1880.] MR. J. H. GURNKY ON DRYOTRTORCHIS SPECTABILIS. 02 1 



7. Naja tripudians, Men. 



Quetta. One specimen, of which only the head and tail were 

 preserved. Careful comparison with Strauch's description of Naja 

 oxiana, Eichwald, shows this specimen to belong to the Indian, and 

 not to the Caspian species. 



8. Rana esculenta, L. 



Two specimens — one from Nal, the other from Baghunna, the 

 latter so badly preserved that doubts about its identity with this or 

 any other species may be entertained. 



9. BuFO OLIVACEUS, Blanf. I. c. p. 434, pi. xxviii. f. 3. 



One specimen from Nal. The species appears to be well charac- 

 terized by its exceedingly large parotoid glands. Blanford's speci- 

 mens came from Baluchistan. 



Nos. 4, 5, and 9 clearly show that the country about Niil corre- 

 sponds in detail with respect to its fauna to that of the last-named 

 province. 



[The locality Nal, whence most of the species enumerated were 

 obtained, is situated in the Mari countrj^, nearly north of Jacobabad, 

 in Sind (lat. 29° 30' N., long. 66' E.). The elevation above the 

 sea is marked on the map as 2200 feet. 



Ras Malan, the nearest point to Nal, and whence Agamura cruralis 

 and Acanthodactylus micropholis have been obtained, is 350 miles 

 distant to the south-west, whilst the nearest localities from whicli 

 Bvfo olivacsus has hitherto been re.ported are nearly .500 miles from 

 Niil in the same direction. — W. T. B.~\ 



4. Note on the Immature Plumage of Dryotriorckis spectw 

 bills (Schleg.). By J. H. Gurney. 



[Eeceivecl November Hi, 1880.] 

 (Plate LYIII.) 



On October 8, 1880, I examnied iin immature .specimen of a 

 very scarce raptorial bird from the Gaboon country in Western 

 Africa {Bryotriorchis spectabilis), which is living in tlie (iardeus of 

 this Society^ and which is so remarkably tame as to afford great 

 facility for the inspection of its plumage. As this example differs 

 considerably from the nearly adult specimen figured in the Nederl. 

 Tijdsch. vol. i. pi. C, as well as from the fully adult bird belonging 

 to Captain Shelley and figured in 'The Ibis' for 18/8, pi. 11, the 

 following notes relating to it may perhaps be worth recording : — 



The irides are pale bright hazel ; the eyelids and lores are pale 

 bluish grey, the latter being bare, with the exception of numerous 



' The bird in question wa.s obtained by purchase on June 30th, 1880, and 

 entered erroiieouslT in the List of Additions for June as Astvr mncrocdkhs. — 

 P. L. S. 



