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missioner of Arrakan for a collection of specimens which 

 he has kindly placed at our disposal, and of which the 

 following is a list : — 



Mammalia. — Felis bengalensis, Paradoxurus typus, Sciurus 

 giganteus, and a Pteromys to be noticed in a future number. 



Birds. — Polyplectron Hardwickii, 2 specimens, Phasianus 

 fasciatus, 2 specimens, Centropus Nigrornfus, Anastomus 

 pondicerinus. Buceros Homrai 2 specimens, Buceros Mala- 

 baricus, Buceros bengalensis, Plotus Levalantii and a Vinago, 

 Phcenicophceus tristis, a Perdix, and Strix flammea. We 

 have also to acknowledge our obligation to Mr. Laidlay of 

 Surdah for an interesting specimen of Entozoa, and for his 

 remarks on the subject, which with the specimen we reserve 

 for future notice in an early number. 



The receipt of a more perfect collection of the Fossils of 

 Seedrapett will probably render it necessary to cancel that 

 portion of our notes on the subject (from page 238 to page 

 240 inclusive) in which we referred the corals or zoophytes of 

 Messrs. Kaye and Cunliffe to the teeth of Saurions ; some 

 of the specimens recently received have portions of the sur- 

 face entire, leaving no doubt as to their real character, and the 

 accuracy of their discoverers in regarding them as corals. 



