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N. AnnandalE: The Fauna of Brackish Ponds. [VOL. I, 



recently taken Gobius alcockii in a tank at Rajshahi^ 150 miles 

 north of Calcutta. vSome of the species {e.g., 0. piinctatus) extend 

 inland even as far as mountain tarns in the Himalaj'as. 



Reptiles and Amphibia. — The only Reptile taken in the ponds 

 was the common Water-snake Tropidonotus piscator, and the only 

 Amphibians the equally common Rana cyanophlyctis and R. tigvina. 

 The Indian Toad, Bufo inclanostictus , is abundant at the edge of 

 the ponds, in which it possibl}^ breeds ; Gardiner (15) has recently 

 recorded this species as inhabiting brackish pools in the Maldives. 

 The range in altitude of these Amphibians, and especially of 

 R. cyanophlyctis and B, melanostictus, shows that they are very 

 adaptable species. 



1. Annandale, N. 



2. Bowerbank, J vS . . 

 . Carter, H. J. 



4. Weber, M. M. and A. 



5. Annandale, N. 



6. Hartlaub, C. 



7. vStoHczka, F. 



8. Nevill, G. 

 Q. Preston, H. B. 



10. lyinstow, O. von . . 



11. Zelinka. C. 



LITERATURE. 



" Notes on the Freshwater Fauna of In- 

 dia, No. I " {Spongilla lacustris 

 var. bengalensis) ^ Journ. Asiat. Soc. 

 Beng. (New Ser.), vol. ii, 1906, p 55. 

 "Monograph of the SpongillidcB," 

 Proc. Zool. Soc, 1863, p. 440; 

 His tor}', etc., of known species of 

 Spongilla," Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 (5), vii, p. 77 (1881). 

 Ouelques nouveaux cas de Symbiose," 

 Ergeb. Nied. Ost-Ind. vol. i, p. 48 

 (1890). 

 ' Notes on the Freshwater Fauna of 

 India, No. XI " (the Hydroid of 

 Irene ceylonensis) , Journ. Asiat. 

 Soc. Beng. (New Ser.), vol. iii, 1907, 

 p. 79. 

 Die Hydroiden der magalhaenischen 

 Region," etc., Zool. Jahrb , suppl. 



vi, p. 534 (1905)- 

 Anatomy of Sagartia schilleriana and 



Membranipora Bengalcnsis," Journ. 



Asiat. Soc. Bengal, part 2, vol. 



xxxviii, p. 28 (1869). 

 New species of Brackish- water Mol- 



lusks," Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 



part 2, xlix, p. 159 (1880). 

 Diagnoses of new Species of Corbula," 



etc., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), 



xix, p. 215 (1907). 

 A new Nematode of the genus On- 



cholaimus," Rec. Ind. Mus., i, p. 45 



(1907). 

 Die Gastrotrichen," Zeitschr . /. Wiss. 



Zool., xlix, p. 209, 1890. 



