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larly striped with the second ; and its forehead and the fronts of its 

 hmbs were much less darkened than in either of the others. 



It should be added that the fleshy tumour on the margin of the 

 nostrils is covered with hair like the rest of the head ; and that the 

 suborbital sinuses appear, on closer examination, to be wanting. 



In illustration of the history of the nomenclature of the species 

 Dr. Wallich forwarded a note addressed to himself by the late Dr. 

 Clarke Abel, in wiiich that gentleman stated his intention of dedi- 

 cating it to its discoverer, an intention which he subsequently car- 

 ried into effect. 



The skin of the ivild Dog of Nepal was compared by Col. Sykes 

 with a specimen of the Kolsun of the Mahrattas, recently described 

 by him in the 'Proceedings' (Part I., p. 100) under the name of 

 Canis Dukhunensis. He stated his impression to be, that the ani- 

 mals are identical, differing only by the denser coat and more woolly 

 feet of the Nepal race, a difference readily accounted for by the 

 greater cold of the elevated regions inhabited by it. He declined, 

 however, pronouncing a decided opinion, which, he thought, could 

 only be arrived at by more extensive comparison and by a full ac- 

 quaintance with the habits of the mid Dog of Nepal. 



Among the Birds contained in Mr. Hodgson's collection was 

 exhibited a specimen of the Hcematornis imdulatus, a species de- 

 scribed in the First Part of the 'Proceedings' of the Committee, 

 p. 170, and figured in Mr. Gould's 'Century of Birds.' The spe- 

 cimen agreed accurately with that which had been previously ex- 

 hibited to the Committee except in size; the present specimen 

 being about one third larger. From this difference in size it was 

 conjectured to be a female. Specimens were also in the collection 

 of the Mijophonus Temmincldi, the difference between which species 

 and the Myophonusjiavirostris {metullicus, Ten)m.)had been pointed 

 out in the same Part of the 'Proceedings', p. 171. The separation 

 of the two species was thus further justified by the accurate accord- 

 ance of several specimens of the Nepalese bird, in those characters 

 which separated them from the Archipelagan species. A specimen 

 of Zootkera 7no)iticola was also included in the exhibition, which 

 deviated in no respect from that already described in the ' Proceed- 

 ings', p. 172, and figured by Mr. Gould. 



An interesting species of Honibill, which had been described by 

 Mr. Hodgson in the ' Asiatic Researches', vol. xvii. p. 178, but 

 which had never before been seen in Europe, accompanied the 

 former birds. Its characters are as follows : 



BucEROS Nepalensis, Hodgson. Buc. rder, dorso alisqve viridi- 

 splendenlibus ; remigibus fertid ad septimam inclii&am, rectrici- 

 busque ad apices albis ; rostro alba, mandibidd siiperiori strigis 

 sex latis atris oblique positis notatd. 



Jun. capite, collo, abdomineqiie rufo-hrunjieis ; rostro albo hand 

 jiotato. 



Longitudo corporis, 39 unc. ; rostri, 74; «/^ a carpo ad apicem 

 remigis 5t3e, 154; tarsi, 2^ ; caudce, 17^. 



