142 PROF. A. H. GARROD ON THE BINTURONG. [Feb. 5, 



Obs. C. variegato et C. bartletti forsan affinis, sed statura majore 

 et pectore griseo distinguendus. 



This apparently undescribed Tinamou has the back conspicuously 

 transversely barred as in C. variegatus, but is much larger than that 

 species and has the whole of the lower part of the neck brownish 

 grey instead of cinnamon. C. bartletti, described by us from speci- 

 mens obtained by Mr. E. Bartlett in Eastern Peru (P. Z. S. 1873, 

 p. 311), is also a smaller bird, and has the whole under surface 

 except the throat fawn-colour ; it also wants the light supercilium 

 and the transverse marks on the occiput. In size the new species 

 approaches C. sallcei ; but the totally different colour of the under 

 surface of this species renders further comparison unnecessary. 



Prof. Steere's collection contains two specimens of this species, 

 exactly resembling one another in colour, but differing slightly in 

 size, the bird described above being the larger of the two. 



5. Note on the Anatomy of the Binturong (Arctictis 

 binturong). By A. H. Garrod, M.A., F.R.S. 



[Received January 7, 1878.] 



In an earlier communication * I was able to confirm the observa- 

 tions of others, and to add fresh details, with reference to the anatomy 

 of Arctictis binturong. Since that paper was published, two other 

 specimens of the species have passed through my hands, the earlier 

 of which differed in no respect from the one which I had previouly 

 described. The last, however, which died on January 4, 1878, pre- 

 sented a peculiarity which I feel to be deserving of record. It was 

 a female, apparently adult, having lived in the Gardens of the 

 Society since October 19, 1875. The abnormal feature which it pre- 

 sented was the total absence of any trace of the colic caecum, which, 

 as is shown in a drawing accompanying my former paper, is normally 

 extremely small. 



The line of separation between the small and large intestines is 

 well defined ; and there is no valvular constriction between the two 

 tubes, as is the case in the Arctoidea generally. There is a large 

 Peyer's Patch quite close to the termination of the smaller gut. 



The non-constancy of the presence of the diminutive caecum in 

 Arctictis binturong, and its total absence in Nandinia binotata 2 , 

 makes it evident that the existence of the caecum is a less import- 

 ant diagnostic character than was inferred by earlier investigators. 



» P. Z. S. 1873, p. 196. 



Vide Prof. Flower's " Note," P. Z. S. 1872, p. 083. 



