ZOOLOGY. 



1 WAS only fortunate enough to procure one monkey, though these 

 animals abound at Banjole, and on the neighbourhig continent. It was 

 a variety of the Simla Saboea, (Lin.) When young, they are of a grayish- 

 brown, but become yellow with age. I saw a very large and ferocious 

 one at a distance, which I think was the Simla Sphynx ; and I heard of 

 numbers, marked in a manner wholly unknown ; such as a brown body, 

 and a very long tail, with black and white rings. 



The small bat of the Gambia belongs to the first tribe of the division 

 Pteropus. It measures, from the end of the muzzle to the tip of the tail, 

 three inches ; and from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other, eight 

 inches and a half. The interfemoral membrane is triangular, and reaches 

 to within two lines of the end of the tail. The oreillettes are short and 

 small. It has six small incisors in the lower jaw, and two with very 

 sharp points in the upper. The upper canines reach to the base of the 

 lower canines, and the interval between them and the incisors, is occu- 

 pied by a wart within the upper lip. The head is flat and shallow, and 

 the Avhole is of a brown colour. 



The stuffed skin of a species of sorex was submitted to our inspection. 

 It was of a gray colour. The tail, which was sub-cylindrical, had only 

 a few scattered hairs upon it, and was two inches and a half long. The 

 body was six inches and a half, and the skin smelt strongly of musk. 

 We at the same time procured the Viverra Zorilla. 



We purchased a very interesting little beast for a dollar, whose loss I 

 particularly lament, as he seemed to be quite unknown in Europe. His 

 mouth was so small, that Mr. Bowdich could not examine his teeth while 



