1851.] A Collection of Mammalia f fyc.from ChSrra Punji. 523 



form of the bill and the general characters of these two species, from S. 

 India, indicate that they should form a separate division from Garru- 

 lax proper. G. Belangeri, Jerdon, of the Nilgiris, and G. cine- 

 reifrons, nobis (p. 176, ante), of Ceylon, are typical Garrulaces. 



Cisticola erythrocephala, Jerdon. General hue rufous or 

 ferruginous, deepest on the crown, darker on the rump, and brightish 

 on all the lower-parts ; back olive, with black medial streaks to the 

 feathers ; and wings and tail dusky, the former margined with olive- 

 brown, and the latter very slightly tipped or margined round the 

 extremity of the feathers, with pale brown. Legs pale. Wing 1 |- in : 

 tail If in. This and the preceding species have just been received 

 from Mr. Jerdon, and are, most probably, from the Nilgiris. Accord- 

 ingly, three species of Cisticola will now have been ascertained from 

 S. India and Ceylon, viz. the common C. cursitans, C. omalura, 

 nobis (p. 176, ante), from Ceylon, and that here described. 



Cyornis jEquali cauda, nobis. Female somewhat greyish-brown 

 above, much paler below, whitish towards the vent and on the lower 

 tail-coverts ; axillaries also whitish with a faint tinge of fulvous : tail 

 and its upper coverts dull ferruginous, the medial rectrices and 

 exterior webs of the rest sullied with fuscous. Bill dark above, whitish 

 below; feet dark brown. Length about 5^ in., of wing 3 in., and 

 tail 2£ in. : bill to gape |£ in. ; and tarse } in. A well marked 

 distinct species, procured by Lieut. James, of the 28th B. N. I., in 

 Kunawar. 



Saxicola fusca, nobis. Evidently a new species of true Wheatear, 

 affined in colouring to S. infuscata, A. Smith ; but the general colour 

 deeper, and the head, cheeks, and throat, rufescent : tail also remark- 

 ably long, for a species of this genus. We can only describe the 

 fragments of a specimen, viz. the head, wings, tail, and legs. Wing 

 3J in. ; tail 3 in. : bill to gape -J in. ; From Muttra.] 



Reptilia. 



Of this class, Mr. Frith brought five species, as follow : — 



1. Platydactylus gecko, (L.), vide J, A, S. XVII, 623. Col- 

 lected at Dacca, the only part of Bengal in which we are aware of its 

 occurrence. This reptile is common in Asam, Sylhet, Arakan, the 

 Tenasserim provinces and Malayan peninsula. 



2. Calotes 1 3. Euprepis ? 4. Polypedates 



1 Apparently three new species, from Cherra Punji; which we 



defer describing for the present, as we have numerous other new 

 reptiles which it will be more convenient to describe together. 



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