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1. Dr. D. Scott, Hansi. The following specimens. 



Vulpes leucopus, nobis, J. A. S. XXIII, 729. Skin of a fine male, 

 which literally verifies the statement of Mountstuart Elphinstone, quoted 

 loc, cit. ; appearing " as if it had been wading up to the belly in ink:" 

 the name leucopus, therefore, is unfortunate, as being applicable (it would 

 seem) to one sex only. The skin now sent is perfect ; and though want- 

 ing the skull and limb-bones, has been set up as a stuffed specimen. Dr, 

 Scott remarks of this species, in epistoU, that " they differ extremely in 

 colouring; some look all over of a sandy -red colour, while others have 

 black bellies and are very light above. The skin sent is an excellent spe- 

 cimen, one reason for this being, that it was from an inhabitant of the 

 open fields. Those that live among sand-hills get so full of burrs (or 

 thorny seeds) that they look miserable, and scratch off a good deal of 

 their fur." For further information concerning this little Desert Fox, 

 vide Vol. XXV, 443. 



Felis oenata, Gray, vide J. A. S. XXV, 441. A fine skin, but want- 

 ing that of the lower jaw and tail-tip, and therefore unfit for setting up : 

 also two skins of domestic Cats, sent as supposed hybrids of this species, 

 but which are characteristic representatives of the streaked Indian type of 

 domestic Cat, described in the note to Vol. XXV, p. 442. Having since 

 communicated on this subject with Dr. Scott, he subsequently wrote word, 

 that — " With regard to hybrid Cats, I can offer no proof; but I know 

 that a year or two ago a common domestic Cat had kittens under my 

 haystack, and one of them was precisely like the F. ornata, and without 

 any white, — whilst my gardener had a torn which might easily have passed 

 for an oenata, only that he had a white collar and belly, and from living 

 less in the sun was less rusty in colour. There are plenty of tame Cats 

 here with spots like those of the oenata ; and I will try to procure and 

 send some skins of them." 



Pterocles aeenaeius ; a skeleton, kindly sent at my request. 



Palumb^ena 03nicapilla, nobis, n. s. Indian ' Stock Pigeon ;' a skin 

 described in a separate paper.* 



* Dr. Scott has likewise favored me with a description of two living Ghor-Jchurs 

 from the Bikanir desert ; the male of which is most remarkable for having a well 

 developed cross-stripe over the withers, besides faint stripes on the limbs, — not 

 a trace of either being visible in the female. They are believed, he says, to be 

 between eighteen months and two years old. 



" The male stands, as near as I could measure, 45 inches high (11^ hands) 

 at (he shoulder; and the female about 2 in. less (but she was not measured) 



