1878.] H. J. Rainey — On Sundarhan and Javanese Rhinoceros. 139 



north-west of the Punjab, where two immature specimens were obtained in 

 1871 by Captain Unwin and described by Mr. Hume (Ibis, 1871, p. 412.). 



The occurrence of these birds in Sind must be very unusual, for they 

 were, Mr. Watson says, quite unknown to the fishermen, all of whom are 

 fowlers and know every water-bird in the country well. 



Mr. Blanford also called attention to a third skin of a wild swan exhi- 

 bited by Dr. J. Anderson, who was unable to attend the meeting. This 

 bird was shot at Attock, in the upper Punjab, on the 17th January last by 

 Lieutenant G. P. Hill, of the Rifle Brigade, and presented to the Indian 

 Museum. It proved also to be a specimen of G. olor, but rather younger 

 than the two specimens from Sind, the tubercle on the bill not being deve- 

 loped. 



The following papers were read — 



1. — On the Antiquities of (Baffurd) Bogra. — By H. Beveeidge, C. S. 



Bangpur. 

 This paper will appear in No. I of the Journal, Part I, for this year. 



2. — JSFote on the absence of a Horn in the Female of the Sundarlan Bhino- 

 ceros and Javanese Bhinoceros (Rh. Javanicus, Cuv.) — By H. J. Rainet. 

 Having read with great attention Mr. O. L. Eraser's graphic " Note 

 on a partially ossified Nasal Septum in Bhinoceros Sondaicus,^^ which 

 appeared, accompanied with a plate clearly illustrating it, in J. A. 

 S. B., 1875, pp. 10-12, I found a fact mentioned, which, as far as I 

 am aware, has never been before noticed, namely, the absence of a horn 

 in the female of the Sundarban Rhinoceros. As regards this point, Mr. 

 Eraser stated : " * * what is very peculiar, the female has no horn what- 

 soever." This induced me to endeavour to ascertain if the female of the 

 Javanese Rhinoceros, which is considered to be of identical species with 

 the Sundarban animal, possesses a horn or not, for if the former did not, it 

 would clearly be a distinct and new species. I accordingly applied to 

 Dr. Giinther, keeper of the British Museum, Zoological Department, for 

 information on the subject, and that gentleman was good enough to for- 

 ward to me answers to more than a score of questions on that and other 

 points. But, as his answers were based on an examination of a single 

 specimen of " a skeleton obtained from Java of a Dutch dealer,"* the sex 

 of which was " unknown," the information was of course inadequate, as 

 Dr. Giinther himself remarked : "I am afraid the data thus obtained 

 will not be sufficient to settle the distinctness of the Java and Sundarban 



* The only one of the kind, I believe, in the British Museum, at least then. 

 H. J. R. 



