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Potar level, and in one place I found it was pouring over the bank 

 with a fall of about a foot into rice land ; all the rice in the Potar 

 had been killed by the water flooding it some days before, and remain- 

 ing on it. 



On passing up the Deroi river, a tributary to the north side, I 

 found the flood on that side quite as bad ; and up to the Deroi factory, 

 indeed, I only once caught sight of land at all ; I subsequently went 

 from Deroi factory up to the Sooloogoorie Allee Ghat by canoe with 

 my brother, and we passed only three places out of water the whole 

 way. 



We looked for a place to land and have some breakfast, but could 

 not even see a patch of mud, let alone land, and had to get into the 

 branches of a large tree at last. 



I may say also that rice for Deroi factory was being taken in large 

 boats from Desang across country to Deroi, some miles. 



The peculiarity of the case is, that these floods occurred in the De- 

 sang, at a time that the Dikho was nearly dry. Indeed to the people 

 in Sibsagur it seemed incredible. Many Tea gardens will, however, 

 suffer severely, I expect, as well as the ryots. 



We have had it very hot now and then, which may account to some 

 extent for the floods. On July 20th, a metal mounted thermometer 

 placed in the sun and screened, registered at 1. 20 p. m. 174° Fah., the 

 highest I have ever seen, but the great heat was only for some three 

 days, and in-doors not excessive — 94° at 1 p. m. 



2. A new species of Pycnonotus, by Dr. J. Anderson, F. L. S., 

 and F. Z. S., Curator of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



PYCNONOTUS XANTHORRHOUS, fl. sp. 



Supra brunneus ; pileo et regione oculari nigris ; plumis auriculari- 

 bus pallide brunneis ; alis brunneis ; flexura alarum rubro-flava ; 

 tectricibus sub-alaribus pallide ferrugineis ; cauda nigro-brunnea ; gula 

 et ahdomine medio albidis ; pectore et abdominis lateribus brunneis ; 

 crisso Jlavo ; rostro nigro ; pedibus nigris. 



Long, tota 7'70 ; alaa 365; caudaa 3*60, rostri a rictu, *77 ; a fronti 

 '55 ; tarsi *70. 



Hab. Manwyne, Yunan, ad alt. circa 1*700 pedes angl. 



This species is nearly allied to O. jocosa in the general style of its 



