Zoological Society. 577 



** It confines itself exclusively to the woods, and takes its name of 

 ' Musician' from its notes being very similar to those of the flute : it 

 possesses only a few notes, and repeats nearly an exact repetition of 

 its rather melancholy pipe at intervals, when in song, of two or three 

 minutes. 



*' It is very rarely seen, although not a rare bird in many spots ; 

 repeatedly have I spent five to ten minutes along with my attendants, 

 fellows of the most piercing vision, in vain eflTorts to discover the 

 little dusky warbler piping above our heads, and that at no great 

 height ; but securely hidden, perhaps designedly, in its tangled and 

 leafy covert. 



" I never shot any other specimen, and never have seen more than 

 one or two others during a residence in the Cuba woods of eighteen 

 months. 



" In conclusion I may observe, that I have always understood this 

 bird to exist in the highest parts of the mountains of Cuba, estimated 

 to reach 3500 feet ; and when the thermometer falls in winter during 

 the northern winds, to a degree little elevated, I should imagine, above 

 the freezing-point. I have seen the thermometer, at an elevation of 

 perhaps 1800 or 1900 feet, fall to 47° during a heavy northern wind 

 last January." 



The following memoir, *' On the Blood-corpuscles of the common 

 Paradoxure {Paradoxurus Bondar"^)," by G. Gulliver, Esq., was next 

 read. 



" Referring to my notes concerning the red particles of this animal, 

 I was rather surprised to find that they appeared to be quite peculiar 

 in size, when compared with the particles of the other species of the 

 order Ferce. Hence I have been led to examine again the blood- 

 corpuscles of the common Paradoxure, and those of two other species 

 of the genus. The result confirms the general accuracy of my first 

 observations, and as the subject appears to me both novel and inter- 

 esting, I am induced to bring it briefly before the Society. 



" The following measurements are expressed in fractional parts of 

 an English inch. The common-sized corpuscles are first noted, then 

 those of small and large size, and lastly the average deduced from a 

 computation of the whole. 



"1. Common Paradoxure {Paradoxurus Bondar), 



1-5665 

 1-6000 

 1-7110 

 1-4570 



Average . . 1-5693 

 ** 2. Two-spotted Paradoxure {Paradoxmms brnot atus, Temm. ) . 



* The animal in question is marked at the Zoological Gardens P. ti/pits, 

 F. Cuv. ; and by this name 1 have previously mentioned it. But I have 

 lately been informed that it is the P. Bondar of authors. 



Ann, §• Mag, N, Hist. Vol. vii. SuppL 2 P 



