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Show 500 MR. O. THOMAS ON THE GENUS ECHINOPS. [June 14, 12. CHAMCEPELIA PASSERINA (Linn.). Columbigallina passerina, Cory, B. W . I. p. 217. A pair. " Ground-dove, common." 13. GALLINULA GALEATA (Licht.). Gallinula galeata, Cory, B. W . I. p. 257. A pair. " Coot, common near brackish ponds." 14. STREPSILAS INTERPRES (Linn.). Arenaria interpres, Cory, B. W . I. p. 231. A female, in immature. plumage. "Very rarely seen-in fact never observed before. The Rev. Mr. Schouten, who takes great interest in Natural History, and has resided in Anguilla twenty-eight years, told me it was quite new to him."-W. R. E. 15. TOTANUS FLAVIPES (Gm.). Totanus fiavipes, Cory, B. W . I. p. 238. Two females. " Yellow-legs, common near brackish ponds.' 16. PHAETHON ^ETHEREUS, Linn. Phaethon eethereus, Cory, B. W . I. p. 275. Two males. " Tropic-bird : nests in holes among the cliffs on the sea-side." 3. On the Insectivorous Genus Echinops, Martin, with Notes on the Dentition of the allied Genera. By OLDFIELD THOMAS. [Eeceived June 3, 1892.] At the Meeting of this Society on Feb. 13,1838 \ Mr. W. Martin exhibited and described an Insectivore belonging to the group known as " Madagascar hedgehogs," but much smaller than the common Ericulus setosus, and gave it the new generic and specific name of Echinops telfairi, in honour of its donor, Mr. C. Telfair. A fuller description, with accurate figures both of the animal and its skull, was given by the same naturalist a little later2, and from these it might have been easily seen that the animal was fully adult. This specimen has remained unique almost up to the present time3 and on this account, the species not being known, the name Ericulus telfairi has been of late years wrongly assigned to Ericulus setosus. The genus Echinops was properly recognized by Wagner4 (who 1 P. Z. S. 1838, p. 17. 2 Trans. Z. S. ii. p. 249, pi. 46 (1840). 3 The young individual, 17 days old, also sent by Mr. Telfair, and mentioned P.Z. S. 1833, p. 81, proves on examination to be the ordinary larger form Ericulus setosus. 1 Schreb. Sang. Suppl. ii. p. 29 (1840). |
