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more ornamented, end 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 wasa 
‘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 Arboricola torqueola, two pairs Ortygornis gularis, and one 
pair of each Indian species of Galloperdiz, all in first-rate health and 
condition. The ‘blood-pheasant’ (Jthaginis cruentus) from interior 
of Sikhim, is a great desideratum. A young African wild boar 
(S. Seropha vera) has been put to S. Andamanensis, but I believe 
with no result as yet. I suppose there isno chance now of getting a 
boar of the Andamdn 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. 8. 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 Cynogale Bennettti. 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 Hdwards,) viz. Meminna of India 
