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racter, which several persons have been inclined to do, as it is well 

 known that the size of such teeth does not depend upon the age of 

 the animal, as they never alter their size after they are once com- 

 pletely developed. Mr. Gray then proceeded to point out the cha- 

 racters by which the new species exhibited were distinguished : two 

 were said to have formed part of the collection of the late Sir Stam- 

 ford Raffles, and were therefore supposed to have come from Sumatra; 

 one of them was a new species of Paradoxurus, called P. leucomy- 

 stax from its strong white whiskers, and the other Mr. Gray regard- 

 ed as the type of a new genus whicli he called Cynogale, which ap- 

 peared to be intermediate between Paradoxurus and Ictides, by dif- 

 fering from both in the length of the face, the compressed form of 

 the false canines, and the small size and triangular form of the car- 

 nivorous grinder. Mr. Gray pi'oposed to call it Cynogale Bennettii, 

 after his late friend, who, he believed, intended to have described 

 this animal if he had lived. Then followed the description of two 

 Foxes, (C. Magellanicus and C. griseus), which formed part of the 

 collection made by Capt. P. P. King, during his survey of the coast 

 of South America, and a Squirrel (Sciurus Douglasii), and three 

 Hares, (Lepus longicaudatus, L. CaJifornica, and L. Douglasii), dis- 

 covered by the late Mr. Douglas in North America. Then the de- 

 scription of three new species of flying Squirrels from various parts 

 of continental India, viz. Pteromys Melanotis, P. albiventer, and P, 

 Leachii; the latter, presented by Mr. Mellish to the Society, is pecu- 

 liar for being coloured exactly like the American Sciuroptera, but is 

 at once distinguished from them by the length and cylindrical form 

 of its tail ; and an Herpestes from the Indian Islands, like the black 

 Herpestes of the Cape, but differing from it in colour and in the 

 shortness of the tail, therefore called H. brachyurus. Mr. Gray then 

 proceeded to point out the character, taken from the form of the 

 soles of the hind feet, by which the Skunks could be divided into 

 three sections or subgenera, and showed the character in the four 

 species in the collection of the Society, and referred to some other 

 species belonging to these sections which were in the collection of 

 the British Museum, where also he stated other specimens of several 

 of the species, as the Dog, flying Squirrel, and Herpestes, now de- 

 scribed, were to be found. 



Mr. Gould exhibited several specimens and drawings of Birds al- 

 lied to the well-known Wren of Europe ; and, at the request of the 

 Chairman, proceeded to comment upon, and characterize the unde- 

 scribed species as follows : 



Troglodytes Magellanicus. Trog. corpore infrii griseo-fulvo, 

 vinaceo tincto ; crissorufo, suprct. brunneo; dorso scapulisque striis 

 nigrescentibus obscuri ornatis ; alls cauddque rufis, nigra striatis; 

 mandibuld superiore nigrd, inferiore, nee non pedibus , pallide brun- 

 neis. 



Long, tot., 4^ unc. ; rostri, ^ ; ala, 2 ; caudce, 2 ; tarsi, ^. 



