. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . III, p. 504, B. N. H. S. J. 204 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXII. occur in all the Reptilia, whose young are enveloped in a tough shell. Isthe festal a relic of some tooth which in other Reptilia has ceased to befunctional, and if so do any traces remain in any other representatives ofthe class, or is it possibly a vestige of two anterior prsemaxillary teethfused together and surviving for the present purpose ? Major Wall hasshown that in Tropidonotus piscator it is bidentate* which perhapslends some slight support to the latter
. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . III, p. 504, B. N. H. S. J. 204 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXII. occur in all the Reptilia, whose young are enveloped in a tough shell. Isthe festal a relic of some tooth which in other Reptilia has ceased to befunctional, and if so do any traces remain in any other representatives ofthe class, or is it possibly a vestige of two anterior prsemaxillary teethfused together and surviving for the present purpose ? Major Wall hasshown that in Tropidonotus piscator it is bidentate* which perhapslends some slight support to the latter view. On the other hand is it a lately evolved structure, and if so at whatperiod in the evolution of the Reptilia and from what source has it beenevolved ? There must be many among our members who, like myself, having beenfor years in the jungle away from any reference libraries would welcome alittle enlightenment on the question and this must be my apology forreferring to the subject again. F. E. W. VENNING, , 27111 November No. XXX.—CONGENITAL ABNORMALITY IN THE BONES OFTHE BULL FROG (RANA TIQRINA). The bones reproduced in the above figure were obtained while pre-paring a skeleton of the frog last year for the students of the Agricultural • Vol. XVIII, p. 504, B. N. H. S. J. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 205 College. The Frog has in the hind limbs the ankle bones elongated toform an additional segment. These elongated bones are two and arecalled astragalus and calcaneiim. They are normally apart from eachother so as to form a spindle-shaped aperture between them. In thespecimen reproduced they were so in the right leg, but in the left the twowere united together along their whole length, looking very much like thenormal cannon bone of cows. H. M. College, Poona, October 1912. No. XXXI.—THE NEW WILD BIRDS AND ANIMALS ACT. We give below the text of the New Act to make better provision for theprotection and preservation of certain Wild Bird
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