1875.] IN THE SOCIETY'S COLLECTION. 421 
6. Procyon CANCRIVORUS. 
Ursus cancrivorus, Cuv. Tabl. El. d’ H.N.des Anim. p. 113 (1798). 
Procyon cancrivorus, Wagner, Saugeth. i. p. 160. 
Of this southern form of Procyon we have certainly two very di- 
stinct kinds now living in the Gardens, which we call the Red-footed 
and Black-footed Crab-eating Raccoons. Of the former we have an 
adult male, being one of the two purchased of Dr. Ridpath, October 
1, 1870, and stated to have been obtained at Colon, and a pair 
of young ones lately presented by Mr. J. R. H. Wilton, by whom 
they were brought from Demerara. Of the latter we have an adult 
male purchased of Mr. J. Simon in May, 1870, and probably from 
S.E. Brazil. 
On comparing these animals together, it will be at once remarked 
that the red-footed animal is easily recognizabie by its pale reddish 
feet, which are almost denuded of hairs, and its yellow body under- 
neath. In the black-footed form the feet are more hairy and are of 
the same grey colour as the legs, and the body beneath shows no 
tinge of yellowish, although paler than the back. The paws and 
claws are black or nearly so, and the ears are much darker. 
I exhibit a skin of the red-footed animal, being that of the second 
male, received in October, 1870. Of this form we have also had an- 
other individual, brought by Mr. A. M. Sandbach from British Guiana 
in June 1872. Ali other examples of this animal previously in the 
Gardens have belonged, I believe, to the black-footed form, 
Upon these facts I come to the conclusion that there are two forms 
of Procyon met with in South America—the red-footed, from Guiana 
and Columbia, up to Colon, and the black-footed, probably from S.E. 
Brazil and Paraguay. As Cuvier’s Ursus cancrivorus is founded on 
the animal of Cayenne, the northern red-footed animal must retain 
the original specific term, and the southern black-footed form will 
probably require a new name. 
7. CERVULUS MICRURUS, sp. nov. (Plate LI. fig. 1.) 
The series of Muntjacs (Cervulus) in the Society’s Collection has 
been largely augmented during the past year ; and we have now living 
in the Gardens no less than 12 specimens of the different forms of 
this animal. I will say a few words on each of the species, taking 
them in the order given by Sir Victor Brooke in his excellent article 
on this genus*. 
(1) Cervulus muntjac—Of this species we have a male obtained 
from the Jardin d’Acclimatation in November last, and a pair pur- 
chased in March last. It will be observed on comparison, how much 
larger and brighter in colour the Burmese male (from Saigon) is than 
the male of the pair subsequently purchased, which probably repre- 
sent the ordinary Indian form of this species. 
This leads me to believe that Sir Victor Brooke’s suspicions as to 
the specific distinctness of the Indian and Burmese forms are very 
likely to turn out to be correct. 
* P, ZS. 1874, p. 33 e¢ seqg. 
