498 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, [No. 6. 



to the north.* And Capt. Berdmore has sent examples of Collocalice (the 

 edible-nest building Swiftlets) from the Mergui Archipelago, both skins and 

 examples in spirit, with the nests and eggs, the former old and of inferior 

 quality. The species resembles C. brevirostris, (McClelland,) but is larger 

 than I had previously seen. I may further remark that I am indebted to 

 Capt. Berdmore for some living specimens of the new Duck described in 

 J. A. S. XVIII, p. 820, by the name Sarcidiornis ? leucopterus ; but it proves 

 to be a typical species of Casarca. 



I have the honour to be, Sir, 



Your's obediently, 



E. Blyth. 

 Library. 



The following books have been received since the last meeting. 



Presented. 



The Report of the British Association for the advancement of Science, for 

 1849. — Presented by the Association. 



Statistics of Agra ; by C. C. Jackson, Esq.— Presented by W. Jack- 

 son, Esq. 



The Calcutta Christian Observer, for September 1850. — By the Editors. 



The Oriental Baptist, for September 1850. — By the Editor. 



The Oriental Christian Spectator, for July 1850. — By the Editors. 



Upadeshaka. No. 45. — By the Editor. 



Journal of the Indian Archipelago, for May and June 1850,2 copies. — 

 By the Government of Bengal. 



Meteorological Register kept at the Surveyor General's office, Calcutta, for 

 the month of July, 1850.— By the Deputy Surveyor General. 



The Tattvabodhini Patrika. No. 85. — By the Tattvabodhini'Sabha'. 



Rajabyabastha, or a Bengali Translation of Mr. Beaufort's Digest of the 

 Criminal Law of Bengal. By Hemachandra Mukarjya of Janai.— By the 

 Translator. 



Exchanged. 



The Athenaeum. No. 1120. 



Purchased, 



Bopp's Comparative Grammar, Vol. III. 



Wallace's Memoirs of India. 



Flugel's German Dictionary. 



Edinburgh Review, No. 182. 



Annals and Magazine of Natural History, No. 31. 



Comptes Rendus, Nos. 21 @ 25, for June 1850. 



Journal des Savants, for May and June. 



* Hardwicke erroneously states that A. giganteus inhabits Sylhet. Vide MS. 

 in British Museum. 



