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as to the liahits of such reptiles and insects, therefore, as the expedi- 
tion may he able to find are likely to be especially valuable. 
Fish.' — T he inland lakes and rivers probably contain many fish of 
which little is known. Information and specimens of these will be 
valuable. 
Shells and Ceustacea. — The land and fresh water shells are 
also probably worthy of attention. The streams on the S. W. face 
of the Himalaya, occasionally contain a few rare Crustacea in their 
pools and holes. 
V. Obnithology. — The birds which the expedition may discover 
are not likely to be new, except perhaps some of the larger birds of 
prey. 
But information of value is likely to be available to the expedition 
as to the habits and summer resorts of many migratory birds. 
The Society may perhaps be able to direct the attention of the 
expedition to the points upon which information of the nature above 
described is of most value. 
• VI. Geology and Mineealogy. — The knowledge possessed by 
Mr. Medlicott in these branches of science will render the advice of 
the Society less necessary than in any others ; but the Society may 
be in possession of facts of which Mr. Medlicott may not be aware, 
and which may be of value in determining the direction which his 
researches should take. 
Information, especially as to the supposed locality of recent rocks 
said to exist upon the plateau of Thibet, would be valuable. 
Fossils are frequently brought by the traders, and some of these may 
be in the Society’s Museum. Lists of them and of the localities from 
which they are said to have been brought would he of much assistance. 
An abstract of the discoveries of Col. and of Mr. John Strachey, 
Captain W. E. Hay, and others, of fossiliferous rocks in the Hima- 
layan tracts within the British border would also be of use. 
In a few places of the Himalayas (as in the summits and flanks of 
the Hungrung and neighbouring passes in Kunawur) are found iso-' 
lated masses of a conglomerate, from its mineral character, apparently 
of an extremely recent age. On the Hungrung pass the shape of 
these masses would indicate that they are the remains of a deposit, the 
bulk of which has been swept away by denudation. 
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