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1. Dr. J. R. Withecombe, B. Med. S. Three human skulls, respec- 

 tively of a Limbu, Bhotia, and Lepcha. " All are males," writes Dr. 

 Withecombe, " and authentic ; as I knew the individuals while living, 

 and consider them good average specimens of the tribes to which they 

 are referred." 



2. Lt. F. P. Bailey, 7th N. I. Skin of a Huuuman Monkey (Presby- 



TIS ENTELLUS). 



3. Capt. S. R. Tickell, Moulmein. Skins of four species of Bat, viz. 



DySOPUS PLICATUS, RHINOLOPHUS MINOR (?), HlPPOSIDEROS DIADEMA (?), 



and H. larvatus. Also a specimen of Draco maculatus. 



4. C. Hollings, Esq., Gya. Skull and greater portion of the skeleton 

 of a Dingo, or Australian variety of Dog. 



5. Arthur Grote, Esq. C. S. The skins and skeletons of a mature 

 female, and male -| grown, of the ordinary ' Wild Dog' (so called) of this 

 country, from Chaibasa, Central India. These animals are specifically 

 identical with a particularly fine living adult male in my own possession, 

 sent down from Upper Asam ; and this appears to be the ordinary species 

 alike of the Himalaya and of Central and S. India, — Canis duehunen- 

 sis, Sykes, and C. primcevus, Hodgson ; and a Malayan specimen in our 

 museum, which I take to be C. sumatrensis, Hardwicke, would appear 

 to differ only in the considerably deeper tint of its rufous colouring. 



6. Messrs. Cook & Co., Calcutta. Another fresh carcass of a * wild 

 Dog,' procured in the vicinity of Darjiling ; and which, as I am assured, 

 was considered by Mr. B. H. Hodgson as a peculiar species, quite new to 

 him. I saw it many times alive : and certainly in its actions and general 

 appearance, it differed very considerably from the living animal from 

 Asam which I at this time possess, which latter is obviously identical 

 in species with Mr. Grote's animals from Central India, now dead and 

 added to the museum. This particular Darjiling individual (a female) 

 had a considerably more Vulpine appearance ; with longer and softer fur, 

 having much wool at base ; considerable ruff around the neck, and much 

 lengthened fur about the jowl ; the ears also densely clad both externally 

 and within, and, in the living animal, often very closely approximated and 

 directed forward ; a remarkably full brush, with much less black than 

 usual on the terminal half, but most of the tail having a slightly nigres- 

 cent appearance, not particularly noticeable at a little distance : all this 

 may merely indicate the winter vesture, as assumed in a cold climate ; 

 but the actions of the animal were decidedly peculiar, and the general 

 appearance as Vulpine as that of the ordinary ' Wild Dog' is Jackal-like. 

 It was particularly light, agile, and graceful in its movements. Still I can 



