APPENDIX. 
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“ On the back of the neck there are three or four slender 
longitudinal black lines, which arc irregular and indistinct, 
especially near the head. On each side of these slender lines 
there is a broad irregular black mark, which commencing behind 
the ear runs backwards and outwards over the shoulders j here 
the slender black lines appear to divide, for as many as seven 
can be traced; the outermost of these diverge, and are soon 
broken into irregular spots, which are scattered over the sides 
of the body. The intermediate lines are also broken into oblong 
spots, excepting that line which runs along the spine of the 
back, which is uninterrupted, and becomes broader on the mid- 
dle of the back, On the liinder half of the back there 
are on each side of and parallel with the spinal black mark, 
two lines formed by confluent spots. The sides of the neck 
are adorned with numerous oblong spots. The muzzle is black ; 
there is a slender black line between the eyes, a ^^ellow spot 
under the anterior angle of each eye; the tip of the muzzle 
is also yellow. The lips arc blackish, and the eyes are encircled 
with black hairs; the hairs of the moustaches are brown, black, 
and brown. The ears are black at the base externally ; inter- 
nally they are covered with yellowish hairs. The limbs are 
brownish black. The tail is black; on the basal half there are 
five narrow yellowish rings, and on the apical half there are 
four narrow rings of a brownish colour, and somewhat indistinct. 
The fur is short, glossy, and adpressed. 
This is rather a scarce animal at Fernando Po, and as the 
skin is considered one of the most sacred and valuable amulets 
or charms of the Edeeyahs, they ai'e unwilling to part with it 
The small specimen in the British Museum, presented by Dr. 
Thomson, was skinned from the mouth, and is a proof of the 
ingenuity of that singular people. 
Family III. TALPiDiE. 
Sorex Poensis. (Fraser, in Proc. ZooL Soc. Lond., Dec., 1842.) 
Sor. obscure fuscus, corpore subtus cinereo, peejibus nigre- 
scentibus; auribus parvulis, distinctis; cauda corpore breviori 
pilis obscuris adpressis, et setis longioribus adspersis. 
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