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striffcttis atro; ahdomine guldqiie salurntioribns ; mtJIo calcare; 



rostro tamisque atris, illoforti. 

 Long. tot. 10 unc. ; rostri, ^ unc. ; tarsi, 1^ unc. 

 Native name, see Hole. 



Hemipodius Taigour, Sykes. Native name, Pochio. 



Hemipodius atrogularis. Hem. guM pecforeque svperiore 

 atris ; pen7iis ad latera colli albis atro prapilatis ; tllis verticis 

 et frontis atris, albo prapilatis ; dorso brunneo, singulis pennis 

 transversim strigatis atro, et maculis parvis albis sparsis ; tec- 

 tricibus atro prcepilatis, et fransrershn late strigatis Jlavo-fprru- 

 gineo ; tectricibus caudcs ferrugineis, et super caudnm tendenli- 

 bus ; lateribiis atris ; rostro aurantiaco pedibus, tarsisque brun- 

 7ieis. 



Long. tot. 62 unc. ; rostri, 7 lin. ; tarsi, 1 unc. 



Native name, Pochio. 



Coturnix Sinensis, Temm. Native name, Pechan. 



Columba Javanica, Gmel. Native name, Paonay Crochi. 



Columba jambu, Gmel. Native name, Paonay Gadung. 



Vinugo vernans. Columba vernans, Linn. 

 Native name, Paonay Crochi. 



Vinago Olax. Columba Olax, Temm. 

 Native name, Semboan. 



Rallus gularis, Horsf. Native name, Rentar. 

 Gallinula phosnicura. Lath. Native name, Roa Roa. 

 Porphyrio Indicus, Horsf. Native name, Burong Tedone. 

 Charadrius Virginianus, Bostik. Native name, Kangbang Saut. 

 Totanus Damacensis, Horsf. Native name, Kadidie. 

 Scolopax heterura, Hodgs. Native name, Reshail. 



Mr. Waterhouse read a paper on a new species of Rodent which 

 had been sent from the island of Luzon, one of the Philippines, by 

 Hugh Cuming, Esq., Corresponding Member. 



In general appearance this Rodent might be mistaken for a species 

 of Capromys ; in size it is about equal to the C. Fournieri ; the gene- 

 ral characters of the skull and dentition, however, indicate that its 

 affinity is with the Muridee. 



" The skull, compared with that of the common Rat, differs in 

 being of a more ovate form, the occipital portion being somewhat 

 elongated, and considerably contracted ; the width between the or- 

 bits is comparatively great ; and behind the orbits the frontal bones 

 are expanded, and join with the temporal to form a distinct post- 

 orbital process. The interparietal bone, instead of being transverse, 

 is almost circular. The auditory bulla? are very small. The inter- 

 dental portion of the palate is slightly contracted in front, so that 

 the molares diverge posteriorly ; the rami of the lower jaw are less 



