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Show 1874.] ON NEW BIRDS FROM THE NAGA HILLS. 43 only a new species, but a type which I should have least expected to find occurring in Persia. It will be seen that these horns, which I have the pleasure of exhibiting this evening, belong to a member of the Rusine section of the Cervidse, and on the whole resemble more nearly those of the Axis than those of any other species. The small amount of hair which remains below the burrs is also of the same colour as that found surrounding the pedestals of the Indian Axis. As far, however, as it is possible to judge from such a small fragment of the skull, the new Persian deer is decidedly larger than the Axis, and the horns present characters which, taken in connexion with the locality from which they were obtained, lead m e to believe that they represent a well-defined and unknown species. In the Axis the outermost of the two upper tines is always, in normal specimens, the longest. In the new species the corresponding tine is the shortest, as obtains in all normal specimens of the Cervus hip-pelaphus of Java. In Cervus aristotelis, on the contrary, no character of distinction is afforded by the relative length of these upper tines ; and, as far as it is possible to judge from a single specimen, I think it not at all improbable that this will be found to be the case with this Persian species. In their general texture, in their superior massiveness in comparison with their length, in their wide set, and in a quantity of small details which are very striking to the eye, but appear trivial upon paper, these horns differ from those belonging to any species with which I am acquainted. I therefore propose provisionally to confer upon this species the name of Cervus caspicus, the specimen having been procured from the district of Talisch, on the south-west coast of the Caspian Sea. The horns possess strong brow-antlers rising immediately above the burrs, a long massive beam, and two upper points, the outer of which is the shortest. Their measurements are as follows :- Length round the outside curve 26" Length of brow-antlers 8|" Largest span from horn to horn 30" Circumference of beam 4|" 6. Descriptions of Ten new Birds from the Naga Hills and Munipur Valley, N . E . Frontier of Bengal. By Major H. H. GODWIN-AUSTEN, F.R.G.S., F.Z.S., &c. [Received January 5, 1874.] (Plates X., XI. & XII.) The new birds from which the following descriptions have been drawn up were obtained by m e during the field-season of 1872-73, while employed in charge of the Boundary Survey operations along the main watershed of the Brahmaputra and Irrawaddy rivers. In presenting this paper I must not omit to acknowledge the very cordial and able assistance that has been given m e by Viscount |