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Show MB. W. E. DE WINTON ON CYNICXIS SELOUSI. [Jail. 15, First consignment (August 14th, 1900):- 1 Indian Roller (Coracias indica). 1 Bengal Weaver-bird (Ploceus bengalensis) d . 1 Manyar Weaver-bird (Ploceus manyar) J . 4 Black-throated Weaver-birds (Ploceus atrigula), 2 6 -, 2 $. Second consignment (September 21st, 1900):- 2 Western Yellow-winged Laughing-Thrushes (Trochalo-pterum nigrimentum) c? 2 . 1 Rufous-chinned Laughing-Thrush (Ianthocincla rufi-gularis). 1 Slaty-headed Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhimis schis-ticeps). 1 Black-throated Ouzel (Turdus atrigularis) J . 2 Tickell's Ouzels (Turdus unicolor). 1 Spotted-wing (Psaroglossa spiloptera). Third consignment (November 27th, 1900):- 4 Ashy-crowned Finch-Larks (Pyrrhidauda grisea), 3 <$ . 1 ?' 2 Singing Bush-Larks (Mirafra cantillans) rf § . 2 Slaty-headed Parrakeets (Palceornis schisticeps) <5 2 • 1 Burmese Slaty-headed Parrakeet (Paleeomis jinsehi) S . 1 Golden-eyed Fruit-Pigeon (Carpophaga concinna). Fourth consignment (January 1st, 1901). 2 Blue-winged Sivas (Siva cyanoptera). 1 Silver-eared Mesia (Mesia argentauris). 1 White-capped Redstart (Ruticilla leucoeephala). 1 Rufous-bellied Niltava (Mltava sundara). 1 Burmese Roller (Coracias affinis). Mr. W . E. de Winton exhibited a specimen of the large Grey Meerkat (Cynictis selousi de Winton), described in the 'Annals and Magazine of Natural History,' ser. 6, vol. xviii. 1896, p. 469, hitherto known from a skull only, obtained near Bulawayo. The skin exhibited (see Plate I.), together with a skull had been obtained by Mr. P. C. Reid on the west bank of the Lin'yanti River on the 5th July, 1899. The following description was given:- Size about half as large again as the Bay Meerkat (C peni cdlata); body-colour grizzled drab-grey ; hairs of the tail broad!v white-tipped ; both fore and hind feet black; belly buff The grizzling of the head and body is much coarser tbaii in the Bav Meerkat, owing to the broader annulations on the hair but the pattern on the hairs of the tail is similar in both species 'There i an entire absence of rufous in the colouring of the Grey Meerkat the tips of the under-fur and the broad subbasal band of the |