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Journal of the Asiatic Soc of Bengal. vol I (1832)

p 342 Hodgson on the Mammalia of Nepal. The Nepal Dog, introduced from Thibet, where indigenous can live only in the Kachar region - several varieties of it. That of Lassa finest, with a 5th or false digit before & behind &c

p 345 May be questioned whether the Ceylon what be not distinct as species or var from common Indian form - the former has lighter head, carried higher & higher forequarters

p 345 2 vars of wild Hog in India.

Vol. 3. p. 1. Revd Everest believes no one has succeeded in keeping the Newfoundland Dog alive in India

vol. 7. p. 860 Dr. Helfer on the animal production of the Tenasserim Provinces believes the 3 Rhinoceros exist here. R. Indicus in N. part - R. Sondaicus in S. parts R. bicornis Sumatransis throughout district

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Vol 8. p. 327 Jameson on the Geographic Distrib: of the Vulturidæ &c "Europæan species of "Birds when found in Tropical countries are generally smaller though identical in every other character with the same bird in Europe: in other cases we find them not only smaller "but at the same time undergoing C.D slight "modifications which however are permanent yet probably wd deny mutability & "therefore entitling us to consider them as new species"

vol 10. p. 230 Hodgson speaks of it as remarkable there being as many as 2 species of wild sheep in the Himalaya

vol 10 Pt 11. p. 858 Edw Blyth "a mongraph on Wild Sheep" must be studied

p. 881 Thinks several wild species have mingled together. It may be argued in favour of this view that probably several equally domesticable; (Mem. America: S. W. Islands show that constant tendency in man to domesticate animals in early times little communication between distant parts of world.

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Vol 11. eleven p 911 E. Blyth Cuculus niger pursues sometimes butterflies on the wing & tries to catch them, like a hawk, with its feet; a trait that has already been recorded of the European Cuckoo."

p. 1108 The Cuculine Birds of N. America do sometimes lay in the nests of other birds, while, like their European relatives, they devour all the eggs they find on the other hand Mr Gray Proc. Zoolog. Soc. 1836. p. 104 states that the European cuckoo does not uniformly desert her offspring to the extent that has been supposed.

p. 1182. Capt. Hutton "on the wool of the Bactrian or two-humped-Camel are

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crossed with the Dromedary C. dromedarius

The cross varies according to which side is dam - takes after the dam. "The hump in the cross-breed is subject to great variation." The constitution of the two species extremely different: the cross can stand both extremes & so very useful.

vol 12. Pt 1 & 2. Nothing

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