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Chinese Tartars strongly object to our entering their country ; so 

 that our researches on this subject are somewhat narrowly defined. 

 Unfortunately, the Afghans have had little confidence in the British 

 since 1842, so that their mountains and even the Peshawur Ranges 

 l-emain yet unexplored ; but when every facility can be obtained 

 on the "Western Himalayas, I am confident there is much yet to be 

 done. There is much interest connected with the natural history 

 of the two vast regions, Punjab and Himalayas, so intimately ad- 

 joining each other, yet so very different in climate and appearance ; 

 and sure am I that well will he be repaid for his trouble who 

 zealously investigates their hidden treasures. 



During nearly seven years I resided in various parts of India, 

 commencing at Poonah in the Deccan ; afterwards I journeyed 

 through Scinde, and passed across the upper provinces, and was 

 some time stationed on the lower Himalayan Ranges near Simla ; 

 I then traversed the Punjab northwards to Peshawur, and twice 

 visited Cashmere and Ladakh. In my excursions I made it a rule 

 to commit to paper minute descriptions of every animal I killed ; 

 and, although by means of comparison and the assistance of friends 

 I have been enabled to identify more than half my collection, I 

 find a large number of species remain yet unnamed, many of which 

 are doubtless rare and interesting. I am sensible, however, of the 

 amount of gratitude I owe to many friends for their counsel and 

 assistance, among others, to Mr. Moore, Curator of the Derby 

 Museum, Liverpool, who not only afforded me every facility for 

 examining specimens in that rare collection, but also rendered me 

 valuable assistance by placing the excellent library of reference of 

 that institution at my disposal. 



Since these notes were begun, I have been informed by my very 

 kind friend, J. Gould, Esq., that the rare Pyrrhula described in 

 this paper, is a new species, and has been described and figured in 

 the last number of his ' Birds of Asia.' 



7. Remarks on the Habits and Haunts of some of the 

 Mammalia found in various parts of India and the 

 "Western Himalayan Mountains. By A. Leith Adams, 

 Surgeon, 22nd Regiment. Communicated by Messrs. 

 T. J. and F. Moore. 



1. Semnopithecus entellus (Dufresne, sp.). 



2. Semnopithecus schistaceus, Hodgson. 



3. Macacus rhesus (Audub.). 



All the above species are found in the Western Himalayas ; the 

 M. rhesus is probably the most common and generally distributed 

 over the wooded districts. 



4. Pteropus edwardsi, Geoff. 



I found this species abundant at Poonah in the Deccan. On a 



