560 
- Feb; 17. 
Nov. 17. 
Extracts from the Minute- Book of the Linnean Society. 
height, and the throat-pouch is alternately distended and flattened, 
displaying its vivid colours. The attack is generally made by 
seizing each other by the jaw, and they retain the hold for a consi- 
derable time. "They commonly live upon trees, but at times enter 
houses in search of flies and other insects, running with ease, like 
the rest of the genus, upon smooth perpendicular walls, or even on 
the ceilings and on glass. They are easily rendered sufficiently 
tame to eat from the hand. "Their food consists principally, if not 
exclusively, of insects, and they seize and devour wasps with impu- 
nity. Even the scorpion is not able to defend itself effectually from 
their attack, as they generally seize the insect by the head, and 
the scorpion in its endeavour to sting its enemy more frequently 
wounds itself. When pursued on a plane surface the tail is often 
carried erect. They leap with surprising agility from branch to 
branch, often to a distance of twelve times their own length; but 
they are often caught by boys, who take advantage of their fondness 
for musical sounds, arresting their attention by whistling to them, 
and then throwing a little noose over the head. Mr. Schomburgk 
rarely found more than two eggs in the oviduct at one time, of 
which one was much less developed than the other. They drop 
their eggs without any precaution, which are found in various 
places, on the sand, on rocks, in rooms, &c. 
Read also a Letter addressed to the President from Mr. William 
Money, giving an account of a Goat in his possession producing five 
kids at a birth. 
Mr. Lambert, V.P. exhibited specimens of an arborescent species 
of Dahlia from Oaxaca. 
Read a Notice by Mr. Adam White of a male Picus martius, L., 
having been shot in 1834 at Billingford, Norfolk. Another indi- 
vidual was seen at the same time. 
