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dinal bands extend along the back ; head, cheeks, and basal half of the 

 tail, blackish-gray ; muzzle, circumference of the eyes, lower part of the 

 limbs, and terminal half of the tail, pure black ; chin, throat, and ab- 

 domen, whitish-gray." (Monogr. II. p. 334.) M. Miiller also indi- 

 cates three distinct varieties. (Over de Zoogd. van den Ind. Archip. 

 p. 55.) 



In the young specimen from Finlayson's Collection, the contrast of 

 the gray and black colours is less distinctly marked ; in other respects, 

 it agrees with the adult specimen from Tenasseriin. 



95. PARADOXURUS PALASSII, Gray, Proceed. ZooL 

 Soc. 1832, p. 67. 



Paradoxurus albifrons, Bennett, MS. fide Gray, Catal. 



Mamm. Br. Mus. p. 55. 

 HAB. Continental India and Malacca. 



A. Presented by J. McCleUand, Esq. 



This species can only be doubtfully enumerated in the Catalogue, as 

 the characters in the half- grown specimen are not fully developed. In 

 the " Proceedings of the Zoological Society for 1832," p. 67, Mr. J. 

 E. Gray gives the first distinct description of this species from a speci- 

 men brought from India and presented to the menagerie by William 

 Buchanan, Esq. A figure of this individual is contained in Gray and 

 Hardw. " Illust. of Indian Zoology," vol. II. pi. 8. " The general 

 colour is blackish-gray, paler on the abdomen. Along the back passes 

 a broad black band, below which, on each side, are several ranges of 

 black spots. The limbs and the tail, excepting a white tip, are black. 

 The muzzle is blackish. A broad band across the forehead, a spot 

 under each eye, and the cheeks are white. The throat is grayish- 

 white." 



96. PARADOXURUS FINLAYSONII, Gray, Proceed. 

 ZooL Soc. 1832, p. 68. 



HAB. Not known. 



A. Drawing from Finlayson's Collection, while employed 

 as Naturalist to the Mission of John Crawford, Esq., 

 to Siam and Cochin China. 



Mr. J. E. Gray concisely indicates this species, from the drawing 

 above mentioned, as " pale brown, with a band across the middle of 

 the muzzle, and another across the orbits, including the eyes, and 

 expanding on the back of the cheek ; the ears, and three continuous 



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