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Andaman group by Mr. B. B. Osmaston, who presented them to 

 the Museum. On account of their peculiar coloration they were 

 sent for examination to Mr. Boulenger, who agreed that they be- 

 longed to this species. The dorsal surface was of a rich chocolate- 

 brow^n when the specimens were fresh, and the limbs were profusely 

 banded. 



Rana nigrovittata^ Blj'th. 



Several specimens from the neighbourhood of Moulmein, near 

 the coast of the Amherst District. 



Ixalus cinerascens, Stoliczka. 



A specimen from the Dawna HiUs which agrees well with the 

 type. There are several specimens in our collection taken by 

 Stoliczka, one of them being the type. 



Ixalus annandalei, Boulenger. 



A specimen from Kurseong [Annandale'], July 1908. 



A very abundant species round Kurseong (altitude 4 — 5,000 

 feet), where it is known to Europeans as the " coppersmith frog," 

 from its peculiar metallic and monotonous croak, which continues 

 all day in dull weather. It often sits in tea-bushes, one individual 

 answering another in a neighbouring bush, 



Bufo stomaticus , I_,litken. 



A specimen from Kurseong [Hodgart], and another from Damuk- 

 dia on the Ganges (E. Bengal). This species is not uncommon 

 at an altitude of 5,000 feet in the Darjiling district. If it is 

 really distinct from Bufo andersoni, the ranges of the two overlap. 



Megalophrys parva, Boulenger, 



Numerous tadpoles of a Megalophrys were obtained in a jungle 

 stream in the Dawna Hills at an altitude of about 3,000 feet. 

 They agreed with examples of the larva of M. montana from the 

 Malay Peninsula, except in colour, Mr. Boulenger, who has ex- 

 amined specimens, believes them to belong to the species he has 

 just redescribed under the above name iProc. Zool. Soc. London, 



^9°^)- N. ANNANDAI.E, 



Breeding habits of Tylototriton verrucosus. — In order to ob- 

 tain further information regarding the breeding habits of this newt I 

 visited Kurseong ,in the Darjiling hills at the beginning of last 

 July. In every small pond or large puddle of rain water the 

 females were abundant, but I did not see a single male. Numer- 

 ous eggs were found lying on the bottom of the pools, sometim.es 

 singly and sometimes joined together in pairs as described in my 

 former note {Rec. Ind. Mus., vol. i, p. 278); occasionally they wei'- 

 attached lightl}^ to blades of grass. As early as the first week in 



