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called on to give vent to his lively disgust at my very close proximity lo an 

 otherwise approachable live goat ! I put this theory forward for what it 

 is worth. 



Punch Mahals, W. A. WALLING ER. 



G-odhka, 19th December, 1897. 



P.S. — Since writing the above I have been asked whether the Kol- 

 Bhalu killed showed any signs of rabies. I certainly think not, but the point 

 will be cleared up definitely if in the course of time neither of my dogs 

 develop symptoms. The greyhound, in particular, was badly bitten. 



W. A. W. 



No. XIX.— ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE BLACK-CAPPED 

 KINGFISHER {HALCYON PJLEATA). 



With reference to my note on page 148 of the present volume, the 

 Kalyan skin of the above-mentioned bird has been carefully compared 

 by Mr. Bowdler Sharpe and myself with the large series of typical Malayan 

 specimens at South Kensington, and we could detect no such aberration 

 from type as was discovered in the case of the specimens of Halcyon 

 {Sauropatis) chloris collected by me in Ratnagiri, of which Mr. Sharpe 

 had made a sub-species. The reason I suggested for Halcyon pileata remain- 

 ing true to type, was that it was probably only a temporary visitor to the West 

 Coast of India, whereas Halcyon chloris is undoubtedly a permanent resident 

 on the West Coast. 



G. W. YIDAL. 



London, 1th January, 1898. 



No. XX.— OCCURRENCE OF THE LESSER FLAMINGO 

 {PHCENICONAIAS MINOR) NEAR BOMBAY. 



It is I think, worthy of record that, on the 26th instant, I shot a specimen 

 of the above-named bird in the Thana creek, near the old fort of Bassein, 

 about 20 miles from Bombay. Neither Barnes, Jerdon, Hume nor Baker 

 speak of it as occurring in this part of the country. The specimen, which 

 has been added to the Society's collection, agrees with the description given in 

 " Stray Feathers" as 944 bis: (Yol. I, page 400), but does not agree as regards 

 colour with the description given by Mr. Baker on page 8 of the present 

 volume of this Society's Journal. In my specimen, which is a full-grown 

 male, there is no pink colour anywhere except under wings. 



J. M. MASON, 

 Curator, Bombay Natural History Society. 

 Bombay, 21ih January, 1893. 



