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Vidua concolor? Cass. 
Ardea goliath, Temm. 
Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmel.). 
Tigrisoma tigrinum (Gmel.). 
Numida ptilonorhyncha, Ripp. 
Craspedocephalus atrox, Gray ; and 
Coluber constrictor? 
From St. Lucia; presented by Lieut. Tyler, R.E. 
Eunectes murinus, Wagler. 
Python regius, Bibron. 
Cyclura Collet, Gray. 
From Jamaica; presented by Dr. A. Smith, 
F.Z.8. &e. 
Iguana tuberculata, Laur. 
A letter was read from Alexander Elphinston, Esq., H.E.I.C. 
Civil Service, Bombay, dated Dhoolia, Sept. 1849, in which he stated 
his intention of forwarding to Bombay, at his own expense, a collec- 
tion of animals of which he desired the Society’s acceptance. In this 
interesting letter, which was transmitted by A. N. Shaw, Esq., F.Z.S., 
Mr. Elphinston communicated several particulars relative to the dis- 
tribution of species in Candeish and Goojerat, and having stated his 
opinion “that England has a right to expect from her sons in the 
colonies contributions to our National Zoological Society in London,” 
expressed his determination of continuing his active support to the 
Institution during his residence in India. 
A letter was read from Capt. the Hon. H. Keppel, R.N., com- 
municated by Rear-Admiral Bowles, V.P., in which he announced 
that he had shipped a young female Urang-utan, on the 6th of Sep- 
tember last, on board a merchant vessel from Singapore. 
The Secretary reported also that he was in correspondence with 
the Hon. C. A. Murray, Mrs. Martin Stevenson, Mr. Duncan, Mr. 
Grace, and Lieut. Tyler, R.E., in reference to collections which might 
be expected from Egypt, Valparaiso, Whydah, Mogador, and St. Lucia. 
The following papers were read :—- 
1. DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF TUPAIA DISCOVERED IN 
ConTINENTAL INDIA By WALTER Extiot, Ese. By G. R. 
Watrruouse, Pres. Ent. Soc. etc. 
(Mammalia, Pl. XIII.) 
Of the species of Tupaia about to be dsecribed, three specimens 
were forwarded to me by W. Elliot, Esq., who, in a letter which ac- 
companied them, states that they were procured from the hills between 
Cuddapah and Nellox, in what may be termed the Eastern Ghats. 
Mr. Elliot, it appears, had abstained from describing and naming 
this animal from his not having the means of instituting a comparison 
between it and the known species of the genus. From the compa- 
rison which I have made, I am quite satisfied that it is distinct from 
the three species found in the Indian islands, as well as from the 
