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specimen having lost its tail, which had been pulled 

 off by the sailor who caught the bird." 



Mai/ 6. Mr. Brookes, F.L.S. exhibited a specimen of the 

 cream-coloured Courier (Cursorius isabellinus, Temm.), 

 said to have been shot in Great Britain ; and Mr. G. 

 B. Sowerby exhibited a specimen of a new species 

 of CyprcEa, which he has named C. Leucodon. 



May 24. The Council having had an offer of the late re- 

 spected President's Collections in Natural History, 

 consisting of the Collections and Library of Linnaeus 

 and his Son, and the President's own Collections and 

 Library, submitted the proposal to the consideration 

 of the Society, — when a subscription was entered into 

 by the undermentioned members for the purpose of 

 purchasing the same ; viz. 



£, S, a. 



Edward, Lord Stanley, M.P. President . 23 2 



Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Esq. V.P. . . 23 2 



William George Maton, M.D. V.P. . . 23 2 



Robert Brown, Esq, V.P 21 



Edward Forster, Esq. Treasurer . . .25 4 



Francis Boott, M.D 26 4 



James E. Bicheno, Esq. Secretary/ . .21 



Mr. George Loddiges 20 



Major-General Hardwicke 21 



Lawrence Brock Hollinshead, Esq. ..2100 



The Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells . . 10 10 



Nicholas Aylward Vigors, Esq. . . .21 



Richard Taylor, Esq 210 



William Kent, Esq . 20 



296 4 



Richard 



