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Mr. Ogilby also called the attention of the meeting to a collection 

 \_^ of skins from Sierra Leone, exhibited by Mr. Garnett. Among 

 others were three of the Chimpanzee, apparently adult, but too much 

 mutilated to admit of obtaining the dimensions ; two of Colobus vr- 

 sinus, one of which had the tail of a rusty white colour, instead of 

 the pure white which generally characterizes the species ; and one 

 of a species of Cat, which Mr. Ogilby believed to be undescribed, 

 and for which he proposed the name of 



Felis Servalina. F. supra fulva, maculis nigris, minutis, copio- 

 sissimis ; subius albida ; caudd bfevissimCi. 



" This species appears to be about the size of the common Serval. 

 but differs from that animal in having a shorter tail, and in the very 

 numerous and minute black spots which are scattered over the shoul- 

 ders, back, and flanks. It is only on the thighs and arms that the 

 spots become large and distinct; there they are less numerous, and 

 resemble those of Felis Serval. The head and fore part of shoul- 

 ders are entirely free from spots ; the median line of the back is of a 

 deeper fawn than the rest of the body, the minute spots having a 

 particular tendency to run into lines ; the belly is of a dirty white 

 colour, with large brown blotches, and the tail does not exceed the 

 length of the same organ in the lynxes. This character is alone 

 sufficient to distinguish the present species from all the other African 

 cats with which I am acquainted. The mutilated condition of the 

 skin unfortunately prevents me from describing the characters of 

 the ears, legs, feet, and under parts of the body." 



Ft. In. 



Length of the skin from the muzzle to the root of the 1 o i n 

 tail J "^ ^^ 



Length of the tail 8 



As regards the species of Colobus, Mr. Ogilby observed, that from 

 information communicated by M. Temmiuck, he was now convinced 

 that it was identical with the Colobus polycomos of Pennant. 



Mr. P. Buckley Williams exhibited various specimens of White- 

 Bait (^Clupea alba, Yarrell,) from the Dovey and some other rivers 

 of North Wales, and stated that the common belief, that this was 

 confined to the Thames, was now proved to be erroneous, not only 

 from the facts now stated, but likewise from their abundance in the 

 river Forth of Scotland, as shown by Dr. Parnell. 



