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logue of the birds of the peninsula of India for hoplopterus ventralis), 



A. Campbell, Esq, Darjiling. Imperfect skin of a young fawn of the 

 Shou, or Tibetan Stag (Cervus walltchii) ; as also an imperfect skin 

 of a half grown Shou, asserted to be of a distinct and peculiar species 

 by Dr. Campbell's native informant. We do not hesitate to refer both 

 to the Shou ; and may remark that the fawn skin is very much speckled 

 or menillecl with white, much more so than a new-born fawn of the Wapiti 

 Stag (C. canadensis), which we saw alive.* Also the skin of a reptile 

 (Hydrosaurus salvator). 



E. F. Kelaart, Esq. M. D., Ceylon Medical Service, .G-alle. Series of 

 horns of Axis ortzeus, Kelaart, of three ages. We are unable to distin- 

 guish them from the horns of A. porcinus, or the Hog Deer of the 

 Gangetic provinces and of Burma ; which species may possibly have been 

 introduced into Ceylon, though unknown in the peninsula of India. f The 

 Hog Deer of the Indus territories is distinct (Cervus dodur, Royle) ; and 

 of this we have no specimens in our museum. Dr. Kelaart has also for- 

 warded some reptiles, but they have not yet come to hand. 



W. Bracken, Esq. C. S. Skin of a LiJch (Sypheotides auritus), 

 termed FloriTcen in S. India ; shot near Calcutta. 



J. Swarris. Skin of a Leopard Cat (Felis bengalensis), shot near 

 the light-house on Saugor Point ; an unexpected locality for the species. 



C. A. Jones, Esq. A dead Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita), which had 

 " lived above forty years in the family." 



J. Barlas, Esq., Rangoon. Specimen of a well known moth, from 

 Burma, Ph. patroclus, L. (Cramer, pi. CIX, a, b,) : a splendid species 

 common in collections from China, Asarn, Sylhet, and Arakan. 



luteoventris, Hodgson, placed by me dubiously as a Pseudoluscinia, Bonap., 

 may even prove to be the European Ps. Savii, Bonap. {Sylvia luscinioides, Savi) ; 

 but our specimens of these two Himalayan birds are very bad, and we can there- 

 fore arrive at no satisfactory conclusion from comparing of them with descriptions 

 taken from fine and perfect specimens. — Since the foregoing note was written, we 

 have received a Bengal specimen of Locustella Rayi. 



* We have been assured that the Stag of Kashmir, though in general bearing a 

 simply bifurcating crown, as in the Tibetan specimens hitherto examined, yet has 

 been seen with as many as 18 points in all, and that 12 and 14 are not very 

 uncommon. We trust soon to have the opportunity of comparing Tibetan and 

 Kashmirian specimens. 



t Dr. Kelaart has since forwarded a living adult male ; and the species is exactly 

 intermediate to the Axis maculatus and A. porcinus of Bengal, in form 

 (including horns), size, and colouring. 



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