18G3.] EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM M. J. VERREAUX. 3/1 



" As regards young Gayals {Bos frontalis), I will endeavour to 

 procure a pair ; but there will be some difficulty in getting them down 

 to Akyab, and the cost even there would be from a612 to ^615. 

 Then you would have to incur the cost of freight and charges to 

 England ; for I could not possibly get them taken for nothing. 



" Of birds I have the following, also undergoing probation : — 



''Aquila nrevia. Now very quiet and resigned. 



" Otogyps calvus. Two specimens. 



" Vultur indicus. One bird ; at present not looking healthy. 



" Ninox scutulata. Rather a noisy fellow in the evening. 



" Surnia dumeticola \^Ketupa ceylone7isis~\. 



" Buceros pusaran. Three specimens. 



"All my specimens of the B. cavatus I have sent to the London 

 Society, also the B. tickelli from the Kaladyna range. 



" Trogon erythrocephalus. Very difficult to procure alive. 



" Sturnidce, various species, inclusive of Ampeliceps coronatus. 



" Pycnonotus, five species. 



" Treron phaenicoptera. 



" T. hicincta, a pair. 



" Columba intermedia. 



" C. pitnicea (Rangoon). 



" Argus giganteus. Male. This you may have ; but I should Hke 

 to procure a female, if possible. 



" Black, "White, and King Curlews [i. e. Falcinelhis igncus, Thres- 

 kiornis melanocephalus, and Geronticus papillosus. — E. B.] 



*' Grus antigone. 



"Adjutants. Two. 



" Of Reptiles— 



" Flying Lizard \_l)raco\ 



" Sand-Lizard [^Leiolepis reevesii'\. 



" Dilophyrus grandis. 



" Green Lizard [Calotesl]. 



" Bungarus fasciatvs (9 feet o\ inches), B. cceruleus (15 feet!), 

 Ilamadryas vittata (11 feet), and sundry other Snakes, venomous 

 and non- venomous." 



The following extract from a letter addressed to the Secretary by 

 M. Jules Verreaux, Corr. Memb., describing the female of Perdix 

 burbata (see P. Z. S. 1863, p. G2), was read: — 



" Perdix barbata, foem. 



" Capite, barba, gutture maculaque pectorali cervinis ; pectore, 

 ventre et scapularibns fulvo-albidis : tergo et alls cervinis, 

 brunneo maculatis et albo variegatis. 



" La tete comme chez le male avcc moins de bnin, et plus de 

 blond-roux en-dessus. Le gris remplace par un fauve-blanchatre. 

 Lagrande tache noire abdominale remplacce a peine par deux ou troia 

 plumes d'un brun-noiratre. Tout le dessus du corps harmonieuse- 

 ment nuance de brun et de blond. 



