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itifra albido-briinneus : auribus cnpite longioribus : antibrachio 

 corpus longitjidine cequante. 



This Bat belongs to the same section as Dr. Horsfield's Rhin. 

 insignis, but differs from that species in being much smaller ; in 

 having the ears larger and more rounded ; the nose-leaf with the 

 upper lobe concave, ridged beneath and revolute above ; and the 

 front lobe oblong and notched in the centre. It differs from the 

 Rhin. crwnentferus. Per. and Le Sueur, (which is the Rhiti. marsupi- 

 alis of M. Geoffroy's lectures, and the Rhin. Speoris of M.Desmarest,) 

 in" being much smaller, this species having the fore arm nearly half 

 as long again as the Dukhun bat. The upper nose-leaf also is much 

 more produced, and finally the colour of the fur in this species is 

 reddish. The fore arm of the Rhin. Speoris as figured is 2 inches 

 2 lines long, and the body and head 2 inches 2 lines. In the Duk- 

 hun species the fore arm is only the length of the body. Expan- 

 sion of its wings 10 inches. 



Sorex Indicus, Geoff. Chcechondur of the Mahrattas. — These 

 troublesome and disagreeable animals are very numerous in Dukhun, 

 but much more so in Bombay. The sebaceous glands in an old 

 male were observed to be very large, and the odour of musk from 

 them almost insupportable; while in an adult female the glands were 

 scarcely discoverable, and the scent of musk very faint. The 

 Sorex Indicus and Sor. giganteus are regarded by Major Sykes as 

 specifically identical, he having killed them in the same room, and 

 .seen them frequently together. 



Ursus labiatus, Blainv. Asxvail of the Mahrattas. — In the skulls 

 of many individuals of this species which he has examined, Major 

 Sykes has never seen more than four incisor teeth in the upper and 

 six in the lower jaw; the two centre teeth standing a little in front 

 of the line of the rest. One individual, now in his possession, is so 

 young that he does not conceive that the deficient incisors can have 

 fallen out ; nor is there any appearance of dentition having existed 

 in the places which they should have occupied. He remarks that 

 it might be deemed advisable therefore to remove this animal from 

 the genus Ursus. 



Lulra Nair, F. Cuv. Juhl Marjur or Water Cat of the Mah- 

 rattas. — The Oltcr of Dukhun differs only from the Nairm wanting 

 the white spots over the eyes, in having a white upper lip, and in 

 being somewhat larger. 



Canis Dukiil'nensis, Sykes. — Kolsun of the Mahrattas. 



Can. Tufus, subtils pcdlidior : caudu comosa pendente : pupilWi ro- 

 tundata. 



This is the wild Dog of Dukhun. Its head is compressed and elon- 

 gated ; its nose not very sharp. The eyes are oblique: the pupils 

 round, ///r/cv light brown. Tlic expression of the countenance that 

 of a coarsi- ill-natured Persian Grejjhouud, without any resemblance 

 to the ./«(/.«/, the Fo.v, or the llo/jf', and in consetjuence essentially 

 distinct from the Canis Qiiao or Snmalrensis of General Ilardwicke. 

 Ears long, erect, somewhat rounded at the top, without any repli- 

 cation of the tragus. Limbs remarkably large and strong in relation 



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