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the fourth finger, ££ths of an inch ; and the greatest breadth 

 of hand across root of thumb is ^-ths of an inch. 



The hind foot has the second or clawed toe the shortest, 

 the fourth the longest, and the third and fifth nearly equal. 



The posterior extremities are longer than the anterior. 

 The thigh, or femur, measures ££ths of an inch ; the leg, or 

 tibia, l/o-ths inch ; the tarsus and foot, l^tha inch ; the 

 tarsus, i|-ths of an inch; the foot, i^ths of an inch; greatest 

 breadth of foot across ball of great toe, ^ths of an inch. 



The Tail is thick and bushy ; it becomes thicker at about 

 a third of its length from the root, and continues bushy for 

 about another third, from whence it tapers gradually towards 

 its distal extremity. 



The second specimen is not in such fine condition ; it 

 is also a male ; the measurements of its body are about the 

 same as those of the other specimen. 



The molars apparently only ^, the others as yet not being 



developed above the gum ; the sutures of the skull, how- 

 ever, are completely ossified. In the first specimen the 



molars are more numerous, probably jj jj, but it is not easy 



to examine them carefully without injuring the specimen. 



There were, Dr Smith believed, no examples of this 

 curious little Galago in our National Museum of Science and 

 Art, so he had much pleasure in presenting these specimens 

 to that valuable collection. 



Dr Gray, of the British Museum, had recently published 

 a monograph of this interesting group, in which he classes 

 Mr Murray's specimen as the young of the Galago Demidoffii* 



This Old Calabar Galago is therefore apparently the same 

 species as the Galago Demidojjii, Fischer, as given in Dr J. 

 E. Gray's revision of the Genera, published in the " Pro- 

 ceedings of the Zoological Society" for 1863. In the same 

 volume, however, there is a communication by Dr W. Peters, 

 stating that Fischer's Galago Demidoffii is simply the young 

 of Temminck's Otolicnus peli. 



The teeth are — i. 



. 2 2 



4 , 



