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Show 1871.] DR. J. ANDERSON ON NEW BIRDS FROM YUNAN. 211 Oligodon dorsalis, which was doubtfully referred to Afghanistan because it happened to have been found in Griffith's collections. Griffith, however, made his most extensive collections in Assam, Upper Burmah, and the Khasi Hills ; and it seems to be probable, from such facts as these of O. dorsalis and this species, that his Afghanistan collections have been mixed up with the former. This Frog attains a large size, the largest specimen before me measuring 4" 2'" ; hind limb 6" 5'". The vomerine teeth are on two prominent transverse ridges from the anterior internal angle of the choanae, with a wide interval between them. The canthus rostralis is well marked in the adult, and the nostril is slightly below it, near the end of the snout. The diameter of the tympanum is more than two-thirds the long diameter of the eye. The skin is smooth, but the supratympanal and orbital and posttympanal regions are finely granular, and the abdomen and under surface of the femora, and sometimes the upper surface of the latter, are granular. From the vent to the heel is the length of the body. Above uniform violet, in spirit; under surface brownish, darkest on the sides when in contact with the colour of the back, from which it is occasionally separated by a paler violet band. The brown of the sides in others is densely spotted with darker brown. The under lip is yellow. I have examined twenty specimens of this Frog of all ages. CALLULA PULCHRA, Gray ; Gthr. I. c. p. 437. Some years ago I obtained two specimens of this handsome Frog in the Botanical Gardens, Calcutta; but I have never succeeded in procuring another. The largest specimen in this museum is 2" 9'" in length, the hind limb being 2" 8'". Not uncommon in Upper Burmah. 4. O n eight new Species of Birds from Western Yunan, China. B y J O H N A N D E R S O N , M.D., F.L.S., F.Z.S., & c , Director of the Indian M u s e u m , Calcutta. [Received February 8, 1871.] (Plate XI.) SUTHORA BRUNNEA, n. sp. Supra fusco-olivacea : pileo et nucha rufo-ferrugineis : mento, gula et pectore roseo sufusis,et leviter fusco-striatis ; abdomine fusco-flavo; hypochondriis crissoque olivaceo-brunneis: alis et cauda brunneis: remigibus primariis et rectricibus fiavo-olivaceo tenuiter et pallide marginalis. Long, tota 5*20, alae 2*15, caudae 2*74, rostri a rictu *35, a fronte •35, tarsi *84 poll. Angl. Hab. Momien, Yunan, ad alt. 4500 ped. Angl. |