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inches and a half; bill to frontal plumage three-quarters of an inch, and tarse seven- 

 eighths of an inch. " Irides orange with a red outer circle ; feet dull lake." General 

 colour rich and deep vinaceous-brown, having the whole top of the head, including the 

 occiput, whitish-grey ; primaries and secondaries, with the coverts of the primaries, 

 winglet, and tail and its coverts, black, most of the large wing feathers inclining to grey 

 towards their margins; rump also black, the feathers margined with glossy dark 

 amethystine-purple; interscapularies broadly edged with the same, changeable to 

 green, which latter predominates, while a reddish gloss prevails on the edges of the 

 scapularies and wing-coverts; throat paler in some specimens, and the under-parts 

 generally less glossy than those above. 



Gallus Bankivus : male and female. The latter remarkable for bearing powerful 

 spurs, which is vary unusual in this sex. 



Francolinus vulgaris: two males and two females. The Perdix Hepburnii of 

 Gray, with its alleged variety, appear to me to be meant for females, or perhaps 

 young males, of this common species. 

 Pondicerianus : male and female. 



* Northics ; Polyptectron Northice, Gray and Hardwicke : female. Length eleven 



inches and a half, of wing five inches and a half, and tail three inches and five-eighths ; 

 bill to forehead three-quarters of an inch, and to gape seven-eighths of an inch ; tarse one 

 inch and a half. " Irides dull orange, bill horn-coloured, legs and feet Vermillion." 

 Space between the bill and eye almost nude, and deep coral-red in the dry specimen. 

 All the upper parts rufous-brown, with two or three black bands on each feather, beyond 

 the last of which the tip of the feather is less rufous ; there is also a number of minute 

 black specks on each plume, in addition to the bands; rump and upper tail-coverts 

 minutely freckled ; the tail-feathers chiefly blackish, with mottled rufous bars tending 

 to become obsolete; primaries, their coverts, and the winglet, spotless dusky; crown 

 blackish and subcrested; the neck olive-brown, albescent on the throat; on the lower 

 part of the fore-neck the feathers become rufous in the centre and tipped with black, 

 being laterally margined with olive-brown ; and on the breast and flanks they are bright 

 ferruginous with narrow black tips, somewhat like those of an English cock Pheasant ; 

 belly fuscous-brown, and under tail-coverts resembling the upper; wings and tail 

 dusky underneath. The Perdix oculea of Hardwicke and Gray would seem to be 

 nearly allied to this species. 



Coturnix dactylisonans : three specimens. 



C. textilis, Tern. : a female. 



* Hemipodius Dussumieri. 



Cursorius Asiaticus. 



Pluvianus Goensis : two specimens. 



P. hilobus. 



Limosa melanura. 



Totanus ochropus. 



Anastomus typus, Tern. : young. 



Ardea Javanica : adult and young. 



* Porzana Akool : Rallus Akool, Sykes, P. Z. £., 1832, 164. 



*Mergtm serrator : female. 



Sterna seena, Svkes. 



