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186.3.] AND BIRDS FROM MADAGASCAR. 161 



The collection only embraces two species of Mammals, namel}*: — 



1. Hapalolemur griseus (G. St. Hilaire). 



Lemur griseus, G. St. Hil. — Lepileniur gi-iseus, Is. Geoff. St. Hil. 

 Cat. des Prim. p. 75. — Ckirogaleus griseus, Giehel, Saug. p. 1018. 



Mr. Meller's collection contains two examples of a Lemur, which 

 I refer to this species, from the " Bamboo-forests near Alamazaotra." 

 They are an adult female and a young one, taken at the same time. 

 There is no doubt about this animal belonging to the genus called 

 Hapalemur by Geoffroy St. Hilaire, the peculiarities of its dentition 

 and short hairy ears rendering it easily recognizable. As regards 

 coloration, it appears to agree best with St. Hilaire's new species 

 Hapalemur olivaceus ; but whether this be in reality anything more 

 than a variety of H. griseus seems doubtful. Without comparison 

 of specimens it would be impossible to pronounce upon this subject ; 

 and I am not aware that there are any examples of these animals in 

 the country, this form of Lemuridce being at present unrepresented 

 even on the well-stored shelves of our national collection. 



Dr. Meller's adult female example measures, along the back, 

 about 14 1 inches from the snout to the root of the tail; the tail is 

 15 inches in length. The fur is of a greyish mouse-colour, finely 

 striated throughout, overspread with yellowish rufous on the upper 

 parts, particularly on the crown of the head and back ; below paler, 

 nearly pure pale cinereous, with the belly and inner sides of the 

 limbs somewhat ochraceous. The younger individual is scarcely dif- 

 ferent, except in being rather more yellowish below. 



2. Centetes ecaudatus (Schreb.). 



Native name, Tandrack. Obtained at Beforona. 



Rather darker and smaller in size than most of the specimens in 

 the British Museum (which are from Mauritius), but hardly otherwise 

 different. Mr. Flower, who has kindly compared the skull of this 

 specimen with others of Centetes in the collection of the Royal Col- 

 lege of Surgeons, informs me that it only differs in being smaller. 

 The importation of this animal into Mauritius, if this has really 

 taken place, as is generally stated, may have resulted in an increase 

 of size and variation into a paler coloration. 



The birds in Dr. Meller's collection are of forty species, nearly 

 the whole of which are correctly registered in Dr. Hartlaub's work. 

 They are as follows :— 



AVES. 



1. TiNNUNCULUs NEWTONi, Gumcy, Ibis, 1863, p. 34, pi. 2. — - 

 I'inn. punctatus, ex Madagascar, Hartl. I.e. p. 18. 



Two examples from Nossibey and River Hivondro. 



2. PoLYBOROiDES RADiATUS (Scop.), Hartl. /. c. p. 21. 



Native name, " Forondoui." Obtained " July 1862, near the river 

 at Beforona." 



Proc. Zool. Soc— 1863, No. XI. 



