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Salmo Orientalis. 



tance of 1,200 miles, to the place where they were disco- 

 vered by Mr. Griffith, at an elevation of 11,000 feet, 

 nearly equal to the mean elevation of the highest chain of 

 the Alps, from Mount Blanc to Mount Rosa. 



The species although named as new, may not be so, as 

 the Salmonidae are extremely numerous, and consequently 

 difficult to define ; it is possible, therefore, that we may be 

 mistaken. Lacepede, Bloch, and Yarrell are the only authors 

 we have been able to consult on the subject, but as specimens 

 have been sent to England with the collections of Mr. 

 Griffith, the question may there be decided. The figure is 

 reduced to about two-thirds of the size of the original draw- 

 ing. The form of the operculum, as represented in the 

 figure, not corresponding with that of the specimen, we 

 have supplied Fig 1. a correct outline of this part, Fig. 4 

 represents the form of the intestine in situ. Figs. 2 and 3, 

 the same as removed from the fish. 



Mr. Griffith remarks, that it takes the worm greedily, 

 generally gorging the hook. In sunny days, in winter, he 

 says it takes the fly freely, although the cold is exceedingly 

 severe. It is found, Mr. Griffith further remarks, in the 

 streams falling into the Bamean river, from the Kohi-Baba, 

 as high as 11,000 feet, but a few marches nearer the plains 

 of Toorkistan at Bajgah, Mr. Griffith learned from Captain 

 Hay that it attains a considerable size, and that the flesh is 

 very delicately flavoured. 



Memorandum regarding the predaceous habits of certain 

 Indian Frogs, in an instance observed by T. Wright, Esq. 

 at' Suharunpoor. 



About the end of August 1840, Mr. Wright one evening 

 was seated on a terrace, outside of the house, and noticed 

 one of the large yellow ram frogs of Hindostan quietly 

 couched under a piece of timber close to the terrace. There 



