1847.] Report of Curator, Zoological Department. 1 181 



Podargus stellatus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 43 ; but it does not accord with 

 the description of that species, and its dimensions are rather superior. 



Todirhamplms variiis, (Eyton,) XV, 11. The young of this beautiful species 

 have the mantle and wings dark green, with a terminal pale fulvous spot on 

 each feather, imparting a pretty speckled appearance. 



3. From Major Jenkins, Gowhatti. Some skins of Anatidce. 



4. Mrs. Ashburner. A pair of living Anser cygnoides, from China. 



5. Mr. J. R. Bell. A fresh bead of the Jamnapdri Goat, with ears 17 

 in. long, when fresh. 



6. J. Maxton, Esq., Police Surgeon. A fresh-laid egg of the Grus anti- 

 gone. This was unfortunately pilfered by a Monkey, who had broken loose, 

 but not before I had taken a coloured figure and description of it. Length 

 3f in. by 2f in. where broadest; the small end narrowing considerably. 

 Colour pale greyish-blue, scantily sprinkled over with specks and small 

 blotches of rufous-brown, more numerous at the large end. 



7. James Hume, Esq. The skin and skeleton of a Python molurus, L., 

 14 ft. in length, killed on the reed-covered alluvial island formed near the 

 right bank of the Hooghly, nearly opposite to Fort William. 



8. Dr. Thorburn, Goalpara. A collection of sundries. 



9. Mr. Birch, of the Pilot Service. A living young example of Viver~ 

 ricula malaccensis, and various specimens of Crabs, &c. 



10. Capt. R. Rollo, 50th Madras N. I. Three living Tortoises, from 

 Vizigapatam, of the species Testuda stellata, Schweiger, v. T. actinoides, 

 Bell, Dum. and Bibr. Hist. Rept. II, 66. 



11. Baboo Srinath Mittra. A couple of young Cobras. 



E. Blyth. 



Mr. Blyth's long supplementary Report upon the Society's collection of 

 Australian Vertebrata, exhibited at the meeting, is postponed for the present. 



