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seven dozen cod from the long lines baited with the lug-worm, 

 and laid on the north side of the Firth of Forth, between 

 Kinghorn and Inchkeith, on the 18th instant, no less than 

 six or seven specimens of this peculiar variety were taken . 

 These varied in size from about 4 to 17J inches in length, 

 and were presented by Dr Smith, for further examination, 

 to the Anatomical Museum of the University. 



VII. — Notes of several Recent Contributions to the Zoology of Old 

 Calabar: — 1. Galago Demidofni. 2. Chameleon fasciatus, n. s. ? 

 3. Various insects, with " Notice of an apparently undescribed 

 species of Orthopterous Insect of the family Gryllidae, and other Insects, 

 by Adam White, Esq." By John Ai/ex. Smith, M.D. (Specimens 

 were exhibited). 



1. Galago Demidoffii? 



Dr Smith said the first of these recent contributions from 

 Old Calabar he would exhibit were two male specimens of a 

 very curious and interesting Galago, probably the same as 

 that described by Mr Murray in the " Edinburgh Philo- 

 sophical Journal" for 1859, as Galago murinus, or mouse-like 

 Galago. The figure given by Mr Murray differed slightly 

 from this specimen, perhaps merely due to the finer condi- 

 tion of the one now exhibited, the tail being also much 

 larger and fuller. 



Two specimens of this Galago were exhibited, one of them 

 being in very fine preservation. The general colour, of the 

 specimens preserved in spirits, is the head and upper parts 

 dark brown, with a tinge of reddish-brown on the extre- 

 mities of the hair ; the ears rather lighter, or reddish-brown ; 

 a broad stripe of white runs down the ridge of the nose from 

 between the eyes, to its white and naked extremity, where 

 it divides and surrounds each side of the mouth ; the under 

 lip is also apparently edged with white. The colour of the 

 extremities is lighter and more of a reddish-brown. 



Below, the colour is dark grey, the points of the hair being- 

 lighter, and the inner sides of the extremities are of a light 

 grey or white. 



This little animal measures about 8^ inches in total 

 length. 



