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Show 1882.] PROF. M. WATSON ON THE ANATOMY OF PROTELES. 579 Colombia and S. palpebralis of Peru, and makes a third of Dr. Cabanis's section Schizoaecha (J. f. O. 1873, p. 319). I add a list of the species of Synallaxis which have been described since the issue of my synopsis (P. Z. S. 1874, p. 2). (1) SYNALLAXIS TITHYS, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 323. Hab. Lechugal, N. Peru (Stolzmann). (2) SYNALLAXIS SCLATERI, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 196. Hab. Sierra de Cordova, reip. Arg. (Doering). Allied to 8. humilis, Cab. (3) SYNALLAXIS MARANONICA, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 230. Hab. Guajango, N. Peru (Stolzmann). Allied to 8. cinerascens. (4) SYNALLAXIS RUFIPENNIS, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 620. Hab. Tilotilo, Bolivia (Buckley). Allied to 8. striaticeps. (5) SYNALLAXIS FRUTICICOLA, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 670. Hab. Tambillo, Peru (Stolzmann). Allied to 8. frontalis, Pelz. (6) SYNALLAXIS WHITII, Scl. Ibis, 1881, p. 600, pl. xvii. f. 2. Hab. Prov. Salta, reip. Arg. (White). Allied to 8. scutata, Scl. 8. O n the Muscular Anatomy of Proteles as compared with that of Hyama and Viverra. By M . W A T S O N , M.D., Professor of Anatomy, the Owens College, Manchester. [Received June 19, 1882.] Having recently had an opportunity of investigating the anatomy of a male specimen of Proteles cristatus which lately formed part of the Society's collection, I thought it advisable, considering the rarity of the animal, to make a careful dissection of the soft parts. The osteology of Proteles is already well-known through the works of Isidore Geoffroy St.-Hilaire1 and of De Blainville2 ; and I need not further refer to it beyond stating that in m y specimen, as in that examined by Professor Flower3, the ribs are fifteen in number on each side, and that the dorsal vertebrae are fifteen and the lumbar five in number. The last rib on each side is extremely short, measuring only one inch in length, and on this account had probably been overlooked by St.-Hilaire and De Blainville, according to both of whom the ribs and dorsal vertebrae of Proteles are fourteen in number and the lumbar vertebrae six. The visceral anatomy of Proteles has been so carefully described by Professor Flower4 that I need not do more than refer to the 1 Memoires du Musdum d'Histoire Naturelle, tome xi. 1824, p. 354. 2 Osteographie, tome ii. p. 34. 3 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 474. * Loc. cit. |
