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less developed towards the tip of the inner web of most of its feathers : 

 tertiaries also whitish-tipped. Length about 4| in., of which tail v lf in. ; 

 wing 3| in. — Hieundo fluvicola, nobis, n. s. " This interesting new 

 retort-nest building Swallow," writes Mr. Jerdon, " I discovered during a 

 late trip, and found it only in two spots, building in company ; the nests 

 crowded together on rocks overlying the rivers (Sonar and Kane) in 

 Bundelkund. It was then breeding (April and May), but I could not get 

 at the nests." A rough sketch of the latter is sent, representing " retort- 

 nests" with short necks, and crowded together, similar to those of the 

 American H. fulva, Vieillot (v. H. brunnifrons, Say). 



3. From Major A. P. Phayre, Commissioner of Pegu. A collection 

 of skins procured in the course of a recent tour through that province. 



Of mammalia, are sent the skin of a Jackal, that of a Hare, and those 

 of three species of Squirrel. 



The Jackal (Canis aueeus) was shot at Meaday by Lt. Bosworth of the 

 Bengal Artillery, and (as remarked by Major Phayre) — "has set at rest 

 the question of that animal being found in Burmah or not." 



The Hare is not Lepus sinensis (as supposed from the much dis- 

 coloured fragments of a skin, noticed J. A. S. XXI, 359) ; but is of a 

 peculiar and hitherto undescribed race, which may be designated 



Lepus peguensis, nobis, n. s. Very similar to L. ruficaudatus, Is. 

 GeofFroy, of Bengal, and all Upper India, Asam, &c. ; but at once distin- 

 guished by having the tail black above, as in the generality of the genus. 

 The upper-parts are of the same colour as in the Bengal Hare, but contrast 

 directly with the pure white of the belly, instead of passing to it through 

 fulvous as in the other ; and the limbs also shew but a slight fulvous 

 tinge, with white hairs intermixed, especially on the hind-limbs where the 

 white predominates : the chin and throat (in fact the fur over the whole 

 lower jaw) are conspicuously white; and the short sparse hairs on the 

 outside of the ears are whitish, — except in front, and also the tip pos- 

 teriorly, whereon is a large blackish terminal patch. The fur of the 

 upper-parts is pale dusky-grey at base, then black, and finally bright 

 fulvous-brown with black extreme tips : towards the tail above is a strong 

 tinge of ash-colour. Size, proportions, and structure, as in the common 

 Hare of all Upper India.* 



* Of the Hare from the vicinity of Dacca referred to by the name L. Tytleri 

 in the Ann. Mag. N. H. for September, 1854, p. 176, the Society possesses a 

 specimen presented by Capt. Robt. Tytler, of the 38th N. I. (J. A. S. XXII, 

 415) \ but we can perceive in it no distinction from the common L. ruficauda- 

 tus, stated also by Capt. Tytler to inhabit the same district. 



