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from S. E. Berar, Ohanda and throughout the country extending 

 thence to Chota-Nagpur, and although all of them, I believe with- 

 out exception, have the hind limb sufficiently long to extend to the 

 end of the snout, or beyond it, the latter being more common, the 

 fore limb very rarely extends to the vent ; out of the whole number, 

 I can find only one specimen in which the fore foot laid back 

 extends beyond the vent. I have not a single specimen exceeding 

 7 inches in length, and the majority are under 6. Precisely 

 in accordance too with Jerdon's account J. A. S. B., XXII, 

 p. 473, I find the dewlap-like gular appendage comparatively 

 slightly developed, never much exceeding half an inch in length,* 

 and in only one specimen is it tricolored ; in general, even in May, 

 it was scarcely distinct in colour from the remainder of the throat j 

 but the male had always, late in the season, an indigo stripe from 

 the chin to the front end of the pouch. Specimens of the larger 

 form which I have seen in previous years usually had the pouch 

 fully coloured in April. 



I find that specimens in the Indian Museum from Ceylon agree 

 with those collected by myself in every character, they have the 

 same leg proportions, and they also resemble mine in some pecu- 

 liarities of the scales to which G ii n t h e r does not refer in his 

 description. About eight to ten rows of scales in the centre of the 

 back are much larger than tho scales of the sides, but a few large 

 scales, the number varying greatly, are usually interspersed amongst 

 the latter, f A few large, strongly keeled, almost spinous scales 

 are also distributed over the occiput. Specimens occur, however, 

 without these enlarged scales. 



The following measurements of my own specimens and of two 

 from Ceylon in the Museum will serve to shew the proportions of 

 different parts of the hind legs and of the body. The three speci- 

 mens from S. E. Berar were captured in the same spot. The dimen- 

 sions are in inches. 



# It perhaps becomes larger, later in the year, in the breeding season, 

 f The larger size of the dorsal scales appears to be shewn in Giin ther's 

 figure. 





