304; Zoological Socieli/. 



gula,Jugulo, collogue grisescenti-atris, plmnis nmcidd mimttissimd 

 alba ad apicem terminatis ; rectricibus duabus mediis elongatls. 

 Longitudo corporis, 15; alee a carpo ad apicem remigis 4tse, 6j 



caudcE, 6; tani, 1 ; rostri, l^. 

 Lampromorpiia amethystina. Lamp, supra splendide ame- 

 thystina ; abdomine albo, Jasciis viridi-amelhystinis ornato ; rec- 

 tricibus lateralibus albo notatis. 

 Longitudo T^:- 



This description is taken from a bird in the state of change, the 

 amethystine feathers on the back, tail and breast, appearing par- 

 tially through a ferruginous ground, but sufficiently numerous and 

 defined to indicate the adult plumage. A younger bird in the col- 

 lection has nearly the whole of the upper body ferruginous with an 

 amethystine feather here and there breaking out. In a note ap- 

 pended to the description of the species, Mr. Lindsay states that the 

 natives considered them of extremely rare occurrence. 



Nycticorax Manillensis. Nyct. supra castaneo rufa ; collo in 



Jronte, abdominis lateribus, Jemorum tectricibus, alarum que tec - 



tricibus iiiferioribus pallidiori-rujis ; cajnte colloque supra nigris, 



cristcB pennis longis pendentibus albis, apice nigro ; peciore ab- 



domine crissoque albis. 



Statura paulo major quam Nyct. Caledonica, cui simillima; dif- 



fert tamen colore cristse, colli in fronte, tectricumque inferiorum 



alarum. 



July 12, 1831, W. Yarrell, Esq. in the Chair. 



Skins of numerous species of Mammalia obtained in Dukhun, 

 (Deccan), East Indies, were exhibited by Major W. H. Sykes, Corr. 

 Memb. Z. S. They were accompanied by a Catalogue of the Mam- 

 malia noticed by Major Sykes in Dukhun, which included also ob- 

 servations on the habits of each species, with occasional remarks on 

 their rarity or abundance, on their geographical range, and on 

 other interesting points connected with their history. 



The following species were enumerated : — 



Semnopithecus Entellus, F. Cuv. Makur of the Mahrattas. — Is 

 found in large troops in the woods of the Western Ghauts ; and is 

 not venerated by the Mahratta people, nor do they object to its 

 being killed. 



Macacus radiatus, Geoff. Waanur of the Mahrattas. — Inhabits 

 the woods of the Western Ghauts in small troops. 



Pteropus medius, Temm. Wurbagool of the Mahrattas. — Is very 

 numerous in Western India, and such variations are found in the 

 colouring of different individuals in the same troop, that two or 

 three species might be supposed to be included in it. Some indi- 

 viduals have a greater length of body (14| inches) than is given to 

 the Pter. Javanicus by Dr. Horsfield. 



Nyctinomus plicatus, Geoff. [Vespertilio plicatus, Hamilton?) — 

 This Bat bears a very close resemblance to Dr. Horsfield's Nyct. 

 tenuis. 



Rhinolophus Dukhunensis, Sykes. — Rhin. sujjrii murinus, 



infra 



