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Miscellanea . 
February 27, 1844. 
Mu. Gould laid before the meeting specimens of three new 
species of Mammalia, which he described as 
Halmaturus Houtmannii. Hal . Mas facie canescenti- 
cinered , froute rufescente , spatio inter aures auribusque ex- 
ternil nigrescenti-cinereis ; nuchali nigrescenti-fuscd; 
dorso saturate fusco griseo irrorato , co/Zi corporisque late - 
Abus, artubus anticis et posticis rufis , gutture et pectore 
fulvescenti-albis, abdomine cinereo; caudd canescente 9 su- 
perne et ad apicem nigrescente. 
Foemina mare assimilis , coloribus pallidioribus. Juniores 
nigrescenti-cinerei , colore apud dorsum saturatiore . 
il/aZe.—Face dark grizled grey, stained with rufous on 
the forehead ; external surface of the ear and the space between 
the ears dark blackish grey ; sides of the neck, shoulders, 
fore-arms, flanks, and hind-legs rufous, which colour is palest on 
the flanks; a line of obscure blackish brown passes down the 
back of the neck, and spreads into the dark grizled brown of 
the back; throat and chest buffy white; under surface of body 
grey; tail grizled grey, deepening into black on the upper side 
and the extremity; the fur is somewhat short, coarse and ad- 
pressed ; the base bluish grey, succeeded by rufous, then white, 
and the extreme tip black. Weight 12|lbs. 
Adult Female .—Is similar in colour to the male, but of a more 
uniform tint, in consequence of the rufous colouring of the 
shoulders and flanks being paler, and the grizled appearance of 
the back not so bright. Weight 81bs. 
The young is dark grizled grey, approaching to black, particu¬ 
larly along the back. Weight 51bs. 
Adult Male. Female. 
Ft. In. Ft. In. 
Length from the nose to the tip of the tail ..3 6 3 4 
-of tail . 1 2$ 1 2 
-of tarsus and toes, including the nail 0 5$ 0 5$ 
-of armband hand, including the nails 0 6 0 4 
-of face from the tip of the nose to 
the base of the ear . 0 0 4 
—-of ear. 0 0 2J 
