120 W. T. Blanford— On the names of ' MarMor and Sind Ibex. [June, 



and intrusive masses of trappean rocks in Singhbhum may contain a mate- 

 rial identical with that from which the smaller adze was manufactured. 



On the other hand the close resemblance in form which they bear to 

 the implements of Barma cannot fail to suggest a foreign origin for them. 

 Unfortunately the stories of their discovery given above do not help us in. 

 forming an opinion as to their antiquity. It would be of course useless to 

 attempt any speculation, on the strength of such data alone, as to an 

 incursion or immigration of Barmese races into that part of Bengal in 

 Pre-historic times ; but the fact now recorded may hereafter be of impor- 

 tance should evidence of another character tending in the same direction 

 be by any means established. 



Mr. Theobald remarked on the great interest of the discovery by Mr. 

 Ball in India, of stone weapons of the peculiar Barmese type. Not only 

 are the weapons identical, but it must be remarked that their reputed 

 origin is identical also, as in Barma the belief is universal that these stones 

 descend in the lightning flash and are found only where a flash has struck. 



2. Scientific names of the IfarJchor and Sind Ibex, with a note on 

 that of the Indian antelope. — By W. T. Blanford, P. E. S., F. G. S. 



(Abstract.) 



The writer remarks that new names have recently been suggested for 

 the wild goat or "ibex" of Sind, and for the Suliman variety of the Mar- 

 khor.* Both however have long been known to naturalists. The Sind 

 ibex is identical with the wild goat of Persia and Western Asia, and was 

 chiefly known in former times as the source of the genuine bezoar. The ani- 

 mal described as Capra bezoartica by various old writers and by Linnaeus 

 himself cannot, however, be recognized, as these writers confounded different 

 antelopes with the wild goat, the proper name for which is Oapra cegagrus. 



The Suliman Markhor is the Capra megaceros of Hutton, the Kashmir 

 animal the C. Falconeri of Hiigel, and if the two animals are the same, as 

 most naturalists think, the latter name, which is the oldest, must be applied 

 to them. 



The name Antilope bezoartica applied to the Indian antelope by Blyth 

 and Jerdon is incorrect. The true name is Antilope cervicupra. 



Details of the synonymy are given in each case. 



The paper will appear in the Journal, Pt. II, No. 1, 1875. 



3. On some recent evidence of the Variation of the Sun's Heat. — By 

 H. P. Blanfokd, Esq. 



(Abstract.) 

 After referring to Messrs. Meldrum and Lockyer's discovery in 1872 

 of the apparent variation of the rainfall of the globe, coincidently with the 

 * Proc. As. Soc. Bengal. 1874, p. 240. 



