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peufels was a clever hunter, and on the whole a 

 good observer of nature, but that he" was no zoologist, 

 and may have been mistaken as to the nature of 

 tlie animals he had shot. At the same time the 

 possibility of the existence of such cross-bred 

 animals cannot by any means be disputed. Meyer 

 must be convinced that his assertion cannot be 

 generally accepted : " Any consideration of the 

 question as to cross-breeding is like fighting with 

 windmills — that is, making difficulties where none 

 exist." 



If the trophies of von Koppenfels' hunting are 

 merely chimpanzees, it is, at any rate, very interesting 

 to learn that these animals were found in the company 

 of gorillas. We must hope that scientific travellers 

 will in future feel bound to devote their special 

 attention to this question. 



In the end of June, 1876, von Falkenstein, who 

 was attached to Giissfeldt's Loango Expedition, 

 brought from Chinch oxo to Berlin a female chim- 

 panzee, Paulina, which varied a good deal in coun- 

 tenance from the chimpanzees we have commonly seen. 

 The ears projected widely in a lateral direction, the 

 supra-orbital arches were prominent, the nose was wide, 

 the colour of the skin dark and blending into russet. 

 I have seen chimpanzees, both living and dead, 

 which reproduced these characteristics of Paulina 

 with more or less distinctness. I have nothing to 

 urge against those who wish to regard such indi 

 viduals as the representatives of a special variety. 

 I would only warn them against the risk of accept- 

 ing as such the species entitled by Du Chaillu and 



