322 APPENDIX. 



Page 104. F. marmorata. — Blyth now is inclined to consider the 

 Himalayan and Assamese race as distinct, but " not strongly specialized 

 apart from marmorata ; " in this case, I presume, it will stand either as 

 F. Charltoni, Gray, or F. Oyilbi/l, Hodgson. 



Page 112, No. 115. The dimensions of a fine jungle-cat, F. chaus, 

 killed lately at Amballa, are, — total length 39 inches ; height 18 inches 

 weight 18 lb. 



Page 113, No. 116. F. caracal. — I am assured that the red lynx 

 occurs in the N. W, Provinces and the Punjab, and that it has been 

 killed near Delhi, Lahore, and other places. 



Page 125, No. 123. Paradoxurus musanga. — Dr. Gray has an 

 elaborate synopsis of this genus and its allies, in the Proc. Zool. Society. 

 He makes the Indian race distinct from the Malayan one, and places it F. 

 hermaphroditus, Pallas. He even places F. j^rehensilis, Buch. Hamilton, as 

 distinct, though he allows that he has not seen a specimen. Of the other 

 synonyms, he jjlaces F. Fallasii and F. musangoides as synonyms of the 

 Malayan race, which, on very slight grounds, he classes as F. fasciatus, 

 Desmarest, He considers F. Crossii, from India, and F. duhius, from 

 Java, as distinct species; and referring to P. quadriscriptus of Hodgson, 

 states that is very like P. musanga. I am still inclined to keep my 

 nomenclature. 



Page 128, No. 125. P. Bondar. — Gray gives this as a true Fara- 

 doxurtis. He remarks that it may be known from F. Grayi by the 

 rigid harshness of the fur, and the dark colour of the outside of the limbs. 



Page 128, No. 124. F. Grayi. — This is a Paguma, and P. auratus, 

 Blainville, is a synonym. The genus Faguma is stated to differ from 

 Faradoxurus in the form of the flesh-tooth, which is short in Faguma, 

 elongate in Faradoxurus. 



The Ilerpestince are placed by Gray quite distinct from the Faradoxv/ri, 

 being more digitigrade, and more nearly related to the Viverridce. 



He divides them (Proc. Zool. Soc, 1864) into several genera, Herpestes 



— Calogale — Calictis — Tceniogale — and Onychogale. Herpestes has the 



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tail conical, with long hairs throughout, and the false molars . To this 



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group belong No. 127, Herpestes griseus; No. 128, Herpestes monti- 

 COLUS ; and No. 132, H. Fuscus. In this paper, Gray describes my H. 

 monticolus as H. Jerdoni, and this name will have the priority. He 

 states that it closely resembles H. Ichneumon of Egypt. The dimensions 

 of one in the British Museum are, — head and body 19 inches ; tail 17 



