1884.] ON BIRDS FROM TH K EAST-INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 425 



Ser. FlRMISTERNIA. 



Fam. Ranid.e. 

 Gen. Rana, Linn., 

 I. Sectio Ranee aquaticce. 

 Rana esculenta, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 357. 



a. Forma typica. Torino, Domodossola, Bologna, Roma, 

 Foligno. 



b. Subsp. lessonce, Camer. Valle padana ; Toscana ; Sicilia. 

 a. Yar. immaculata. Piemonte, Novarese, Veneto. 



ft. Var. maculata. Novarese, Veneto. 

 y. Var. punctata, Novarese, Veneto. 

 <j. Var. niyrovittata. Barbarighe (Veneto). 



II. Sectio Rancc fusees. 



Rana muta, Laur. Synops. Rept. p. 30 (1/68). 



Var. acutirostris. 

 Var. obtusirostris. 



Hab. Roccaforte, Casteldelfino, Moncenisio, Col. d. S. Giovanni 

 (Viu), Ceres, PraSec du Ferret, Col. d'Ollen, Occhieppo inferiore, Alpi 

 di Devero, Alpi di Veglia, Cascata della Frua, Passo della Colma 

 (Ossola), Domodossola, Valle di Non (Trentino), Bardonecchia. 



Rana latastii, Boulenger, Bull. Soc. Zool. Franc,. (1880). 

 Hab. Milano, Varese, Veneto, Toscana. 



Rana agilis, Thomas, Ann. Sc. Nat. 4 ser. vol. iv. p. 365, tab. 7 

 (1855). 



Hab. Torino, Rivoli, Rosta, Testona, Rivarossa, Gattinara, 

 Occhieppo inferiore, Milano, Varese, Canton Ticino, Padova, 

 Verona, Venezia, Treviso, Belluno, Imola, Modena, Bologna, Pisa, 

 Castinoen, Monte Morello, Porto Maurizio, Modica. 



7. Remarks on a Paper by Dr. A. B. Meyer on a Collection 

 of Birds from the East-Indian Archipelago, with special 

 reference to those described by him from the Timor- 

 Lant group of Islands. By H. O. Forbes, F.Z.S., 

 F.R.G.S. 



[Received June 12, 1884.] 



Through Dr. Meyer's kindness I have had the pleasure of 

 perusing his interesting paper, read at the International Ornitho- 

 logical Congress lately held in Vienna, entitled " Neue und unge- 

 niigend bekannte Vogel, Nester und Eier aus dem Ostinrlischen 

 Archipel im Konigl. Zoologischen Museum zu Dresden," and pro- 

 pose to offer a few remarks on those species which he notices from 

 the Timor-Laut group of Islands. 



