variations, tlio \ippoi' surface being bluish, greeuisli, broAvnish, or blackish, 

 uuii'oriu, or variously spotted or speckled with darker or lighter. 



A specimen in the Madras iVIuseum captured at Ootacamund, was, 

 during life, of a grass-green colour, plump, and had its legs tucked 

 under it, forming an oval about 1 inch X | inch. 



This species, the "tinkling frog" of the Nilgiris, is described 

 by Jerdon (I.e.) as being found in grass and among bushes on 

 the Nilgiris, and having a peculiar loud clear metallic tinkling call, 

 and named hy him PliijUoinedam ? tinnicNs, in which the tibio-tarsal 

 joint only reaches the end of the tympanum, when the hind leg is 

 drawn forwards ; whereas in Ixaliis variabilis the tibio-tarsal joint 

 reaches either between the eye and the tip of the snout, or even as far 

 as the tip of the snout, and, in this respect, it corresponds to Jerdon's 

 Phl/lluinedum ? ivi/naadensis. 



Very abundant at Ootacamund, and frequently heard during the 

 monsoon, though seldom seen, and very difficult to capture. A friend 

 writes to me : " We have over and over again offered a rupee a head 

 for the tinkling frog, and never got one. The natives say that it is a 

 regular ventriloquist, and that, when its tinkle seems to indicate that it 

 is on your right hand, it is really on your left. This I fancy consti- 

 tutes the difficulty of capture, as you can never be sure of its exact 

 locality, and the moment you begin hunting for it, it stops tinkling, 

 and hides." 



Specimens in the British Museum from Malabar, Sivagiri, and 

 Pycara ; in the Madras Museum from Ootacamund, (length of body 1 

 inch, hind legs 14- inches) and Kotagiri (6,000 feet), the former found 

 inside the flower of an Arum. 



10. IxALUS GLANDULOSUS [PlATE VII. 3]. 



Ixalus glandulosus, Jerdon, Joiirn. As. Soc. Boir/. 1853, p. 532 ; 

 Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 573; B/gr. Cat. 1882, p. 103. 



Ixalus montanus, Giait/i. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 574, pi. LXVI, 



Tongue with a free, pointed papilla on the anterior part of the 

 middle line ; tympanum small, hidden ; fingers free, toes webbed at the 

 base ; discs moderate ; a small inner metatarsal tubercle. Skin of upper 

 surfaces smooth or with small indistinct tubercles ; sides generally 

 glandular ; lower surfaces granular. Colour and markings (of spirit 

 specimens): dark purplish brown above, uniform, or with indistinct 

 markings, or greyish brown, with symmetrical dark brown markings ; 

 beneath immaculate or more or less spotted. 



This species is described by Jerdon {I.e.) as " a small tree frog, 

 with very obtuse muzzle, feet slightly webbed ; abdomen largely glan- 

 dular, tympanum indistinct ; green above, yellowish on the sides and 

 limbs ; length l-p^-ths ; hind leg W^hs ; foot 9/otbs." 



Specimens in the British Museum from Travancore, Malabar, the 

 Nilgiris, Anamallays, and Kudra Mukl (6,000 feet) ; in the Madras 

 Museum from Kotagiri (6,000 feet). 



11. Ixalus punctatus. 



Ixalus punctatus, Anderson, Journ. As. Soc. 1871, p. 27 ; Blgr. Cat. 

 1882, p. 104. 



