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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Part II Physical Science 1878

1878

D F. R. S. (Received Weber Ilth 1876 ;—Read March 7th 1877.) (With Plate I.) Since the original description of the male of this bird was published in the appendix to the first 4 Catalogue of the specimens and drawings of Mammalia and Birds of Nepal and Thibet' presented by Mr. [...] Quills black ; a broad whit© band formed by the whole of the median coverts and the basal portions of the greater coverts together with the outer edges of the last 3 or 4 secodaries (tertiaries of some writers) traverses the wing longitudinally. [...] The normal number of lower molar teeth in the genus Fedis is three namely two premolars which are respectively the penultimate and ultimate of that series and one true molar which is the first of the lade' r Series and which is often known as the " carnassial tooth." In the figured specimen there is between the canine tooth and the pnultimate premolar a small and simple tooth which is [...] The interest that attaches to the presence of this additional premolar in our specimen is that in an extinct genus of Felicity the normal number of the lower premolars was three in place of two as in Fells. [...] The existence of an additional lower premolar in the Miocene and Pliocene genus Pseudtelurus shows that that genus is lestspecialized than Fells and indicates that the former was probably the line through which the latter Was described from some primitive carnivore in which the whole four of the typical premolar series were developed.
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Pages
59
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
ii-iv The Natural History Secretary view
I.—Descrption of Ruticilla Schisticeps Hodgs.—By W. T. Blanford F. R. S.
1-2 The Natural History Secretary view
II.—Aberrant Dentition of Felis Tigris.—By R. Lydekker B. A.
2-3 The Natural History Secretary view
III.—Record of the Occurrence of Earthquakes in Assam C. S. I. V. C.
4-11 The Natural History Secretary view
IV.—Sixth List of Birds from the Hill Ranges of the North-East Frontier of India.—By Lieut.-Colonel H. H. Godwin-Austen F. Z. S. &c. &c. Late Deputy Superintendent Topographical Survey of India
12-25 The Natural History Secretary view
V.—An Account of the Tidal Observations in the Gulf of Cutch Conducted by the Great Trigonometrical Survey under the Superintendence of Colonel J. T. Walker C. B. R. E. During the Years 1873-74-75. Compiled from the G. T. Survey Reports by Captain J. Waterhouse Assistant Surveyor General
26-52 The Natural History Secretary view
Plate
i-iii The Natural History Secretary view

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