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2. The Rev. F. Mason, Maulmain. Two packages, by successive arrivals of 

 the steamer, conlainino; a number of flat skins of birds. Anion 01 them is the 

 Crypsirina varians (v. Phrenotrix temia, Horsfield), which would seem to be of 

 common occurrence in the Tenasserim provinces, where its presence was first 

 remarked by the late Dr. Heifer. Also a new species of Shrike, which our 

 taxidermists have fortunately been able to set up, and which may be thus 

 described : — > 



Lanius hypohucos, nobis. Very closely allied to L. Hardwickii, Vigors ; (T^fiZ^ZZJ 7 '^ 

 from which it differs — 1, in having the entire crown nigrescent, passing gra- ^*T« 



dually from the black of the forehead to dark ashy on the nape; the ear-coverts 

 being uniformly coloured with the feathers superiorly adjacent : — 2, in having 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts of the same deep maronne colour as the back 

 and scapularies : — 3, in the much greater development of the ferruginous 

 margins of the great wing-coverts and tertiaries : — and 4, in having the under- 

 parts uniformly white, a little subdued, and tinged with a very faint blush, but 

 having no trace of rufous on the flanks and elsewhere. 



3. R. Templeton, Esq. M. D,, Colombo, through W. Elliot, Esq. Madras. 

 Two living Monkeys, viz. a young male of Macacus sinicus, Desm. (v. pileatus, 

 Lesson), and a young female of Presbytis cephalopterus, (Zimm.), of the normal 

 colouring. PI. — represents three varieties of colour of the last named species, 

 with a figure of the allied Pr. Johnii of the Nilgherries, in the distance.* 



4. Walter Elliot, Esq. Madras. A living specimen of a Cat, for inspection ; 

 and a stuffed Dolphin procured in the Bay of Bengal. The former is of the 

 species described by Mr. Elliot, as the Wagati of the Mahrattas of the Ghats, 

 in the ' Madras Journal of Literature and Science,' X, 108, and since termed 

 Leopardus Elliott by Mr. Gray, who identifies it with Felis nipalensis, Hodgson. 

 Of this, which I regard as F. bengalensis, Pennant, the Society's museum contains 

 a fine series ; and I consider Mr. Elliot's animal to be decidedly of the same 



* The Pr. thersites, described in my Report for last November (XVI, 1271), inhabits 

 the low country of the northern half of Ceylon, and is therefore probably distinct from the 

 very large Monkey, of a dark colour, which Major Forbes remarked " at Newerra Elia, 

 and scattered over the colder parts of the island." The adult male of Pr. thersites sent, by 

 Dr. Templeton was savage or rather uncertain in its temper for some time after its arrival ; 

 but to myself and others he knows, he is now quite gentle and extremely fond of being caress- 

 ed. This has enabled me to examine him more particularly ; and I find that he has not 

 the radiating centre of hair above the brows, observable in the other Entelloi d Indian Mon- 

 keys, while the hair of the crown is particularly dense and touffu, though without rising 

 into a crest. His coat generally is dense and somewhat peculiar; very unlike that of Pr. 

 entellus, but approaching that of Pr. anchises of the central table-land of the peninsula. 

 Fig. 3 of PL— ,with outstreched legs, represents a very characteristic attitude of Pr. 

 cephalopterus ; and fig. 1 exhibits the normal colouring of the species. 



