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Ape (Macacus inuus), or, as he prefers to call it, "the Magot," 

 following the example of Buffon, is very interesting in regard 

 to the particulars respecting its lingering existence in Spain, 

 especially on the Rock of Gibraltar, where it continues to be 

 protected, having been originally imported thither by the Moors 

 from Barbary. 



Amongst the Lemurs and their allies, of which a considerable 

 number are figured, we find some of the best illustrations, Lemur 

 varius, Hapalemur griseus, Chirogaleus furcifer, being especially 

 well executed. The Potto asleep (p. 233) is drawn in a charac- 

 teristic attitude and nicely engraved. In these examples the chief 

 faults of the printer, too much ink and too much pressure, have 

 been fortunately avoided. The same cannot be said in the case 

 of some of the Bats. The Greater Horse-shoe Bat, for example, 

 figured on p. 263, is made to look nearly black, whereas it is 

 naturally one of the very palest of its kind. The wing-membrane, 

 instead of being pale and delicate and semi-transparent, is literally 

 " as black as ink," which gives an appearance of solidity quite 

 unreal, i So with the Barbastelle (p. 271), Daubenton's Bat 

 (p. 284), and even the Common Pipistrelle (p. 274), of which 

 specimens might easily have been procured as a guide for colour, 

 or rather tone. Illustrations of Bats in general works on Zoology 

 seem to be always a stumbling-block to artists, engravers, and 

 printers. They are scarcely ever correctly drawn, and as seldom 

 well printed. Mr. Lydekker, in this order of Mammals, would 

 have done well to have discarded as many as possible of the old 

 blocks and to have prevailed on the publishers to substitute 

 something newer and better. 



The order Insectivora, it seems to us, has been somewhat 

 scantily treated, both in regard to the selection of the species 

 described, and to the illustrations, of which we do not find more 

 than a score. In the case of the Water Shrew, of which a 

 very inadequate illustration is given (p. 328), the figure does not 

 accord with the description given in the text. It is said to be of 

 the natural size, but is considerably less, and is black beneath 

 where it should be white. 



These may seem trivialities in the way of criticism ; but if 

 such faults as we have indicated are to be observed in the case of 

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