Theories and facts as to palaeogenesis in its probable influence on the coloration of animals / by Jonathan Hutchinson.

  • Hutchinson, Jonathan, Sir, 1828-1913.
Date:
1912
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    MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS FROM NOTE-BOOKS. ♦ Lunate Bands. The expression “lunate bands ” is used by several authors as descriptive of the broken circles which are seen on the throats of many animals. The Viverin.®. One of the Viverince, under the name of the Fossane of D’Aubenton (Madagascar), is figured, with colour, in the ‘Proceed- ings’ of the Zoological Society for 1872. Its body shows on each side four much broken streaks running its whole length. They are so much broken that in many places they might he described as spots only. On the tail, the rings are so much broken that Dr. Gray describes it as “ marked with dark spots on each side of the upper surface, which are closer and give the appearance of being ringed at the end. Its throat is pale almost to whiteness, and shows no lunate bands. In some animals the soles of the feet are covered with hair. This is a definite feature in the true Viverince.” (Dr. Gray.) Tails of Antelopes. One of the Nanotragus Antelopes is adjectived “ nigra cordahis.” It is a light brown animal with a white belly and broad white bands down its limbs. Its feet are white, there is a white circle round each eye, and a white lunate band under its throat. On the upper surface and lower half of its short tail the hair is coal black, and being set between its snow white thighs, is as conspicuous as the white “banner” of the upturned tail of the rabbit.—Zoological ‘Pro- ceedings,’ 1872. Squirrel’s Tails. It has been stated on good authority (Rennie) that white- tailed Squirrels are often seen in North Hampshire. I have not found this fact mentioned by any other author, nor have I ever seen a specimen. A Squirrel figured by Dr. John Anderson,