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ful, and its manners in the cage perfectly quiet, so as to 

 render confinement unnecessary. Conceiving that the five 

 male birds were of the same species, three only were for- 

 warded to the Zoological Society, and two were reserved 

 for the Barrackpore collection. One of these was afterwards 

 found to be quite different, having the feathers on the lower 

 portion of the back terminated with apical white zones, as 

 in P. leucomelanos, the white striae on other parts of the 

 body more faint, so that the colour generally was much 

 darker than that of P. Jasciatus, in which the feathers of the 

 lower portion of the back were vermiculated with minute 

 white bars, without the white apical borders. This second 

 variety may probably be regarded as a hybrid between P. 

 fasciatus, and P. leucomelanos. Two consignments of ani- 

 mals have since arrived from Arracan, one of which we had 

 an opportunity of inspecting. It consisted of the mother and 

 a young brood about a month old of Gymnura Raffiesii, (?.) 

 a monkey, a gibbon, four monitors, a marten, a porcupine, 

 and three lemurs. Two toucans died on board. Mr. 

 Sconce of Chittagong has forwarded to Mr. C. W. Smith, 

 for the Zoological Society, two very fine Gyals, or wild 

 cattle of the Tipperah hills. They are a perfectly distinct 

 breed from any of the other numerous varieties that have 

 been noticed, and although the Gyal has been long known 

 from the description of Buchanan and others, yet we are not 

 aware of any live specimens having been transmitted to 

 England, where they must, from their size and form, as 

 well as their tractable disposition, become objects of much 

 interest. We expect much from the interest taken by indivi- 

 duals in the collection of live animals, and from the patronage 

 of this object by the Governor General, and the Zoological 

 Society of London. 



We are happy to announce the receipt of a parcel of ter- 

 tiary fossils from Madras, alluded to in our correspondence. 

 These remains appear to be of a more recent character than 



