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V. — List of birds obtained in the Khasia and North Cactiar 

 hills,— by Major H. H. Godwin-Austen, F. R. G. S., De- 

 puty Supdt. Topograph. Survey of India. (Abstract.) 



In this list Major Godwin-Austen enumerates about 200 

 species from the above named hills. A few new species are de- 

 scribed, and very valuable information is recorded of many which 

 were somewhat imperfectly known. In cases where rare birds 

 were obtained, a description and measurements, taken from live 

 specimens, were submitted. As regards the geographical distribu- 

 tion of Indian birds, the list must be looked upon as a very interest- 

 ing on, for the whole of that important Indo-Chinese province is 

 not included in Dr. Jerdon's work, though the names of the 

 birds are mostly noticed. The author was cautious not to burden 

 literature with new names unless sufficiently authenticated. He 

 has given descriptions of several species which he considered may 

 be new, and a few of these species (as a Cy^selus, Trochalojpteron) 

 will be described by Dr. Jerdon. 



The author further acknowledges the great assistance he has 

 received from Dr. Jerdon personally, " who has named many 

 doubtful species, and some that I — says the author — had been unable 

 to identify." 



V. — Note on the Kjokkenmoddings of the Andaman islands, — 

 by Dr. F. Stoliczka. 



On my recent visit to Port Blair, I was informed by Mr. Fr. 

 Ad. deRoepstorff, Extra Asst. Supdt. at Chatham island, of the 

 existence of several kitchen-middens in the neighbourhood of the 

 settlement. The same officer also shewed me a great number of 

 shells and fragments of pottery which he lately obtained from one 

 of the shell mounds. Being personally acquainted with the numerous 

 Kj okkenmoddings on the Danish coast, Mr. Roepstorff readily 

 recognised the identity of both these formations ; and the impor- 

 tance of their being subjected to a careful search. I was naturally 

 very desirous to examine some of these mounds, but as my stay was 

 to be only a very short one, Mr. Roepstorff suggested that I 

 should visit a place near Chatham island, the so called Hope Town, 

 and very kindly offered to accompany me to the exact locality which 

 he had previously seen. 



