ON DORSAL GLANDS IN ARMADILLOS. 1099 



of this hybrid ever pi-oduced, altiiough hj-brids between peafowl 

 and guinea-fowl had been recorded. It was mostly white in 

 colour, splashed, especially on the neck, with reddish brown, a 

 colour derived from the domestic hen, its mother. It showed 

 clearly the characters of both parents. 



Mr. Seth-Smith also showed photographs, by means of lantern- 

 slides, of a male hybrid Pheasant between Calophasis mikado 

 and C ellioti and of a male Jungle-fowl between Gallus varius 

 and G. gallus. 



The former had been bred in Sussex by Mrs. E. J. Johnstone, 

 and kindly presented to the Society. It resembled a very dark- 

 coloured Elliot's Pheasant, with the head and neck, breast, and 

 abdomen black. The tail was black, sufl'used with chestnut and 

 crossed with broad white bands. 



The hybrid Gallus, which was one of several bi^ed in the 

 Gardens, was very intermediate between the two parent species. 

 The comb was shaped like that of G. varius, but was slightly 

 serrated, while the central wattle of 6r. varius was present 

 though reduced in size, as well as the two side wattles of 

 G. gallus. The neck hackles, which in G. varius are short and 

 rounded, were in the hybiid moderately long as in 6^. galhis, 

 but rounded at the ends, while the colour of these hackles 

 as well as of the tail, was violet-purple. This bird appeared to 

 be identical with that named Gallus census by Temminck. 



Dorsal Glands in Armadillos. 

 (Text-figures 193-195.) 



Mr. K. I. PococK, F.B,.S., F.Z.S., Curator of Mammals, ex- 

 hibited some specimens of Armadillos of the genus Euphractus* 

 (formerly Dasyjnis) to show the presence of a row of glands upon 

 the pelvic portion of the carapace, and remarked : — " In the 

 middle line of the pelvic shield there is an unpaired series of two, 

 three, or four scars which are ill-defined in the living animal but 

 tolerably conspicuous in dried skins and clearly marked when the 

 scales are removed from the osseous scutes. Their conspicuousness 

 in museum specimens cannot have escaped the notice of syste- 

 matic workers, but apparently their significance has never been 

 investigated. 



" My attention was originally drawn to them by noticing that 

 in newly born Hairy Armadillos {E. rillos'ios) there are two or 

 thi-ee small holes, one on the fourth, a second on the fifth, and 

 sometimes a third on the sixth row of scutes of the shield in 

 question. At this early stage the integument is unossified and can 

 easily be cut with a razor. A section through the holes in 

 question shows tha.t they ai-e the orifices of shallow pits directed 



* According to Thomas, P. Z. S. 1911, p. 141, Dasi/pns must be triuist'evrefl to the 

 Peba Armadillos, replacing Tatusia. 



