72 A/.ARA'H IMKJ. 



Ik> di'|)ciule(I on for chnmrtcriting »|>cru-«, when, M in Uus OMe, not 

 arcoin|NU)ic(l liy ■onic weighty li. ' « m (o (he tkulU ind terlh. 



\Vf ihcreforc cannot (■ ' • < ,„„ n^ more than 



n somewhat »trongly «■•! ...m .. . - .^ . . r. 



AnothtT variety frmu the »hun:« of ^t.i^.llan hat been 



(luitinguithetl liy I'hih|i|)i by tlic dc» . lie 



makes iU tli«tuictnc»« (le|icu(t «n iU having « t caal, with 



a nhorter tail marked with black and while i Uul il ia la no 



way iiur|)ri«in;{ that an individual from m culd a tr^tan tbould have a 

 thicker, paler We ha\' ' '" from 



the M>iilh ' . ' -. ;■ ' . »' ivi the 



caudal ana ^xil* the roi»t 



of the tail of a ^ 



l*hili|i|ir» tiiccini de|»endt only on a •> ul any tkuU. 



It U thervforr impoMihle for u* to (mU it a« more than a local variety. 



Two «|K*ctcs have liecn dcambrd by I^od under (he name* r 

 and ^ ''««. but tiiey a|t|>ear (o u* to bo very impcn>.<:Uy 



di • r.t. The former, he tellt u», luu (he body and !••'•- 



, ' the latter lioi them " Mmewhal »!.ii,lrf " Xbc (u:.. .. 

 1- Mid to Ik- alH)Ve "light a»hy grry . ' f. "whitnh 



grey." The former u taid to have (ho limlM lielow " i* > 



the latter " browniih yellow." The only marked di- 

 is in the txul i ' of r<tml(u u aaid to bo black at the cod and 

 for one fourth oi it* length; that of oJsm u dewnl>od a* 



having the end and a |»alrh upon it« - ' -;»h. and it it 



iilso Haid that a jwtch of orhrc-ycUow n rAX. Thu 



distinction docs not ap|>ear to u« to lie a aa' •ne, owing 



to the vanations wc have found a* to the colour of (he tad in other 

 s|)ecics. Burmei»ter hat al»o remarked *, a* a mult of hti expcncoce, 

 that n niddy tail-end foriut no dutinctivc character, and be afftrms 

 that Lund's two t|K-cie« apprtisimatc ' ' f- strongljr. Tbu ia 

 also our opinion. The fourth up|x*r pr>^jr.irof hu V. fidvioamimM 

 is small, but the dentition tigurt-d, has an al>erraot appearance. 

 But Uurmcistcr identities Lund's C. tetmU* with Wicd't C. azarm ; 



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