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5. The dorsal (sensory) and ventral (motor) zones of His, demarca- 
ted by a sulcus extending from the myel through the brain to the optic 
recess, have not been verified in the forms examined (cat, turtle, am- 
phibia, bird). The indications are rather that an original segmented 
condition is partially disguised by a secondary formation of sulci which 
extend in a cephalo-caudal direction. None of the five such sulci 
found in the oblongata could be said to separate the sensory from the 
motor region. The dorsal and ventral of them demarcate raphés. 
One of them occurs in the sensory, two in the motor, but there is no 
dividing sulcus between the two regions. The extreme point to which 
any of them could be traced was in the region of the albicans, none of 
them reaching the porta or the optic recess. A second group of sulci 
arising in the optic and preoptic recesses extend to the porta, two of 
them passing through the porta to form the boundary of the striatum. 
SUSANNA PHELPS GAGE. 
The Lion of India.—The report that Uncia leo is found at the 
present time in the environs of Guzerate and Kutch appears to be an 
error. It has probably never existed in the latter locality, and is now 
to be met with only in the forest of Gir in the Kathiawar. It has dis- 
appeared from Rajkot, where it was abundant in 1832, from the hills 
of Bardo, and from many other localities where it formerly existed in 
great numbers, nor hasit been seen for a long time in the forest above 
mentioned. Formerly hunters very seldom ventured in that region 
for fear of the bandits who were in the habit of taking refuge there, 
and also for fear of contracting fever. Gradually, however, the forest 
is being cleared away, settlements are being made, and the domain of the 
lion is being curtailed. To prevent total extinction of the species, the 
Durbar of Kathiawar has forbidden lion hunts for a period of six 
ears. But this will do no goud unless at the same time a forest reser- 
vation is made. 
he popular belief that this species is without a mane in India 
is another error that is corrected. (Revue Scientif. Août, 1896). 
Inheritance of Artificial Mutilations.—The instance cited by 
Mr. Norman E. Hills (in the September Naturalist) of the birth of short- 
tailed fox terriors, is striking in showing a larger proportion of de- 
formed puppies than is common in such cases, but instances like the 
one cited are frequently noted in the press devoted to dogs, and con- 
cerning several breeds that have been mutilated for generations. 
But to thoroughly consider the matter of the inheritance of artificial 
deformities, the cases of breeds in which the deformity is usually 
