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g. How many fpecies of tygers fo called, or 

 more properly of leopards, paflthers, ounces, 

 &c. are there in India, and what are the ftated 

 and perpetual marks for diflinguilhing each, 

 in different 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 (Canis aureus 

 Lin.) bear any refemblance to an animal com- 

 monly called the crofs-fox (Pennant's Syn. 

 Quadr.) What animal do the Arabian writers 

 call banat-el-auvi ? 



5. Are armadilloes (Dafypodes Lin.) in Afia 

 or Africa, in what parts, and which are their 

 charadleriftics ? 



6. There are many fpecies of the jerboa 

 (Mus jaculus Lin.) and probably if they were 

 known, a feparate genus might be formed : an 

 animal as big as a greyhound, weighing about 

 eighty pounds, and hopping on two legs, was 

 difcovered on New Holland by Drs. Banks and 

 Solander; it would prove a confiderable ac- 

 quifition in natural hiftory to learn the charac- 

 tering c of this genus, the number and difpofi- 

 tion of the teeth, the fpecies, general ceconomy 

 and manner of living, of thefe animals. 



5. 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 its neft, with the color, fize and number 

 of eggs how long the eggs are in incubation ; 

 what the young are fed with, and at what pe- 

 riods are they fledged ; with the diftinctions be- 

 tween male and female birds in different feafons 

 and ages. 



6. The 



