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these forests, and could scarcely have overlooked so very conspicuous 

 a bird as the Imperial pigeon, for even had he not been looking for 

 birds in general, he would certainly have killed such an excellent 

 addition to a jungle dinner, if he came across it. Neither did he meet 

 with either of these pigeons in the great woods near Chanda, while he 

 saw both near Sironcha on the Grodavery, and both were found in Orissa 

 Some of the birds noticed were of great variety, such as Salpornis 

 spilonota, Hirundo fluvicola and Cyornis TichellicB. 



VI. — Descriptions of some species of Reptiles and birds supposed to be 

 new to the Indian fauna ; by A. E. Carlleyl, Esq. (Abstract.) 



Dr. Stoliczka said that the paper, which is of considerable length, 

 mostly contains the descriptions of species which Mr. Carlleyl 

 collected near Agra, and which he supposes to be new. A detailed 

 description is given of a species which appears closely allied to 

 Varanus lunatus, and which belongs to the group of land — Varani 

 for which Fitzinger suggested the name Psammosaurus. A new 

 species of water snakes, closely allied to Ferania of the Homa- 

 lopsid^e, is also described, and photograms of this species, as like- 

 wise of the former one, accompany the description. This species of 

 watersnakes was found in the river Jumna, and is being described by 

 Dr. Jerdon in his forthcoming work on the Indian Reptiles. 



Of birds, four species are noticed, all supposed to be new ; one is 

 a small water-hen, probably a species of Porzana, from the neigh- 

 bourhood of Calcutta ; the other a Motacilla (shot at Agra) which 

 may prove to be a plumage variety of the Dukhanensis or personata> 

 Further, descriptions are given of two large eagles, one of which at least 

 seems closely allied to, or identical with, Aquila imperialis. 



Mr. Carlleyl hopes that he will be able to supply accurate draw- 

 ings of all the species, and until these have arrived, it would be im- 

 possible to pronounce an opinion upon several of the supposed novelties. 



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