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ElVlBLETONIA PALLIDA. 



Yellowish white, with a few black spots on the back : ten- 

 tacles shortish, approximating : oral lobes indistinct, united into a 

 semicircular veil : branchiae nearly linear, very pale orange, set in 

 4 or 5 rows on each side, two papillae in each row. Length T ' n th 

 of an inch. 



A specimen of this minute species, discovered by Mr. Price on 

 the shore at Birkenhead, was kindly sent us by that gentleman 

 in the spring of this year. It differs from the other British spe- 

 cies in having a double series of papillae at the sides. 



Antiopa hyalina. 



Pellucid, yellowish, with brown markings down the middle of 

 the back : branchiae elliptical, tuberculated, hyaline, with the 

 central vessel fulvous : dorsal tentacles obtuse, obscurely lami- 

 nated, united by a crest : oral tentacles united by a narrow veil. 

 Length -/^ths of an inch. 



We are indebted for our knowledge of this species to Mr. Byer- 

 ley of Upton, Birkenhead, who dredged it near Hilbro Island at 

 the mouth of the Dee in 1851. In many of its characters it 

 comes very near to Proctonotus mucroniferus, but the laminated 

 crest shows it to belong to the genus Antiopa. 



X. — Notes on the Ornithology of Ceylon, collected during an 

 eight years' residence in the Island. By Edgar Leopold 

 Layard, F.Z.S., C.M.E.S. &c. 



[Continued from p. 64.] 



219. Galloperdix bicalcaratus. Aban-cuccula, Cing. 



This species, known to Europeans under the various denomi- 

 nations of " Spur Fowl/' " Double-spurred Partridge," and 

 " Kandy Partridge," is an inhabitant of the central, southern, 

 and south-western provinces. It delights in deep-tangled 

 brakes, and thick masses of canes on the sides of gentle declivi- 

 ties ; these it finds abundantly in the localities above cited, 

 while in the northern and eastern provinces the sandy soil and 

 open jungles offer no congenial home to a bird of its shy and 

 retiring habits. Even in localities where it does occur, it is 

 more often heard than seen ; for so extreme is its wariness, that 

 it rarely falls before the gun even of the native hunter, who 

 creeps about unclad, and noiselessly as the denizens of the forest. 

 It is trapped by means of nooses and other snares placed in its 

 path, for its flesh is highly valued by the natives. I think it 



