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Catalogue of the Mammalia of Assam. 



60. Antelope cervicapra, Pall, ... 



61. Antelope ghoral, Hardw. As- 

 samese, Deo Chagul, 



62. Capra hircus, Linn. Assa- 

 mese, Sagolee, 



63. Bos taurus, Linn. var. Indicus. 

 Assamese, Ghooroo, 



64. Bos bubalus, Linn. Assa- 

 mese and Bengalee, Mahees, 



65. Bos gavaeus, Smith. Assa- 

 mese, Bunnoorea Ghooroo,... 



66. Bos grunniens, Linn. 



Cetacea. 



67. Platanista gangeteca, Roxb. 



Indian Antelope. 

 Ghoral Antelope. 

 Goat. 



Indian Ox. 



Buffaloe. 



Gyal. 

 Yak. 



Gangetic Platanist. 



Notice of the Ursus Isabellinus, Horsfield. 



In the 15th volume of the Transactions of the Linnaean 

 Society, is a notice of a new species of Bear by Dr. Hors- 

 field, founded on a mutilated skin from Nipal. Dr. Hors- 

 field named it Ursus Isabellinus. It does not appear that 

 any further notice of the animal has been published since 

 Dr. Horsfield's paper, which was read to the Linnaean Socie- 

 ty, in June 1826. The following additional particulars are 

 derived from a living specimen now in the hands of a jug- 

 gler in the neighbourhood of Calcutta. It is said to be 

 four years old, is quite tame, and has been in the posses- 

 sion of its present owner three years. The man says it 

 has not arrived at its full growth, and he has seen others 



* The above Catalogue is founded on 324 Specimens of Mammalia, 

 collected in Assam in 1840-1. For the greater part of this collection, 

 I am indebted to the kindness of the Civil and Military Officers in As- 

 sam, especially Major Jenkins, Agent to the Governor General ; Ma- 

 jors Simonds and Davidson; Captains Vetch, Wemyss, Bigge, and Eld; 

 Lieut. Reynolds ; and Messrs. Bedford, Hudson, and Robinson. 



