1841.] Asiatic Society. 84 h 



Bucco Indicus, 



Eudynamys orientalis, (male and female, remarkable for the 



great sexual diversity of plumage,) 

 Centropus pyrrhopterus, 

 Lanius HardwicJcii, 

 Lanius minor f 



Copsychus saularis, ( Wagler, ) 



Uoematornis, (Swainson,) a species nearly allied to H. Ca^er, but 

 much smaller, having the upper parts, with the hind-neck and 

 breast, of a hair-brown colour, slightly fringed (as in H. Coffer^ 

 with greyish, and the under-parts dull-white, mixed with brown 

 anteriorly ; in other respects a miniature of H. Coffer : entire 

 length 61 inches ; of wing S* inches; tail 2| inches ; tarse | inch, 

 and bill from forehead a inch. Should it be undescribed, I pro- 

 pose for it the appellation H. pusillus. 

 Pitta hrachyura, 

 Oriolus aureus, 

 Euplectes Phillipensis, 

 Pyrgita Domestica, 

 Cinnyris Mahrattensis, (two specimens,) 



sola, 



Perdix Argoondah, (male and female,) Coturnix Argoondak, 



Sykes, 

 Hemipodius pugnax, 

 Glareola torquata, 

 Tachydromus Asiaticus, 

 Parra Sinensis, (adult and young,) 

 Himantopus melanopterus. * 

 •■* I have also to acknowledge the donations of a fresh-killed specimen of Pteropus 

 medius from Mr. J. J, Maclean ; of a fine Alexandrine Parroquet, (Palceornis 

 Alexandri,) from Mr. L. Swarries ; of a Bat, (Scotophilus castaneus,) from Mr. 

 Bouchez ; and two young Bats, of a species nearly allied to the European Pipistrelle, 

 have been picked up in the compound surrounding the Museum. 



A large box of Insects, collected in the Australian settlement of Swan River, has also 

 been presented to the Society by Mr. Crichton of that place, containing many in- 

 teresting specimens, and especially valuable for the number of duplicates comprised, 

 the importance of which, properly distributed, need not be further adverted to. The 

 collection contains 287 specimens, referrible to about 80 species, and the Coleoptera 

 outnumbering all the other orders. A considerable number of native insects have 

 been taken by a person I have employed for the purpose. 



"In the Osteological department, the skeleton of the Rhinoceros, which was much 

 soiled and badly set up, has been taken to pieces, cleaned, and is now in process of 

 being remounted. Several small skeletons are also in course of preparation, and some* 

 skulls have been added to the collection. A skin of the Yak, {Bos grunniens,) which, 



* The whole of these specimens were collected in the Zillah of Chingleput, as Mr. Ross has since 

 informed me.— Cur. As. Soc. 



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