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more ornamented, and the young resemble the old males ! The old 

 she -rhinoceros soon made friends with the young ones, but is kept 

 separate from them. Bos sondaicus did not die from the injury to the 

 foot. That was a very slight affair and soon over ; there was a 

 ' gathering,' when the animal walked lame, and he recovered as 

 soon as it was lanced. He grew much, and became in fine condition, 

 and when he died the mass of thickened cuticle had begun to form 

 between the bases of the horns ; but the colour of the coat had not 

 begun to blacken. Poor fellow, he is now admirably stuffed, in the 

 B. M. He died of inflammation of the bowels. In the Zoological Gardens, 

 are one pair A rboricola torqueola, two pairs Ortygornis gularis, and one 

 pair of each Indian species of Galloperdix, all in first-rate health and 

 condition. The ' blood-pheasant' (Itliaginis cruentus) from interior 

 of Sikhim, is a great desideratum. A young African wild boar, 

 (S. Scropha vera) has been put to S. Andamanensis, but I believe 

 with no result as yet. I suppose there is no chance now of getting a 

 boar of the Andaman race. Thanks for the Darjeeling Shrews and 

 Bats, which I look forward with interest to see. F. More, when 

 I last saw him, was mainly interested in insects of economical value, 

 as honey-bees, &c. Has the hive bee of Kashmir ever been scientifi- 

 cally examined ? It is likely enough to prove as distinct as the 

 Ligurian Bee. Just before I left London I saw, with Wolf, in spirit, 

 a most curious new mammal, sent by Du Chaillu from Fernando Po. 

 It is an Otter -like modification of the order Insectivora, and the most 

 distinct new genus of mammal that has turned up for a long time. 

 It will be figured and described in the forthcoming Number of the 

 Tr. Z. S. Size of a large stoat, but more bulky, with tail exceedingly 

 tumid at base, laterally flattened for the remainder. Whiskers very 

 copious, thick and coarse, as in Gynogale Bennettii. Eyes small. 

 Two of the hind toes connected, as in so many marsupials. General 

 appearance, colour and fur, very otter-like. Front teeth hooked, 

 approaching to Sorex. Alphonse Milne Edwards has published a 

 monograph on the Chevrotains, upon which part of my note 

 bears. I have sent the particulars to Jerdon, and by the way 

 I wish Jerdon would contribute to the Journal a selection from 

 the many notes that I have sent him. There are two groups of 

 Chevrotains (united by A. Milne Edwards,) viz. Meminna of India 



