1846.] 



the Malayan Peninsula and Islands. 



279 



93 



94 



95 

 96 



97 



Bos gour, Trail. 



Malayan Peninsula, 



Tenasserim, Hindoostan, As- 

 sam, Nipal, SouthernMah- 

 ratta country. 



Bos taurus, Var. indicus, 

 Lin. 



Introduced in the Ma- 

 layan Countries. 





Bubalus arnee, H. Smith. 



Ditto. 



Singapore, Malayan 

 Peninsula, 





Halicore indicus, F. Cuv. 



Philippines, Moluccas, Sun- 

 da Islands, Sumatra, New 

 Holland, Red Sea. 



Delphinus plumbeus, Dus- 

 sumier. 



Malayan Seas, 



Bay of Bengal. 



Note to Gen. Nyctinomus, p. 9. A male Nyctinomus bengalensis, 

 Geoffroy, (Syn. Vespertilio plicatus, Buchan. — N. bengalensis, Geoffroy, 

 apud Horsfield. — Dysopes plicatus, Temminck, apud Schinz,) examined 

 after the Catalogue had passed through the press, exhibited a true 

 caecum. The entire length of the animal was 4§ inches, of which the 

 tail measured If inch. Extent of the flying membrane : 1 foot 0-ginch. 



Length of the small Intestine, 9 J inches. 



„ „ large ditto, . . . . . . . . 4J- „ 



„ „ caecum, hs " 



The caecum is crescent- shaped, with the concave curvature firmly 

 adhering to the external surface of the small intestine. The convex 

 curvature presents near the apex a sacculated appearance ; the mem- 

 branes are thickened. Where the caecum joins, the small intestine and 

 the rectum are narrowed. 



Fort William: Dec. llth, 1846. 



