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it is described and figured under the title of " Tupaia du Pegow." 
It is confessedly, however, nearly allied. 
The genus Sorex next claims attention. Five Indian species are 
noticed, with some useful observations, and a table of the distinctions 
which separate some of the allied species. Four African species 
are also indicated. 
Of the Carnivora, a new Felis is described and figured under the 
title of F. rubiginosa ; it is most closely allied to the F. torquata of 
F. Cuvier, is about the size of the domestic cat, and was found in 
the higher woods in the vicinity of Pondicherry. A new genus 
is established under the name of Melogale ; but in our correspon- 
dence with Mr Gray, that gentleman considers it as the same as his 
genus H elides, described in the proceedings of the Zoological Socie- 
ty; and M. personata, Geoff.- as probably identical with Gulo ori- 
entalis of Horsfield. It was found by M. Belanger in the vicinity 
of Rangoon. The entire length of the animal is about one foot one 
inch without the tail, that member, being wanting in the specimen, 
is supposed to be about eight inches. The dental system is 
c 6 incis. f 6 incis. 
Upper jaw. -5 2 can. C 6 false mol. Under jaw. < 2 can. c 8 false mol. 
( 10 mol. < 2 can. (12 mol. 3 2 can. 
C 2 tuberc. C 2 tuberc. 
Total, 38. 
The Mammalia are concluded by the " Rongeurs." Five squir- 
rels are described, a hare, and a species of Spermophilus, the 
only animal noticed from Persia ; a figure is given under the title 
of S. concolor, Geoff. The entire length of this little animal is about 
thirteen inches, of which the tail is three. The general colour is a 
pale-fawn, darker at the upper parts, and the tail, flattened and 
square at the end, is terminated by a black ring, then one of white, 
and lastly another of black, more indistinct. It was met with in 
the vast plains in the Persian province of Azerbaidjan. It bur- 
rows, and conveys grains to its retreat, therefore it is eagerly sought 
to be extirpated, 
Oiseaux, par Rene-Primevere Lesson. Commences by an essay on 
the geographical distribution of birds, containing general observa- 
tions on this subject. The second chapter is entitled, " Description 
de plusieurs especes d'oiseaux nouvelles, ou quelque autres encore 
incompletement caracterisees dans les auteurs." The whole number 
of birds here described is thirty-nine ; many of these, however, are 
neither from India or from the collection of Belanger, and we shall 
confine our notice to those which have been thought worthy of being 
figured, or have been brought to Europe by our traveller. 
