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above, and slightly paler with shining tips beneath, the basal 

 four fifths of the iiairs on both upper and lower surfaces are 

 bluish with a greyish tinge. Tiie ears are more thickly 

 clothed with short hairs thaii usual in specimens of this genus, 

 and the same remark applies to the tail, which is well covered 

 with coarse short hairs, which lengthen and form a short 

 pencil at the extremity, interspersed through basal two 

 thirds are long fine hairs ; the feet are well covered with 

 short hairs ; the hairs of the tail are dark brown above and 

 slightly paler beneath ; on the feet similar to those on the 

 upper surface of the tail. 



The skull closely resembles that of C, famigata in size, but 

 differs in the greater elevation of the premaxillary bones (see 

 * Monograph of the Insectivora,' pt. iii. fasc. 1, pi. xxviii. 

 fig. 9) ; the teeth differ from those of that species in some 

 peculiarities of form and implantation, better understood by 

 comparing op. cit. pi. xxviii. fig. 9, with fig. 8, than from 

 any descri|)tion ; the anterior cusp of the anterior incisor is 

 conspicuously shorter than in C. fumigata. 



Length (of an adult f male specimen preserved in alcohol) : 

 head and body 60 millim., tail 48, ear 7|, elbow to end of 

 middle digit (without claw) 18|, manus 8, pes 13|, length of 

 skull between perpendiculars 20, occipital crest to end of 

 premaxilla 17, greatest widtli of skull 9, length of upper 

 tooth-row 8. 



Hab. Transvaal. Type no. 6200, preserved in the collec- 

 tion of the Zoological Museum at Berlin. 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



A Treatise oti the Common Sole (8olea vulgaris), considered both as an 

 Orr/anisin and as a Commoditi/. By J. T. Cunningham, M.A. &c. 



In requesting and obtaining the liberal aid of Government and 

 public corporations, as well as that of private individuals throughout 

 Britain, the founders of the Biological Laboratory at Plymouth entailed 

 a certain amount of responsibility — more especially with regard to the 

 first-mentioned ; and this work is an earnest of that responsibility. 

 The author of the treatise came to his task with experience gained 

 at the Granton Laboratory and the rich grounds in and off the 

 Forth, and this experience crops up here and there in the work, 

 and adds to the interest as well as to the value of the observations. 

 The work consists of a more or less scientific study of the common 

 sole and an account of the present condition of the sole-fishery, 

 together with the possible practical application of the former to the 

 purpose of maintaining or increasing the supply of soles availablo 

 for the market. 



