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has five fully developed toes and claws in each hind foot, My attention was 

 attracted to this abnormal condition when the claws were counted before 

 banding over to the skinner. I can find no mention of a similar variation in 

 Blanford. 



S. EAEDLEY-WILMOT. 

 Oudu, February, 1898. 



No. IV— THE GROWTH OF THE GEEEN TEEE FEOG. 



Can any of our members inform me whether the life histories of our Indian 

 frogs have been worked out and, if so, where such particulars can be found, 

 as one looks in vain for such interesting details in the latest standard work 

 on the subject (^the " Fauna of British India— Beptilia and Batrachia," by 

 G. A. Boulenger, of the British Museum). 



I am sending up, for our collection in Bombay, a series of spirit specimens 

 consisting of the following : — 



(a) The male Green Tree Frog {Rhacophorus malabaricus). 



(b) The female Green Tree Frog. 



(c) The Spawn. 



(d) The Tadpole, 3 days old. 



(e) The Tadpole, ready to cast its tail ? ? ? 



The spawn was laid on the 8th July, 1897, and it hatched out on the 13th 

 of the same month. The tadpole's hind legs appeared on the 28th Novem- 

 ber, 1897, and the fore legs on the 25th January, 1898. 



If series, similar to the above, could be collected, showing the develop- 

 ment of each species of our Indian frogs, they would, I think, form a very 

 valuable collection. 



JOHN A. GRAHAM. 

 Hallery Mercara, 



North Ooorg, February, 1898. 



No. V— SAPPHIRES FOUND IN THE GIZZARD OF A 

 JUNGLE FOWL. 



I am sending yon 17 small sapphires which a friend of mine found in the 

 gizzard of a hen jungle fowl in their neighbourhood. Why the bird should 

 have chosen these bright blue stones in preference to the others, is an in- 

 teresting question, and I shall.be glad to know whether similar occurrences 

 have been recorded. Have any experiments been made with domestic- 

 fowls which throw any light on the subject ? 



S. B. BATES, F.Z.S. 

 CuiiNDwiN, Upper Burma, 

 February 1898. 



