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gation of its tarsus, which, though varying in different species of 

 Cheirogalens, varies also in different species of Galago. 



Of the characters in which my Lemurince were believed to differ 

 from my Galaginince, many must now, therefore, be eliminated, as 

 will appear by the characters given below. 



Fig. 10. 



xijn.s 



Dorsal view of cervical vertebra; of Galago crassicaudatus. 



A skeleton of Galago crassicaudatus now in the Museum of the 

 Royal College of Surgeons presents a character which I have never 

 before remarked in any Primate. The neural spines of the cervical 

 vertebrae, from the second to the seventh inclusive, bifurcate late- 

 rally. This, therefore, necessitates a correction, as to the cervical 

 neural spines, in my paper * " On the Axial Skeleton of the Pri- 

 mates." 



As to the Cheirogalei, M. A. Grandidier gives usf the following 

 curious piece of information : — " Tous ces Chirogalei ont la curieuse 

 faculte d'emmagasiner autour de leur queue et dans diverses parties 

 de leur corps une provision de graisse qui sert a leur nutrition pen- 

 dant les six mois de la saison seche qu'ils passent en lethargic" 



The specimens in the British Museum which have been named 

 by Dr. Gray Opolemur milii exhibit an enlarged condition of the 

 tail. 



* P. Z. S. 1865, pp. 550-552 & 590. 



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