( 100) 



than 1000 mm. ; they have s|)!irse hhick hair and white sjiiues, while the yonnff 

 one has black spines. I think it may turn ont tliat in all the races the one sex has 

 thicker, more woolly fnr than the other; hut althongh we know now of about 

 fifty or sixty S))ecimen8, we have not got sufficient specimens sexed in the flesh and 

 with sufficient other data to decide this question. 



Finally, ulthonijfh none of my Z. h. (lootlfelloiri are hlack-haircd, but seal- 

 brown, and also differ inter se in that the one hiis the head jialer tlian the back, 

 while the two others have the head and back uniform, they agree with the type 

 in being strongly si)ined on the belly. The difierence from the ty])e in colour 

 is either sexual or these sjiecimens are from a difJ'erent locality. Mr. Allan states 

 lliat the type nl (loailfi'lloiri was obtained from natives, wliile Mr. Thomas exi)rPS8ly 

 states that it and a second one were got by Jlr. Goodfelhiw himself on the island 

 and kept alive lor some months. 



The followiug are the si)ecimons available for examination in England, as far 

 as 1 know : 



Znglossus bruijm bniijni Peters and Doria. 



1 adult ? skin British Museum. 



I ,, 6 stuffed and skcleliin ......,, „ 



1 „ ? stuffed Tring 



1 young S skin „ ,. 



/iKilosgnx bruijni bartoni Thos. 



1 adult ? type skin 



2 „ (J(?, 1 skin, 1 stuffed, and skeleton 



Zaglossas bniijni tillosinsima Dubois. 



1 adult S stuffed 



a „ cJ skins 



Z'i(//o-'<!'iiif hi'ii/iii ijoodjvlloni Thos. 



1 adult ? typi^ skill 



1 „ ? stuffed 



~' „ cj(? skins and skeleton 



1 ,, 1 . * • . ■ 



British Mnseiun. 

 Tring 



Tring Museum. 



British Museum. 

 Triug 



. either Mr. Goodfellow or Mrs. Johnston. 

 Zafflosxus bruijni nigroaculeata Rothsch. 



1 adult (J type stuffed, skeleton and soft parts . 



1 fere adult ? skin 



1 vonng ? skin 



Tring Museum. 



lu addition to these there is a young male from Kaimana mounted in the Tring 

 Museum, which is very similar to the young ? of nifiroaodeata, but has white 

 spines, and two very old specimens (<? ?) from the same place living in the London 

 Zoological Gardens with white spines. These three are more or less intermediate 

 between bartoni and nigroaculeata, which is accounted for by the locality. 



The following key to the forms will, I think, help to unravel the confusion ; 



fPelage thick, short and woolly : 'Z. 



\ Pelage sparse, longer, more hair-like and harsh : 4. 



