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( bengalensis , nobis,) and probably others ; but all are hardly other 
than local races of one species.* 
Of the S. African collection, it will be sufficient to notice, 
Passer arceates, Tem. Female. 
Poliospiza, sp. ; congeneric with P. teispriata, Riippell. 
Serines (?) suLPiiTJEATtrs ; Crithagra swZyi/iMrate, Swainson (Jar- 
dine and Selby, III. Orn., pi. 109). 
Megalonsphonyx rtteic.eps, (Eiipp.). Identical with Abyssi- 
sian specimens. 
Haepoeestes (Cabanis) eongirostris ; Telephonus longirostris, 
Swainson, (2| Centen.) 
Monticoea EtrpESTRTS, (Vieillot). Female. 
Bessonornis eeceahatoe, (Yieillot). 
CoSSYPnA STJPEECITjXAEIS, (L.) 
Reticilea (maegineeea ? Bonap. ; in nestling plumage). All 
the tail-feathers dusky-tipped, with rufous extreme terminal margin. 
Wing 3.) in. Tail 2i in. 
Maceonyx capensis, (Vieillot ?) 
Dicexjetjs mesices, (Vieillot). Toung. 
Tchiteea perspxcieeata, (Swainson.) Female. 
Graecales, sp. Uniform ash-grey without markings, rather paler 
below ; bill and feet black, the bill proportionally small. Wing 
in. ; tail 5 in. 
Phyeeastrephes capensis, Swainson. 
Pycnonotes nigricans, (Vieillot). Identical with a specimen 
said to have been brought from Jidha in Arabia ! 
Tyjipanistria bicoeor, Reichenbach ; Columba tympanistria, 
Temminck. 
2. Mr. J. K. Hamilton, of Calcutta. A fine living Python 
HOLEEES, about 12 ft. long, caught in the Bengal Sundarbans. 
E. Blyth. 
* It is much to be regretted that Mr. Hugh Cuming’s valuable collection of 
Philippine birds was permitted to be dispersed without any list having been 
published of them. A list of the known species of the Philippines is at present 
a desideratum. 
