930 Mr. Blyttis Report for December Meeting, 1842. [No. 143. 



mottled clothing plumage of the young males has the same fulvous 

 ground-colour as the under-parts of the adult females, this being 

 whitish in the young females, contrasting greatly with the correspond- 

 ing garb of the other sex. 



*Chaitaris (Hodgson) grandis, Nobis, J. A. S. XI, 189; two males 

 and a female. 



Ch. sundara, Hodgson. 



Saxicola caprata ; female. 



* Rhipidura hypoxantha, Nobis, n. s. Described in the Sequel. (Genus 

 Chelidorhynx, Hodgson.) 



Anthus agilis (?). 



Alcurus (Hodgson) striatus ; Tricophorus striatus> Nobis, XI, 184. 



Dicrurus macrocircus, Vieillot. 



Coccothraustes melanoxanthus, Hodgson. 



*Corythus (?) SepahL Hodgson, As. Res. XIX, 151 ; a male and a 

 female. The minute subdivisions among the Fringillidce are almost end- 

 less, and many grade and pass insensibly into each other : but this gor- 

 geous species is certainly out of place in the form typified by C. enuc- 

 leator, whilst the other species described by Mr. Hodgson on the same 

 occasion by the term C. subhemalayanus [which the Society has also 

 since received from Darjeeling] is a true Corythus in its plumage, but 

 a Pyrrhula in its beak. The present bird is more allied to some of the 

 Erythospizce of Bonaparte, but is distinguished from them by its 

 larger size and more tumid bill. It is occasionally procured by the 

 Calcutta bird-dealers. 



Erythrospiza (?) rosea. 



Corypha (?) baghaira. 



Treron sphenurus. 



Columba ( Macropygia) tusalia. Described in the sequel. 



Reptilia. 



Three species of Snakes, one of them allied to the European Natrix 

 torquata : and 



Hyla obtusa, Nobis. A Tree Frog distinguished from the common 

 H. maculata of Bengal by its nearly uniform dark colour and more 

 obtuse muzzle; the back is also considerably broader, and the loins are 

 less contracted. The skin of the entire under-parts is perfectly 





