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10. Three Formosan Pigs (Sits taivanus, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1804, 

 p. 383), received along with the preceding. Two of these specimens 

 were of uniform brown coloration, as described by Mr. Swinhoe, /. c. 

 The third bore a conspicuous white patch, and gave one the idea of 

 a domesticated animal. 



A communication was read from Dr. H. Schlegel, F.M.Z.S., con- 

 taining the following list of the most remarkable species of Mam- 

 mals and Birds collected by Messrs. Fr. Pollen and D. C. van Dam 

 in Madagascar, and about to be described in a work entitled ' Re- 

 cherches sur la Faune de Madagascar et de ses de'pendances, par 

 MM. H. Schlegel et Fr. Pollen ' :— 



Mammals. 



Lemur macaco (male). Lemur leucomystax, Bartlett (female). 

 See Schlegel, Contrib. in Ned. Tydschrift voor Dierkunde, hi. p. 74. 

 Only observed on the north-west coast of Madagascar. A series of 

 both sexes, young and adult ones, obtained. 



Lemur mayottensis, Schlegel, Contrib. /. c. Only observed in 

 the Isle of Mayotte. 



Lemur catta. Obtained from St. Augustin's Bay. This species 

 is restricted to the southern part of Madagascar. 



Hapalemor griseus sive olivaceus, Geoffroy. A series ob- 

 tained at the north-west coast. 



Lepilemur mustelinus, Geoffroy. Several specimens obtained 

 at the north-west coast. 



Cheirogaleus furcifer, Gervais. A series obtained at the 

 north-west coast. 



Microcebus coouereli, Pollen (nov. spec). North-west 

 coast. 



Viverra schlegelii, Pollen ; Schlegel, Contrib. I. c. Mayotte 

 and north-west coast of Madagascar. 



Galidictis striata, Geoffroy. Eastern coast, collected by Mr. 

 Lantz, 



Cryptoprocta ferox, Bennett. North-west coast of Mada- 

 gascar. A very old male obtained. This is the true Fossa of the 

 inhabitants of this coast, the Viverne being comprised by them under 

 the name of ' Sabady.' This form is a modification of the genus 

 Felis. Body and skull more elongated ; feet shorter ; claws half 

 retractile ; grinders in the upper jaw exactly as in the Cats ; in the 

 under jaw one grinder more (sc. 4), a circumstance sometimes occur- 

 ring also in Cats (one of our skulls of Felis tigrina presenting at 

 the left side of the under jaw a fourth, although very small, poste- 

 rior grinder). 



Pteropus edwardsii. Madagascar and Mayotte. 



Pteropus dupreanus, n. sp., Pollen. Allied to. P. stramineus 



