1859.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 277 



Of birds, an undcscribed Kestrel, — 



Tinnunculus saturatus, nobis, n. s. Many years ago, the Society 

 received a specimen from Ye (Tenasserim), presented by the Rev. J. Barbe, 



4. Pt. elegans, S. Miiller ; by whom figured. From Java. The white-tipped 

 fur of the back contrasting strongly with the bright rufous-bay sides, limbs, and 

 also paws ; tail more blackish to the end ; head palish rufous : lower-parts much 

 suffused with rufous. 



5. Pt. punctatus, Gray (A. M. N. H. XVIII, 211). From Malacca. " Bright 

 bay ; back ornamented with white spots [or splashes]. The only species of the 

 genus that has any white on its back. Skull much smaller than in the other 

 Asiatic species of Pteromys." (Gray.) I saw the specimen described, which was 

 taken to England by Major Charlton. 



*6. Pt. inornatus, Is. Geoffroy (Zoologie of Jacquemont's * Voyage'). From 

 the N. W. Himalaya. Darker than in Prof. Is. Geoffroy's coloured figure, with 

 slight hoary tips to the fur, and often not any; tbe paws infusc&ted; and the 

 tail-tip blackish : under-parts white, with mostly a rufous tinge. So far as I have 

 seen, this and Pt. cineraceus grow to a larger size than the others. 



N. B. — This would appear to be Pt. albiventer apud Gray, P. Z. S. 1836» 

 p. 88, and Br. Mus. Catal. ; but not that so named in Hardwicke's Illustrations. 



Pt. griseoventer, Gray, Br. Mus. Catal., is thus described (?) : "a. Beneath 

 dark grey: b. Beneath paler grey, back edge of the fore-legs browner than a." 

 Habitat not mentioned. 



Pt. melanotis, Gray, from Java, is not described at all : but Pt. Ttiatdii^ 

 Temminck, is given as a synonyme, and Pt. nitidus. Gray, of Hardwicke's Illustra- 

 tions, as a doubtful synonyme. 



Pt. diardii, Tern., is unnoticed in Dr. S. Miiller and H. Schlegel's monograph 

 of the genus. 



*7. Pt. nitid us Geoff. : Sciurus jpetaurista,fcem., Pallas. From the Malayan 

 peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. Bright rufous-bay, with black paws and 

 tail-tip : under-parts rufescent. According to Dr. Cantor, " the part of the head 

 anterior to the ears, the cheeks, the chest, and the abdomen, are white in some 

 individuals of either sex, one of which is figured in Hardwicke's Illustrations of 

 Indian Zoology, under the denomination of Pt. albiventer, Gray." The same 

 observer notices, as a doubtful variety, the Pt. punctatus, Gray, having the 

 "back very dark Indian red, with a few dashes of pure white." 



*8. Pt. magnificus, Hodgson. From the S. E. Himalaya — Nipal, Butan, 

 Asam, and Kas'hya hills. Bay, or maronne, more or less bright, above, and copi- 

 ously white-tipped ; beneath white, sometimes tinged with rufous ; tbe paws rufous 

 in some, infuscated in others ; and tail black-tipped to a variable extent. 



* Sciuropterus nobilis, Gray ; Pt. chrysotryx, Hodgson. From Nepal and 

 Sikhim. Vide J. A. 8. XVI, 866 ; and I adhere to the opinion there expressed that 



