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Others, as the Collocalice, may be predicated for certain; but I 
enumerate only what I have seen. Of Reptiles I have seen two 
lizards—one the female of apparently a second species of Dilo- 
phyrus, and the other a new Philsuma, quite distinct from 
Ph. cepidianum of the Mauritius,—and two snakes— Trigono- 
cephalus ( Trimesurus ) cantori, nobis, described from the neigh¬ 
bouring group of the Nicobars, and a Tree* Snake, common 
in the neighbouring countries (Dendrophis picta )—the latter 
greener or less bronzed than usual. Of Sea-fishes I have many 
novelties, but need not here further allude to them or to speci¬ 
mens in other classes. 
I have received of late many good things from China, and am 
surprised to see how many of our common Bengal birds extend 
their range to Amoy, with some of those of the S.E. Himalaya, 
and others of Java and the Philippines. 
Major Tickell has also sent us a fine collection from the 
mountainous interior of the Tennasserim Provinces: inter alia, 
adults of Buceros tickelli and splendid examples of Podoa per- 
sonata. Among the few novelties is a new Partridge ( Peloperdix, 
nobis) congeneric with personata, charltoni, &c. A large pro¬ 
portion of the S.E. Himalayan species extend thus far; and so 
we can understand Psarisoma dalhousiee occurring in Sumatra. 
The following extracts from a letter from Mr. Osbert Salvin 
give some account of his proceedings on his way out, and in 
Guatemala, up to the end of July last:— 
te At Jamaica I shot Hemiprocne zonaris, Vireosylvia altiloqua, 
Mellisuga minima, and a Spermophila. At Belize I shot nothing, 
as by mistake all my things were taken off in one of the Yzabal 
schooners, and I was left behind minus my gun. Tw o days was 
I obliged to wait before another schooner sailed, during which 
time I made what use I could of my eyes, and noted a few spe¬ 
cies, all of which, with the exception of Progne dominicensis 
(as I think it must be), we have recorded in our list. I saw also 
a pair of Icterus cucullatus exactly like my specimen. These 
Icteri bother me sadly, particularly I. affinis or something like 
it, which I have found here. I saw Sterna fuliginosa, and two 
other species, while passing down the coast. At Yzabal I got 
