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7. From Capt. Phayre, the Society has been presented with a large collection of 

 Arracan specimens, chiefly birds, of which the most remarkable is a very large 

 species of Iora, in all probability that alluded to in Vol. XIV, p. 602, of the Socie- 

 ty's Journal. 



8. Major Jenkins has obliged us with numerous specimens of reptiles, insects, 

 &c. preserved in spirit, from Assam. 



9. Mr. Thorbum, of Goalpara, has presented the Society with a collection of 

 birds, reptiles, fishes, &c. from that vicinity. 



10. From Dr. R. Templeton, of Colombo, we have received a fourth case of Cin* 

 ghalese specimens of mammalia and birds, comprising various objects of much inter- 

 est in those classes, and several novelties which I intend to treat of elsewhere ; 

 merely mentioning now that Dr. Templeton has sent a second and new species of 

 Jungle-fowl from that island (Gall us lineatus, nobis), additional to the G. Stayileyi 

 of Hardwicke's illustrations — which latter has, I believe, been first verified from an 

 actual specimen, previously transmitted to the Society by the same gentleman. 



11. Capt. Boys left with us, for the Society's museum, a few specimens of birds 

 procured on the route to Calcutta from the Upper Provinces, and the skull of a 

 Gavialis from the Ravee river, flowing into the Indus. 



12. Mr. Birch, of the Pilot service, continues to collect for our museum such 

 specimens of fishes, Crustacea, mollusca, &c. as he can procure in the course of 

 his professional trips to and from the Sandheads. 



13. Mr. T. H. Duncan, has sent to the museum a living specimen of Strix 

 flammea. 



14. Dr. Gurney Turner, of Midnapore, obliged me, when I visited that station, 

 with some Hornbills, snakes, &c. for the Society's museum. 



15. O. W. Malet, Esq. Magistrate of Midnapore, also favored me with a magnifi- 

 cent pair of Saumer horns, from Cuttack. 



16. From Sir William Jardine, Bart., the Society has received a small collection 

 of British birds, including some that are very acceptable ; among which I may men- 

 tion the common English Sparrow, which I had long wanted to compare with its 

 Indian representative. 



And I may conclude by remarking that during the month that I was absent 

 from the museum, I collected above 60 skins of mammalia, (including of course the 

 small species,) 273 of birds, and numerous reptiles, &c. ; many of which are either 

 quite new to the museum, or have replaced very inferior specimens of the same. 



To treat in detail of these various acquisitions, would require more time and leisure 

 than I can at present command ; but the results I hope to embody in future contri- 

 butions, and indeed have already incorporated some of them in papers which are 

 awaiting publication. 



I have the honor to be, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



E. Blyth. 



