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DESCRIPTION OF THREE 



the form of strings, like vermicelli. The odour of this secretion is strong 

 and musky. 



I now proceed with the description of the Nipalese species. This 

 species is 48 to 50 inches long from the snout to the tip of the tail ; the tail 

 being, as in Ilirsutus, equal to the body in length when measured with the 

 terminal hair, and about an inch less, if the tail only be admitted. The 

 weight is from 9 to lOlbs., and the whole habit considerably more robust 

 than in Hirsiikis. In this respect, as in the twisted tail and shorter face of 

 Nipalensis, it differs materially from Ilirsutus, agreeing with the Pongoune 

 or P. T^pus of CvYiER. Indeed so strictly similar is the conformation of 

 Nipalensis to Typus that it is unnecessary to say more on that subject ; 

 so that w^e may proceed at once to the fur and colours of our species.* 



The fur is of medial length and of two sorts, pretty much as in the 

 domestic Cat, only longer and thicker. The length of the hair is about \^ 

 inches : of the wool, about 1 inch. The former is triannulated from the 

 base with dusky slaty {^) rufous yellow {^) and black (£) : the latter or 

 wool wholly slaty. The general effect, in point of colour, is a medial 

 cat gray or brown gray, void of all marks upon the body. Centre of the 

 neck, on the abdominal aspect, chest, belly, and insides of the arms and 

 thighs, pure rufous yellow : tip of tail, paws, ears, lips, chin, a curving line 

 on the cheeks proceeding from the upper lip to the eyes, and a longitudinal 

 mark over the eyes, black or blackish : iris brown : nude skin of the soles, 

 lips, and ears, fleshy brown : palate and tongue, fleshy white : whiskers 

 half white and half black. Those of the lips are very strong, long, and 

 adpressed. There are lesser salient tufts of bristles on the cheeks, above 

 the eyes, and under the chin — attributes common to all the three species. 



* Typus, according to CuviER, has 6 teats. Nipalensis hsiS but four ; so also Hirsutus 

 And, as the difference is material, T beg to state my facts have been carefully determined by 

 the examination of several individuals. 



