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'ginea (var. Belangeri), Soeex serpentarius, Sciurus chrysonotus 

 (dark var.), Mus (vide XXI, 433*), and Tragulus Kanchil. 



Of the birds, the most worthy of notice are Gecinus dimidiatus, 

 Lyncornis cerviniceps, Corvus splendens (unknown in Arakan, save 

 of late years partially to the northward, and of the dark variety inhabiting 

 also Ceylon), Calornis cantor (nee columbinus, v. affinis, nobis, of 

 Arakan), Munia rubroniger (having less black on the belly than in Bengal 

 specimens, while some which we have seen from Penang want it altogether), 

 Pycnonotus jocosus (similar to Penang specimens, in which the crimson 

 ear-tuft is constantly shorter and of a more intense crimson than in Indian 

 specimens, and this bird is unknown in Arakan), Carpophaga bicolor, 

 Argus giganteus, Ardea sumatrana {A. rectirostris, Gould),f and Ca- 

 sarca leucoptera, nobis. 



Of reptiles, skins of Empagusia flavescens and Hydrosaurus salva- 

 tor ; and examples in spirit of Gecko vertjs (triple-tailed), Boltalia 

 subl^vis, Piripia Peronii, and Leiurtjs Berdmorei, n. s., — Draco 



MACULATUS,ACANTHOSAURA ARMATA, CALOTES EMMA, — ASPRIS BERDMOREI, 



n. s., Riopa albopunctata, — Xenopeltis unicolor, Python reticula- 

 tus, Lycodon aulicus, Leptophis pictus, L. ornatus, L. rufescens 

 (Dipsas rufescens, Gray, Hardw. III. Ltd. Zool.) Coluber radiatus, 

 C. fasciolatus, Tropidonottjs umbratus (2 var.), Tr. stolatus, Tr. 

 zebrinus, n. s., Homolopsis plumbea, Bungarus fasciatus, B. can- 

 didus, Naia tripudiens, — Polypedates leucomystax, Lymnodytes 

 erythr^us (Schl.), Eana assimilis (XXI, 355), H. (young of several 

 species), Engystoma (affined to E. malabaricum, Jerdon), Hyljsdacty- 



* In a male sent, the lower parts are white as in M. flavescens, in a female 

 brown, like the upper parts. 



f Upon examination of a fine collection of Australian birds from the Port Philip 

 district, and comparing certain of them with specimens in the Society's museum, 

 we found that Oreocincla lunulata, (Lath.), seems to be identical with 0. 

 nilgiriensis , nobis, of the mountains of S. India (No. 930 of catalogue) ; though 

 Gould's figures of it are more like the Asiatic O. dauma, (Lath., v. Whitei, 

 Eyton). A single Australian male of Synoicus chinensis is considerably deeper- 

 coloured than any Indian or Malayan example examined, with the black markings 

 more developed on the back, and scarcely a trace of rufous on the wings ; but this 

 would seem to be merely an individual variety. Of two Sittell^e, otherwise simi- 

 lar, one has the crown and cheeks fuscous, with pale supercilia j the other has the 

 entire head dull white with faint dark strise. They seem to be varieties merely of 

 S. chrysoptera, and Gould's S. leucocephala from Pt. Essington and Morton 

 Bay respectively are probably but analogous varieties. 



