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BLUEFIELDS. 
in basking in the sun, and to huddle together, and 
grunt out their pleasure in each other’s company.” 
The skin of one of the specimens obtained in this 
expedition Mr. Wilkie kindly presented to me ; a 
courtesy the value of Avhich was enhanced by the 
fact of its being one of the chief of the opima spolia, 
a sort of trophy of his own exploits. It is now in 
the British Museum. As the skull was not pre- 
served, the actual identity of the species with the 
smaller specimen described by Mr. Hill, cannot with 
certainty be established ; and there seems a little dis- 
crepancy in the proportions, as will be seen by com- 
paring the admeasurements of Mr. Hill’s, already 
given, with the following, which were taken from 
Mr. Wilkie’s specimen : — 
ft. in. 
Length from nose to tip of tail - - - -66 
Circumference at fore paws - - - - 3 4 
Length of fore paw - - - - -01 1^ 
„ hind paw - - - - - 0 lOf 
„ tail - - - - - -02 
The fur is of a nearly uniform dirty ash-grey, 
black at the base, and grey at the tips of the hairs ; 
it is slightly mottled on the belly ; it is very close 
and stiff, and not more than one-fourth of an inch 
long. The vihrissce or whiskers are from an inch to 
an inch and three quarters long ; white, with one on 
each side dark brown. 
THE YELLOW BOA. 
A serpent of the Boa kind ( Chilahothrus inornatus) 
is commonly found around Bluefields, and I believe 
in most parts of the Island, and is distinguished by 
