TYSON'S PYGMIE 



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to prove his " Pygmie " to be a young Chimpanzee. 

 But the opportunity of examining the skeleton of 

 the very animal Tyson anatomised having most 

 unexpectedly presented itself to me, I am able to 



Fio. 4. The "Pygmie" reduced from Tyson's figure 2, 1699. 



bear independent testimony to its being a verit- 

 able Troglodytes niger, 1 though still very young. 



1 I am indebted to Dr. Wright, of. Cheltenham, whoso 

 ]aleontological labours are so well known, ^or bringing this 



