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Lastly, the form from Cej-lon (fig. 10) is quite as distinct as any 

 of the foregoing races. It has quite as small a racket (fig. 11) as 

 in D. brack If phonts, with a crest like D. par ad i sens ; and if the others 

 are separated, this must be called D. ceylonensis. 



Fig. 10. 



Head of Dissemurus cei/loneiisis. 

 Tig. 11. 



Tail featlier of Dissemurus ceylonensis. 



Finding it, however, quite impossible to define exact specific 

 characters for these supposed species, I have united them under one 

 name, and merely keep the specimens arranged under different head- 

 ings ; for I fuUy believe that a larger series will only show more 

 connecting links, and that it will be found more and more impos- 

 sible to give specific characters for those differentiated under the 

 various titles mentioned. 



Hah. India and Ceylon, Indo-Chinese region ; Malacca ; Sumatra ; 

 Java; Banda; Borneo. 



D. malaharoides. 



a. Ad. St. 



b, c. Ad. sk. 



India. 

 Nepal. 



W. Sotheby, Esq. [P.]. 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



/3. D. paradiseus. 

 d, e,f, g. Ad. sk.' Burmah. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill* [P.]. 



* Not typical, but at the same time not separable as a species from the fore- 

 going. D. rangoonensis, Gould, is a short, nearly crcstless specimen, and very 

 doubtfully recognizable. 



