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Mr. Hill has lately favoured me with the following 

 notes, in addition to the above, which conclude our 

 present information concerning the economy of the 

 species. 



"At Two-mile Wood, a run of stunted forest on the 

 road to St. Dorothy's, is a perfect warren of Indian 

 Conies. Patches of Bromelia pinguin occur among 

 the woodland. This is an aboriginal cover in the 

 lowlands, and is almost the only place in which they 

 occur in the plains. The overseer, Mr. Russel, tells 

 me that when he surprises them out in the adjoining 

 sward, and his dogs cut them off from the cover, they 

 run up the Cashaw trees, and grapple the rough bark 

 easily. This is another point of resemblance to the 

 Cuba Capromys. I have applied for living specimens 

 to send to England." 



*^ I learn that our Cony is fond of browsing the 

 Logwood {Hcematoxyloii) and the Bastard Cedar 

 {Guazumd)\ or rather that it barks these trees just 

 above ground. It is never seen out in wet weather ; 

 and it has never yet been traced by its foot-prints." 



The species appears to be the '' Small Indian Cony, 

 Mus 3 ; major, fusco-cinereus, caudd truncatd " of 

 Browne ; of which he gives no distinct information, 

 except that it is a native of Jamaica. Sloane takes 

 not the least notice of it : Long merely includes it in 

 his enumeration of the wild animals. 



ORCHIDEjE. 



Though Jamaica cannot boast of Orchideous plants 

 so curious or so gorgeous as some that are found in 

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