_P. testa subventricosa, tota olivacea; apice acuto; spirae et aperturae longitudine aequali; umbilico clauso._ Shell subventricose; uniform olive; apex of the spire acute; aperture and spire of equal length; umbilicus closed. * * * * * Distinguished from the _Helix vivipara_ of authors, by having a less convex, and more pointed spire, hardly any umbilicus, and no bands. Inhabits China. * * * * * PALUDINA carinata, _Carinated River Snail--middle figures._ * * * * * _P. testa parva, olivacea; spira apertura longiore, apice obtuso, rufo; anfractu basali medio leviter carinato; umbilico obsoleto._ Shell small, olive; spire longer than the aperture; the tip obtuse, rufous; basal whorl slightly carinated in the middle; umbilicus obsolete. * * * * * A distinct species, which is never found larger than the figure. I once saw near 100, which had been picked up on the banks of the Ganges; the spire is rather lengthened, always obtuse, and the umbilicus even less than the last. * * * * * Pl. 99 [Illustration] TAMATIA macrorhynchos. _Greater pied Puff-bird._ * * * * * GENERIC CHARACTER. Tamatia. _Cuvier._--Capito. _Viell. Tem._ _Rostrum validum, compressum, sub-rectum; mandibula superiore ad apicem obtuse adunca, emarginata, superioris margine inferioris marginem obtegente. Nares basales sulcatae, apertura terminali, rotunda parva, plumis rigidis incumbentibus tecta. Frons, rictus, et mentum vibrissis rigidis, elongatis, armati. Pedes scansorii, versatiles; digiti exterioris elongati articulo primo cum digito exteriore connexo. Rectrices 12, lineares, subrotundatae._ Typus Genericus _Bucco tamatia_ Linn. Lath. Bill strong, compressed, nearly straight; the tip of the upper mandible curved, notched, and obtuse; the margin folding on that of the lower mandible. Nostrils basal, sulcated; the aperture terminal, round, small, hid by bristly incumbent feathers. Chin, front, and gape, with strong lengthened bristles. Feet scansorial, versatile; the outer toe long, and connected by the first joints to the inner toe. Tail feathers 12, linear and slightly rounded. Generic Type _Spotted-bellied Barbut_ Latham. * * * * * SPECIFIC CHARACTER. _T. niger; fronte, gula, jugulo, caudaeque apice albis; abdomine albo vel fulvo; fascia pectorali nigra._ Black; front, throat, forepart of the neck, and tips of the tail feathers, white; body white or fulvous; pectoral bar black. Bucco macrorhynchos. _Gmelin_ 406. _In. Orn._ 1. 203. _Gen. Zool._ vol. ix. p. 33. Greater pied Barbut. _Lath. Syn._ 2. p. 498. * * * * *