s. Among
the small twigs and branches of the shrubs and small trees the dormice
climb with wonderful adroitness, often, indeed, hanging by their
hind feet from a twig, in order to reach and operate on a fruit or
a nut which is otherwise inaccessible, and running along the lower
surface of a branch with the activity and certainty of a monkey"
(_Dallas_). This little animal is supposed to breed twice in the
year--in spring and autumn. It is doubtful whether we have any true
_Myoxidae_ in India, unless _Mus gliroides_ should turn out to be
a _Myoxus_. The following is mentioned in Blanford's 'Eastern
Persia': _Myoxus pictus_--new species, I think; I regret I have not
the book by me at present--also _Myoxus dryas_, of which I find a
pencil note in my papers. Mouse-red on the back, white belly with
a rufous band between; white forehead; a black stripe from the nose
to the ears, passing through the eye.

[Illustration: _Myoxus_.]

APPENDIX B.

[Illustration: _Osteology of the Skull of Platanista Gangetica,
section 257_. A. Side view. B. Upper view. C. Back tooth. D. Front
tooth.]

The above illustration was by accident omitted from the text.

APPENDIX C.

NOTES ON SOME OF THE FOREGOING SPECIES.

_The Slow Loris_, No 28.--This creature sometimes assumes the erect
posture, though in general it creeps. The following illustration
shows an attitude observed and sketched by Captain Tickell, as the
animal was about to seize a cockroach. When it had approached within
ten or twelve inches, it drew its hind feet gradually forward until
almost under its chest; it then cautiously and slowly raised itself
up into a standing position, balancing itself awkwardly with its
uplifted arms; and then, to his astonishment, flung itself, not upon
the insect, which was off "like an arrow from a Tartar's bow," but
on the spot which it had, half a second before, tenanted.

[Illustration: Slow Loris and a cockroach.]

_Trade Statistics of Fur-skins_, Mustelidae.--The Philadelphia
_Times_, in an article on furs, says that the best sealskins come
from the antarctic waters, principally from the Shetland Islands.
New York receives the bulk of American skins, which are shipped to
various ports. London is the great centre of the fur trade of the
world. In the United States the sea-bear of the north has the most
valuable skin. Since 1862 over 500,000 have been killed on Behring
Island alone. In 1867 there were 27,500 sea-bears k