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2. M. Zill, travelling naturalist. A fragment of the egg-shell of 

 the huge extinct Dodo-like bird of Madagascar, Epioenis maximus, 

 Is. Geoff., — an egg beside which tliat of the Ostricli is eomparatively 

 diminutive, and which is stated to hold about two gallons.* 



3. Donor unknown. Skin of Lagomys Eotlei, from Tibet. 



4. Major G. G. Pearse, commanding 3rd Sikh Irregular Cavalry, 

 Sigouli. Skin of H^ematoenis cheela, in semi-adult plumage. 



5. Baja Rádakhánta Deb, Bahádur. A large specimen of Tey- 

 gon maeginattjs, Blyth ; referred to in a note to p. 38 antea. 



6. Capt. Jethro Fearweather, late commanding the ship ' For- 

 farshire.' Skull of Delphinits etteynome, Gray, from the Bay of 

 Bengal. A very beautiful and perfect specimen. 



7. Mrs. Edwards. A fish in spirit, from Port Blair, Andamáns. 

 It is a Seeeantjs, one of several species which are uniformly dotted 

 over with small white spots ; but it has not hitherto been identiíied 

 satisfactorily. (D. 9/17— A. 3/8.) 



8. Capt. E. Fowle, of Rangoon, through Capt. Niblett, com- 

 manding the ' Sydney' S. V. A small specimen of the curious crus- 

 tacean, Thalassina scoepionoides, Leach. Capt. Fowle writes 

 — "The Burmese cali it JPadzoon Icen (or ' Scorpion Prawn'). It 

 does not live on the surface of the ground, but burrows to a depth of 

 three or four feet. This specimen was found at that depth." It is 

 occasionally though rarely brought to the Calcutta fish-bazars. 



9. Bábu Gour Doss Bysack, Deputy Magistrate of Balasore. 

 Skins of Chiloscyllitjm plagiosum andTEYGON imbeicatus. 



10. Capt. Eales, of the ' Fire Queen,' S. V. A Dog-fish, 6 ft. 

 long, from the Aguada Beef, stated to be only found in shoal-water, 

 and known to sailors as the ' Sun-fish.' It is evidently the Nebeus 

 concoloe, ítüppell (Ginglymostoma concolor, Müller and Henle) ; 

 but is stated by Capt. Eales to have been toothless ! The skull has 

 been completely removed from the specimen. 



11. Mr. Blyth. A stuífed specimen of the rare Rupicola 

 sanguinolenta, Gould, P. Z. 8., 1859, p. 99. Inhabits Bogotá. 



* Here it may be remarked that the two types of Ostrich-eggs, from N. and S. 

 África respectively, noticedby myself in J. A. S. XXVIII, 241, 282, and XXIX., 

 113, liave likewise been remarked by the "Rev. H. B. Tristrain in No. V of Mr. 

 Sclater's new Ornithological Journal The Ibis, p. 74. 



