Z O O L O G Y .
X WAS only fortunate enough to procure one monkey, though these
animals abound at Banjole, and on the neighbouring continent. It was
a variety of the Simia Saboea, (Lin.) When young, they are of a grayish-
brown, but become yellow with age. I saw a very large and ferocious
one at a distance, which I think was the Simia Sphynx; and I heard of
numbers, marked in a manner wholly unknown; such as a brown body,
and a very long tail, with black and white rings.
The small bat of the Gambia belongs to the first tribe of the division
Pteropus. It measures, from the end of the muzzle to the tip of the tail,
three inches; and from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other, eight
inches and a half. The interfemoral membrane is triangular, and reaches
to within two lines of the end of the tail. The oreillettes are short and
small. It has six small incisors in the lower jaw, and two with very
sharp points in the upper. The upper canines reach to the base of the
lower canines, and the interval between them and the incisors, is occupied
by a wart within the upper lip. The head is flat and shallow, and
the whole is of a brown colour. »
The stuffed skin of a species of sorex.was submitted to our inspection.
It was of a gray colour.; The tail, which was sub-cylindrical, had only
a few scattered hairs upon it, and was two inches and a half long. The
body was six inches and a half, and the skin smelt strongly of musk.
We at the same time procured the Viverra Zorilla.
/"W e purchased a very interesting little beast for a dollar, whose loss I
particularly lament, as he seemed to be quite unknown in Europe. His
mouth was so small, that Mr. Bowdich could not examine his teeth while