivorous species. 



Finally, the Two-toed Sloth, which is a pūrely vegetable feeder, 

 has, excepting the Elephant, the largest blood-corpuscles hitherto 

 observed in any mammiferous animal. 



" Mr. Hinds' resumed description of nevv Shells, from the cabinets 

 of Sir E. Belcher and H. Cuming, Esq." 



RiNGicuLA, Deshayes. 



RiNGictJLA GRANDiNOSA. RiH. tcstd ovatd, rctusd, l(Bvigat(l, politd ; 

 anfractibus rotmidatis, ultimo magno, subquadrato, rotundato ; 

 columelld siiperne valde callosd, denticulatd. Axis 1§ lin. 



Hab. Jiais, islanu of Negros ; in six fathoms, coarse sand : Caga- 

 yan, island of Mindanao ; in twenty-five fathoms, sandy mud : Cat- 

 balonga, island of Samar ; in ten to thirty fathoms, mud : Sorsogon, 

 island of Luzon : — all in the Philippines. 



Cab. Cuming. 



These little shells resemble each other very closely, and it is only 

 by close attention to minute characters and the proportion and 

 form of the lašt \vhorl that they can be satisfactorily discriminated. 

 The present species is perfectly smooth, and the lašt ■vvliorl is large, 

 of a squarish form, and full and rounded. The upper portion of the 

 aperture is strongly denticulated. 



RiNGicuLA PROPiNQUANS. Riji. testd ovūtd, retusd, striatd, nitidd ,• 

 anfractibus rotundatis, ultimo magno valdi rotundato, concinne 

 striato. Axis lį lin. 

 Hab. Sual, Philippines ; in five to seven fathoms, sandy mud. 

 Cab. Cuming. 



Here the lašt w'horl is not so sąuare in shape, but vcry fiiU and 

 rounded, and is neatly striated in a very regular manner, and the 

 spire is short. Till the light is thrown properly on them, these strise 



* Apį)endix to Gerber's Anatomy, p. 4-5. 



