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a closely allied but distinct family. This is a point which may still 
be left open for discussion. Some light will probably be thrown upon 
it when details are published of the structure of a remarkable new 
mammal lately obtained in Eastern Thibet by M. P Abbé David, and 
briefly noticed by M. Alphonse Milne-Edwards under the name of 
Ailuropoda*. This is a creature as large as some of the smaller 
species of Bear, but with the dental formula of the Procyonide, and, 
as far as can be judged from a slight sketch of the skull kindly seut 
to me by M. Milne-Edwards, not very distantly related to the animal 
now under consideration. 
The drawings which illustrate this communication have been made 
from preparations of the viscera of Mlurus, which, together with 
the skeleton, are preserved in the Museum of the Royal College of 
Surgeons. 
3. Remarks on the Habits of the Panda (4lurus fulgens) in 
Captivity. By A. D. Barrierr, Superintendent of the 
Society’s Gardens. 
On the 22nd of May 1869, the subject of this notice was received 
at the Gardens. I found the animal in a very exhausted condition, 
not able to stand, and so weak that it could with difficulty crawl 
from one end of its long cage to the other. It was suffering from 
frequent discharges of frothy, slimy feecal matter. This filth had so 
completely covered and matted its fur, that its appearance and smell 
was most offensive. 
The instructions I received with reference to its food were, that it 
had had about a quart of milk per day, with a little boiled rice and 
Tass. 
e It was evident that this food, the change of climate, the sea voyage, 
or the treatment on board ship had reduced the poor beast to this 
pitiable condition. 
My first object was to endeavour to support the little life that 
remained by a change of food. I first tried raw and boiled chicken, 
rabbit, and other animal substances, all of which it refused to eat. 
I found, however, it would take arrow-root, with the yelks of eggs 
and sugar mixed with boiled milk; and in a few days I saw some 
improvement in its condition. I then gave it strong beef-tea well 
sweetened, adding pea-flour, Indian-corn flour, and other farinaceous 
food, varying the mixture daily. The fondness of the animal for 
sweet food was remarkable ; and by adding a little sugar to the meat 
that had been boiled to make the beef-tea, it was induced to eat it 
freely. 
Finding a great improvement in the strength of the Panda, and 
the weather being fine, I gave him his liberty, by letting him out of 
his cage into the garden in front of my house (having a boy to see that 
he did not escape); he soon began to eat a few leaves and the tender 
* Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 5° séries, vol. xiii. (1870) p. 18. 
