370^ Zoological Society. 



circular discs, perhaps from the blood being rather stale. These were 

 about gQ^Qpth of an inch in diameter. 



Chelidones. 

 Common Swift (Cypselus Apus, Flem.) : L.D. = 1982 ; S.D. = 

 3550 ; nuclei 4000 to 10666 : blood from the heart a few minutes 

 after death. 



CoLUMBiE. 



Partridge Pigeon (^Columba montana, Lath.) : L.D. = 2239 ; S.D. 

 = 3692 ; nuclei 5333 to 12000 ; pale globules = 3200 : blood from 

 a vein of the pinion. 



GALLINiE. 



LineatedTheasant(PAa5/«wM5//wea#M5, Jard.) : L.D. = 1855 ; S.D. 

 = 3348 ; nuclei 4570 to 9166 : blood from a vein of the pinion. 

 Mountain Partridge (Tetrao Caucasica, Pall.) : L.D. = 1923; S.D. 

 = 3456 ; nuclei 4570 to 9166 : blood from a vein of the pinion. 



CURSORES. 



Ostrich (Strut hie Camelus, Linn.) ; corpuscles slightly larger than 

 those of the Rhea. The measurements are detailed at page 1 30 of the 

 present volume of this Journal. 



Grallatores. 

 Common ^m^Q {Scolopax Gallinago, Linn.) : L.D. = 2170 ; S.D. 

 =; 3622 : blood from the heart twenty-four hours after death. 



Palmipedes. 

 Mandarin Duck {Anas galericulata, Gmel.) : L.D. = 1937 ; S.D. 

 = 3424 : blood from the jugular vein about ten hours after death. 

 Common Gull {Larus cams, Linn.) : L.D. = 1973; S.D. = 3839 ; 

 nuclei 3555 to 10666 : blood from a vein of the pinion. 



Dec. 27. — Richard Owen, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 Descriptions by Mr. Lovell Reeve of new species of shells figured 

 in the * Conchologia Systematica,' were read. 



Dentalium longitrorsum. Dent, testd carneold, tenui, glaherrimdy 



subpellucidd, longissimd, arcuatd, margine acuta. 

 Reeve, Conch. Syst., vol. ii. pi. 130. f. 6. 

 Long. 4| ; diam. -f-^ poll. 



Hah. } Mus. Cuming. 



This beautiful pink homy-looking shell far exceeds any hitherto 

 described species in length. 



Vermetus eburneus. Verm, testd eburned, suhobesd, lax^ volutd* 



longitudinaliter costatd, costis distantibus, subobsoletis. 

 Reeve, Conch. Syst., vol. ii. pi. 152. f. 2. 

 Long. 3 jig-; diam. -/g poll. 



Hab. ? Mus. Cuming. 



Partula inflata. Part, testd obeso-conicd, transversim tenuissim^ 



striatd, albidd, epidermide'luteo-fuscd indutd ; anfractu ultimo an- 



gulato-inflato, umbilicato ; aperturd subquadratd, labro planissime 



expanso. 



