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Show 796 MR. R. LYDEKKER O N A [June 20, than the general ground-colour. Moreover, from the head to the shoulders the spots are solid, like those of the Hunting-Leopard. In their large size, oblong or circular form, and wide separation from one another, they are quite unlike the spots on the same part of the body of the African Leopard, which are also solid. The fur, which is relatively long all over the body, becomes still more markedly so on the under-parts, where it is pure white, wdth solid elongated black spots of very large size, but widely separated from one another. In this respect the skin is nearer to the Indian than to the African Leopard, iu which the fur of the under-parts is yellowish, with the spots so large as to exhibit only a network of light ground. The resemblance of the under-parts of tbe present specimen to the corresponding region of the Snow-Leopard is remarkably striking; and a similar resemblance is exhibited by the very long and bushy tail, especially the terminal third, which is black and white only. That the present specimen is, however, only a well-marked local variety of the Leopard I am quite convinced ; and if I am right in identifying it with the so-called Felis tulliana, the latter animal must also be looked upon as a race of the same species, under the title of F. pardus tulliana. This will accordingly be the Northeastern representative of the species ; and it will be interesting to find where it passes into the ordinary Indian form, to which it is clearly nearer than it is to the African. It is stated by Mr. Blanford to range into Baluchistan and the confines of Sind. I may add that I am fully convinced of the advisability of separating the Indian from the African race of the Leopard ; but there comes the puzzling question as to which is entitled to bear the name of typicus. 7. On the supposed former Existence of a Sireuian in St. Helena. By R. LYDEKKER. [Received June 12, 1899.] In no zoological nor distributional work 1 with which I am acquainted can I find any reference to the alleged occurrence of a Manati in St. Helena. Nevertheless, there are records to the effect that an animal going by that name formerly inhabited that island. For example, Mr. J. C. Melliss, in his work on St. Helena2, definitely states that a Manati once occurred there, and goes so far as to express his opinion that it was specifically identical either with Trichechus americanus or T. senegalensis. I am also informed by m y friend Mr. R. A. Sterndale, now Governor of the island, that Manatis were formerly of such frequent occurrence that there was a regular government duty on each one killed. 1 Both Mr. Wallace in ' Island Life' and Messrs. Sclater in the ' Geoeraphv of Mammals' are silent on this subject. J 2 ' St. Helena: a Physical, Historical, and Topographical Description of ft,* Island.' London, 1875, pp. 86 & 87. r e> ** i *" cue |