666 EXHIBITION OF RUPICAPRA TRAGUS. [Nov. 18, 



an animal which is not included in Blyth's posthumous fauna of 

 that country 1 . On exhibiting a specimen of Paradoxurus musanga 

 (Raffles), Mr. Alston observed that the P '. fasciatus of Gray 2 proved 

 to be a synonym of that well-known species, and had nothing 

 whatever in common with the Viverra fasciata of either Gmelin 3 or 

 Desmarest 4 . Mr. Wardlaw Ramsay intended to present these spe- 

 cimens to the British Museum. 



Mr. Alston also exhibited one of the typical skulls of Tapirus 

 dowi (Gill) 5 , which had been intrusted to him by the authori- 

 ties of the United-States National Museum, and pointed out 

 the osteological characters which distinguish it from T. bairdi 

 (Gill) e . Mr. Alston hoped to be able to fully describe and figure 

 the skull of T. dowi in a future part of Messrs. Godman and Salvin's 

 ' Biologia Centrali-Americana,' but wished now to place on record 

 the fact that the young Tapir from Corinto, which lived in the 

 Society's Gardens under the name of T. bairdi 7 , was really referable 

 to T. dowi, as was also a skull from Volcan Viejo, presented by Mr. 

 Sclater to the British Museum 8 . Mr. Alston further remarked 

 that Dr. Gill had been misinformed as to the young of T. dowi not 

 being spotted, but thought it probable that the adult would 

 prove to want the rufous colour on the cheeks which is characteristic 

 of Baird's Tapir. The range of the two species required further 

 investigation ; but T. dowi might prove to be coufined to the Pacific 

 slopes of Guatemala and Nicaragua. 



The following extract was read from a letter addressed to the 

 Secretary by Dr. A. B. Meyer, C.M.Z.S.:— 



" Concerning the locality of Cervus alfredi, I wrote to my friend 

 Mr. Oscar Bruger, who lived five years in Cebu, and who told me a 

 short time ago, on his return to Europe, that he knew the habitat 

 of this Deer ; and I received this answer : — 



" * An Indian friend of mine in Cebu, who lived formerly for years 

 in Samao and Leyte, visited these islands again, and brought an ex- 

 ample of this Deer back from there, and presented it to Mr. Bruger.' " 



The Secretary exhibited on behalf of Mr. Rowland Ward a head 

 of a Chamois (Rupicapra tragus) with two pairs of horns, the hinder 

 pair being the smaller. The specimen in question had been pur- 

 chased by Captain Towneley Parker at Nuremberg. 



1 Joura. As. Soc. Beng. (n. s.) vol. xliii. pt. 2. 



2 P. Z. S. 1864, p. 536 ; Oat. Cam. &c. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 68. 

 8 Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 92 (1788, ex Sonnerat). 



4 Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. vii. p. 169 (1817, descr. orig.). 



5 Elasmognathns dowii, Gill, Anier. Journ. Sc. 1. p. 142 (1870, descr. orig.). 



6 Elasmognathus bairdii, Gill, Proc. Acad. Philad. 1865, p. 183 (descr. orig.). 

 i Sclater, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 635, pi. li. ; List Vert. An. Zool. Soc. (1879) p. 115, 



no. 399 b. 



Cf. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 473. 



