MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 753 



bifid to the middle of the back, and in this there are two oesophagi, lungs, 

 stomachs, hearts, and livers. 



The most remarkable specimen, however, is that recorded by YYyman in 1863 

 ia which both cephalic and caudal extremities are double, and there are two 

 vertebral columns provided each with their distinct sets of ribs and organs. 



Only 4 of the 13 specimens Mr. Johnson examined are recorded as embryos 

 or young. 



F. WALL, CM Z.S., 



Captain, I. M. S. 

 Mussoorie, 21st August, 1905. 



No. XVIII —ACCIDENT TO THE YOUNG OF THE INDIAN 

 CLIFF-SWALLOW (HIKONDO FLUVICULA). 



I see in the last issue of the Society's Journal a note by Major Begbie 

 stating his discovery of dead young birds in the nests of Hirundo fiuvicola 

 (The Indian Cliff-Swallow). It may be of interest to him and to others to 

 know that I found the same thing on the Nerbudda River on April 9th, this 

 year. The dead birds were fully fledged or nearly so, and consisted of bones 

 and feathers. I saw no maggots as Major Begbie did, but very likely they 

 had been eaten in the same way. I saw 15 or 20 young birds in this state 

 in the whole colony of 80 to 100 nests. 



MARTIN YOUNG, M.B.O.U. 



(1st York and Lane. Regiment). 

 Mhow, C. I., 20th August, 1905. 



No. XIX.- LADY AMHERST'S PHEASANT IN BURMA— 



A CORRECTION. 



Since writing my note on the occurrence of Lady Amherst's Pheasant 

 (Chrysolophus amherslice) in Burma that appeared on p. 512 of this Volume, 

 Mr. E. W. Oates has drawn my attention to a pre vious record of it that he 

 referred to in the appendix to the second part of his " Manual of the Game 

 Birds of India. " Therein he wrote, p. 497 : " Quite recently a male specimen 

 of this species was obtained on the Burmo-Chinese frontier by one of the 

 officers attached to the Boundary Delimitation Commission. This bird was 

 forwarded to Mr. Rowland Ward, who sent it to the Museum of Natural History 

 for inspection, and thus it came to my knowledge. I understand that it was 

 shot on the frontier either in the Myitkyina or the Bhamo District." 



Although this somewhat indefinite record was sufficient to establish this 

 pheasant as an " Indian " bird, the detailed record of the specimen obtained 

 by Lieutenant Van Someren is none the less interesting. 



E. COMBER, F.Z.S. 

 Bombay, Uh September, 1905. 



