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deeply emarginated behind, tlie coronoid portion is smaller, and the 

 descending ramus is broader and rounded ; the symphysis mcnti 

 is of considerable extent. 'I'he incisor teeth are less compressed and 

 less deep from front to back. The molar teeth are of a more simple 

 structure ; the anterior molar of the upper jaw consists of three 

 transverse lobes, and the second and third consist each of two 

 transverse lobes. In the lower jaw the anterior molar consists of 

 four lobes, a small rounded lobe in front, followed by two transverse 

 lobes, of which the anterior one is the smaller, and finally a small 

 transverse posterior lobe ; the second molar consists of two equal 

 transverse lobes, and a small lobe behind them ; the last molar con- 

 sists of two simple transverse lobes." 



On account of the differences observable in the structure of the 

 teeth, and form of the skull, combined with the hairy nature of the 

 tail and ears, Mr. Waterhouse regarded this animal as constituting a 

 sub-genus, and proposed for it the name of Phl(eomys\ this name 

 being suggested by the habit of the animal, which Mr. Cuming 

 (after whom the species is named) states, feeds chiefly on the bark of 

 trees. It may be thus characterized : 



Mus (Phlceomys) Cumingi. M.vellere setoso, suberecto, pilis la- 

 riuginosis intermixtis ; auribus medioci-ibus extiis pilis longis 

 obsitis ; mystacibus crebris et perlongis ; pedibiis permagnis et 

 latis, subtus nudis ; caicdd mediocri, pilis rigidis et longis {ad 

 Murem Rattum ratione habitd) erebre obsitd : colore nigrescenti- 

 fusco sordide fiavo lavato, subtus pallidiore ; caudd nigrescente ; 

 pilis lo7igioribus in capite et dorso nigris. 



unc. lln. 



Longitudo capitis corporisque 19 



caudcE 13 



antepedis {unguibus esclusis) 1 S^ 



tarsi 2 10 



(.uris 1 



cranii ossei 2 4 



Latitudo ejusdem 1 85 



Hub. apud insulam Luzon. 



Some notes on the birth of the Giraffe at the Society's Menagerie 

 were communicated by Professor Owen. 



Of this paper the following is an abstract. 



Connexion took place between the female Giraffe and the lighter- 

 coloured male on the 18th March, 1838, and again on the 1st of 

 April. 



The young animal was a male, and was born June 9, 1839, being 

 444 days, or fifteen lunar months, three weeks, and three days, since 

 the last observed, and, in all probability, the last coitus. 



The new-born animal came into the world, like other Ruminants, 

 with the eyes open, and the hoofs disproportionately large. The 

 skin was marked as distinctly as in the adult, with large angular 



' "tXcios, bark {(pXnlo, to decorticate), and Mfis. 



