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Indian elephants ? Is the ftru&ure of the grinding 

 teeth equal or flat in all, or have fome elevated 

 or pointed crowns, fimilar to thofe of carnivor- 

 ous animals? Do elephants ever flied their tulks 

 pr teeth, or are they permanent ? 



3. How many fpecies of tigers, fo called, or 

 more properly of leopards, panthers, ounces, &c. 

 are there in India, and what are the ftated and 

 perpetual marks for diftinguifhing each, in differ- 

 ent periods of life ? What other animals of the 

 feline kind are found in India, with the fpecific 

 characters of each ? 



4. Does the fhakal, or jackal, fcanis aureus Lin.) 

 bear any refemblance to an animal commonly 

 called the crofs-fox (Pennant's Syn. Quadr.) 

 What animal do the Arabian writers call btmat- 

 el-auvi ? 



5. Are armadilloes (dafypodes Lin.) in. Afia or 

 Africa, in what parts, and what are their charafter- 

 iftics ? 



6. When the various fpecies of the feathered 

 tribe begin to couple or pair mould be noticed ; 

 when, where, and of what materials each bird 

 builds it's neft, with the colour, fize and number 

 of eggs ; how long the eggs are in incubation ; 

 what the young are fed with, and at what periods 

 they are fledged; with the diftin&ions between 

 male and female birds in different feafons and 

 ages. 



7. The migration of birds fhould not be difre- 

 garded; but their merely difappearing in one part 

 of the country is not properly a migration, for we 

 frequently find that birds fhift their place of abode, 



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