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others afrain willi tliirteen. It is now asrcrtaiiuMi 

 Irrvond doubt tliat thv. epci^s are h;itclioil liy in- 

 cvibatioii. They are of large size, au^l of a 



bemili^i hhMh gt^eut c^lcm^ 

 Among 6t1iec ^atlTd^tdhSit^ ndaisals fimiiidbied 



to the naturalists in this interesting country, is 

 t\ic J^rlfffifiiT, or "native porcii]nne," tlie Nicko- 

 hcjan and .)auiiocumbiu.e of the natives. It in- 



dinaiy 5 md a* iJiis season (Decenate) 



firtKhjces its young, It forms a link In'tweelJ. 

 Ili/strix and Mifrmocophaga^ differing- l>nt b'ttle 

 in external characters from the genera Mauls 

 tad Mynuecophaga; anew geiiti$I]^feeii4fceilP6- 

 ifore fowoced %m ii^MnlMm^ m the ordfir M^knr 

 Mta^. Mmotrcma. It \va< named Myrnte^ 



copJiaga acuhata, by Shaw ; at the same time 

 that he considered the external character suf- 

 iiciently diflinist ^teee it Is % ^vm. He 



" The whole upper ])arts of the body and tail 

 are thickly coated with stroiio' and shar[) spines. 

 Tlie snout is long and tubular, lia%ing' only a 

 SBMtO I'fctos, oropcmiftg, a.1 the tip, few wlieo^e 



other ant-caters. The nostrils are small, and 

 seated at rlic extremity of the snout : the eyes 

 are small ami black, with a pale blue iris. Jt 



