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The Sayal. Hystrix leucurus, Sykes, Proc . Zool . Soc. 
H. cristata Indica, Gray, Must. Ind. Zool. t. 14. H. 
Nepalensis, Hodgson, Calcut . Jour . Sci. 1841, 220. 
a. India. 
b. Deccan. — Presented by Colonel Sykes. 
c. and d. Nepal*— Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq, 
The Tufted-tailed Porcupine. Atherura Africans, 
Gray, Ann. and Mag. N . H. 1842. A. fasciculata^ . j it 
Bennett, Gard . Zool. Soc . 1 75. fig. 
a. Fernando Po. 
b. Cercolabina. 
The Cawquaw, or Urson. Erethizon dorsatum. Hys- 
trix dorsata, Linn. Edwards, Birds, t. H. Hudso- 
nius, Brisson. Buff on, H. N. xn. t. 55. Ann. Mus . 
ix. t. 20. E. Buffonii, F. Cuv. Canada Porcupine, 
Forster . Go dm an, t. 
a. Feet black, with a few white tipped bristles on the 
rump. N. America. 
b. Feet black, the longer bristles white tipped. N. 
America. 
c. The belly, feet and legs reddish, with a few white 
tipped hairs on the shoulders. N. America. 
The Black-tailed Orico. Sphiggurus melanurus, Gray, 
Ann. and Mag. N. H. x. 262. Hystrix Nycthemera, 
Licht. ? Kuhl. Beitr. 71 ?? 
a. Brazils. — Presented by Lord Stuart de Rothsay. 
The Orico. Sphiggurus insidiosus. Hystrix insidiosa, 
Liclit. Kuhl. H. Couiy, Desm. Sph. spinosus, F. 
Cuv. Mem. Mus. ix. t. 20. f. 5, 6, 7. Pr. Max. 
Abbild. t. 
a. In winter? covered with grey silky hair, hiding the 
spines. West Indies. — Presented by Dr. John Richard- 
son. 
The Quilled Rat. Chaltomys subspinosus, Gray, 
P. Z. Soc. 1843. Hystrix subspinosa, Licht. Kuhl . 
Beitr. 7 1. Pr. Max. Abbild. t. 
a. Brazils. — From M. Brant’s Collection, 
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