500 MR. O. THOMAS ON THE GENUS ECHINOPS. [JunC 14, 



12. ChamjEPelia passerina (Linn.). 

 Columbigallina passerina, Cory, B. W. I. p. 217. 

 A pair. " Ground-dove, common." 



13. Gallinula galeata (Licht.). 

 Gallinula galeata, Cory, B. W. I. p. 257. 



A pair. " Coot, common near brackish ponds." 



14. Strepsilas interpres (Linn.). 

 Arenaria interpres, Cory, B. W. L p. 231. 



A female, in immature plumage. " Very rarely seen— in (act 

 never observed before. The Rev. Mr. Schouten, who takes great 

 interest in Natural History, and has resided in Anguilla twenty-eight 

 years, told me it was quite new to him." — W. R. E. 



15. ToTANUS flavipes (Gm.). 

 Totanus fiavipes, Cory, B. W. I. p. 238. 



Two females. " Yellow-legs, common near brackish ponds.' 



16. Phaethon ^thereus, Linn. 

 Pha'ethon cethereus, Cory, B. W. I. p. 275. 



Two males. " Tropic-bird : nests in holes among the cliffs on the 

 sea-side." 



3. On the Insectivorous Genus Echinops, Martin, with Notes 

 on the Dentition of the allied Genera. By Oldfield 

 Thomas. 



[Eeceived June 3, 1892.] 



At the Meeting of this Society on Feb. 13, 1838 \ Mr. W. Martin 

 exhibited and described an Insectivore belonging to the group known 

 as " Madagascar hedgehogs," but much smaller than the common 

 Ericuhis setosus, and gave it the new generic and specific name of 

 Echinops telfairi, in honour of its donor, Mr. C. Telfair. A fuller 

 description, with accurate figures both of the animal and its skull, 

 was given by the same naturalist a little later", and from these it 

 might have been easily seen that the nnimal was fully adult. 

 This specimen has remained unique almost up to the present time^, 

 and on this account, the species not being known, the name 

 Ericulus telfairi has been of late years wrongly assigned to Ericulus 

 setosus. 



The genus Echinops was properly recognized by Wagner'' (who 



1 P. Z. S. 1838, p. 17. 



2 Trans. Z. S. ii. p. 249, pi. 46 (1840). 



3 Tlie young individual, 17 days old, also sent by Mr. Telfair, and mentioned 

 P. Z. S. 1833, p. 81, proves on examination to be the ordinary larger form 

 Ericulus setosus. 



' Schreb. Saug. Suppl. ii. p. 29 (1840). 



