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ox A RING-TAILED LEMUR AND YOUNG. 



[Feb. 20, 



striking resemblance between the mule and foal, with light-coloured 

 muzzle and a light-coloured ring round the eyes. The fact of this 

 mule giving birth to this foal and of having suckled her admits of 

 no doubt. Mr. M'Gilp, the Manager of the Carriewerloo Estate, 

 informed me that there was no other mare in foal on his property, 

 and therefore it could not have been adopted by the mule mare 

 as was suggested as a possibility. The only question is whether 

 the sire was a Jack ass or a 2 yrs. old cast Stallion. 



"There has already been some correspondence about this incident 

 in the 'Australasian,' and a letter appeared on Oct. 14th from 

 ' Bruni,' the Natuiulist Cori'espondent who had previously 

 expressed doubts on the subject, but when seeing the animals was 

 convinced that they were mother and foal." 



Mr. R. I. Pocock, F.Z.S., the Superintendent of the Gardens, 

 exhibited the photograph of a Ring-tailed Lemur [Lertmir catta). 



Text-fig. 48. 



Kins-tailed Lemur and voun? 



belonging to jVIr. W. S. Gilbert, F.Z.S., to illustrate the method 

 of riding on the back of the mother adopted by the half-grown 



