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6. Ampullaria nov^-granad^j v. d. Busch. 



Testa globosa, tenuis, nitida, 'perforata ; spira exserta, ovata ; 

 anfractibus 5-& convexis ad suturam planis ; ultimus anfractus 

 valde globosus, j^ totius altitudinis cequans ; virescenti-olivacea 

 fasciis obscuris circumdata ; apertura ampla, semicircularis, 

 nitida, intus plus minusve ccerulea ; labrum fenue, subreflexum, 

 acutum ; margo columellaris luteus. 



Altit. 24'", latit. 19'" ; apertura longa 18'", lata 13'". 



Hdb. New Granada. 



The obscure bands of this fine olive-green Ampullaria, which 

 comes, according to the statement of Mr. Cuming, from New Gra- 

 nada, are distinctly visible in the interior of the aperture. 



8. The Birds of Cashmere and Ladakh. By A. Leith 

 Adams, A.M., M.B., 22nd Regiment. 



(Aves, PI. CLVI.) 



The indefatigable naturalist, Mr. Hodgson, has made us well 

 acquainted with the ornithology of Nepal and the Eastern Himalavan 

 ranges ; but towards the west, including Cashmere and the neigh- 

 bouring districts, there is yet much to be discovered. The follow- 

 ing list, I fear, falls short of its object, inasmuch as it is very defi- 

 cient in water-birds. This is owing to the circumstance that my 

 visits were made during the summer months, when the migratory 

 species had left the lakes and fens of Cashmere for the cooler regions 

 of Chinese Tartary. Rapid movements through an extensive tract 

 of mountainous country are not calculated to secure comprehensive 

 or even very correct information of its natural history. I was for- 

 tunate, however, in being enabled to make a large collection, inclu- 

 ding several new species ; among the latter may be mentioned the 

 Pyrrhula aurantia (Gould's Birds of Asia, Part X.), Chelidon 

 cashmeriensis (P. Z. S. 1858, p. 356), and Montifringilla adamsi 

 (Moore, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 482). 



For the information of those desirous of pursuing this delightful 

 study in the countries visited by me, I may state that among the vast 

 mountain chains of the Hindoo Coosh and Kaffiristan a great 

 field lies unexplored, and, as far as I am aware, as yet untrodden by 

 a single naturalist. Great is the variety as regards the climate, ap- 

 pearance, and vegetation of the Himalayas ; and in the same manner 

 does its fauna vary : indeed nothing can be more illustrative of this 

 fact than a comparison of the birds of Nipal and those of the districts 

 through which I travelled. This dissimilarity is even apparent in 

 the birds of adjoining districts ; so that I have found it requisite to 

 include in this list only the species I observed during my travels in 

 Cashmere and Ladakh. Notices of other species frequenting the 

 ranges towards the east will be found in my papers on the ' Birds of 

 India,' published in these ' Proceedings ' for last year. 



