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were procured at the same time, and most probably in the same lo- 

 cality, as those of the Coi. Ursimts. They are equally imperfect ; 

 the hair of the shoulders and back, dead black, and without the beau- 

 tiful gloss of the Col. Ursinus ; on the flanks and over every part of 

 the limbs the colour is a uniform maroon or clear purple red ; the 

 head and hands are wanting, but the maroon of the tail is much 

 deeper than that of the legs and flanks, approaching almost to black, 

 and, in the older of the two specimens, actually replaced by that colour 

 on the terminal half of the tail. If the conjecture already thrown out 

 with regard to the derivation of these skins should turn out to be 

 well founded, and if the animal here described eventually proves to 

 be identical in species with the Col. Temminckii, of which I see no 

 just reason to doubt, it follows that the hitherto unascertained ha- 

 bitat of that species must be sought on the east coast of Africa. 

 Fischer, probably induced to it by the authority of M. Temminck, 

 has united the Col. Temminckii with the Col. ferruginosus or bay 

 Monkey of Pennant ; the short descriptive characters above given in 

 the words of their original describers, leave no doubt as to the spe- 

 cific distinction of these two animals ; in which, indeed, though the 

 colours are the same in both, their distribution is reversed, the bay 

 or red of the one occupying the same situation as the black of the 

 other. 



Genus Pteropus. 



Two undescribed Pteropi, brought over by Mr. Rendall, present 

 some modifications of dentition which have not been observed in other 

 species, and which appear to indicate a subgenus, probably repre- 

 senting the common Asiatic forms on this coast of Africa. These 

 animals have the incisors and canines of the same form and number 

 as the rest of the genus, but there are only three molares in the upper 

 and five in the lower jaw. The incisors are small and regular, the 

 canines of intermediate size ; the first false molar in the lower jaw 

 is small and of the normal form, but the second in this jaw and the 

 first in the upper are of the same form as the canines, and very little 

 inferior to them in size, so that when the mouth is opened there 

 appear to be four canines in each jaw ; next follows in either jaw a 

 tooth with a large fang upon the outer edge and a smaller one within, 

 which is of intermediate form between the true and false molars; 

 after which come two normal molars in the lower and one in the 

 upper jaw. All the molars are separated from one another by a 

 vacant space on each side ; this gap is particularly large between the 

 real and spurious canines or first false molars in the upper jaw, the 

 corresponding space in the lower having, in its centre, the small feJse 

 molar already mentioned. 



Pteropus Gambiamis. 



Length from the nose to the centre between the thighs 64 in. 



Length of the head from the nose to the root of the ear. . 1-J- 



Expanse of the wings 1 f. 8 in. 



