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August 14, 1832. 



William Yarrell, Esq., in the Chair. 



Specimens were exhibited of the following Fishes collected on the 

 coast of Madeira by the Rev. R. T. Lowe, and presented by him to 

 the Society : 



Alepisaurus ferox, Lowe. 



Box Salpa, Cuv. & Val. 



Raja clavata, Linn. 



Torpedo marmorata, Risso. 



Rhombus Maderensis, Lowe. 



Caranx Cuv. 



Pagellus breviceps? Cuv. & Val. 



— Acarna, Cuv. & Val. 



At the request of the Chairman, the Rev. L. Jenyns exhibited an 

 immature specimen of a second species of crested Wren, not hitherto 

 recorded as having been met with in England j the Regulus ignica- 

 pillus, Temm.' In its adult state this species is readily distinguishable 

 from the more common one by the existence on each side of the face 

 of three streaks, the upper and lower of which are white, and the inter- 

 mediate one black, as well as by the patch on its head of a more deep 

 and brilliant orange. In the immature state it may be distinguished 

 by its somewhat smaller size j by its bill, which is much longer and 

 is also broader at the base ; by its first quill-feather being somewhat 

 longer ; and by the greater size, both in length and breadth, of its 

 tail. The individual exhibited was killed by a cat at Swaffham in 

 Cambridgeshire. . 



Mr. Jenyns also exhibited a specimen of Sorex remifer, Geoff., killed 

 in a corn-field at the distance of half a mile from any water. Its 

 chief interest was the confirmation afforded by it of the existence 

 in England of this species, which has recently been added by Mr. 

 Yarrell to the British Fauna on the authority of a specimen exhi- 

 bited by him at a late Meeting of the Committee (p. 109). 



Specimens were exhibited of a species of Woodpecker, hitherto un- 

 described, which had recently been obtained by Mr. Gould from that 

 little-explored district of California which borders the territory of 

 Mexico. The exhibition was accompanied by a communication from 

 Mr. Gould, in which, after some general remarks on the PicicUe and 

 their geographical distribution, he referred to the species before the 

 Committee as possessing the characters of the genus Picus in their 

 most marked development, together with the greatest size hitherto 

 observed in that group. In this respect it as far exceeds the ivory- 



