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£We picked up the name Ivy Wren from a list of British birds published in 

 The Analyst, Vol. III., p. 199. If peculiar or exclusive specific names could 

 be procured for every animal under the sun, we should be very glad to adopt 

 them. But as it is scarce possible to find such a designation for any one living 

 creature, we must be content with the best we can get. As regards the nidi- 

 fication of the Ivy Wren, we have met with its nest in almost every locality 

 besides " holes or hollows in mossy banks." — Ed.] 



PROCEEDINGS OF NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETIES. 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Yarrell, Sec, in the chair. — A letter was read from Mr. Abbott, of 

 Trebizond, in Persia, announcing a present of several skins of rare birds from that 

 country; as also from Mr. Cumming, from Manilla, with 54 species and 151 

 specimens of birds. — Mr. Martin read a paper on the Proboscis Monkey (Simia 

 nasalisj, describing a singular formation of the nose, differing slightly from that 

 of S. recurvus. Mr. Gould resumed his description of the birds brought over by 

 Mr. Darwin, amongst which were several Wrens, Woodpeckers, and Gulls, and 

 two Galactes. He also exhibited a common British Pied Wagtail, which had 

 been hitherto undescribed, or inaccurately defined by naturalists, and which he 

 named Motacilla Yarrellii, probably because Mr. Yarrell is now Secretary to 

 the Zoological Society ! 



Jidy 6. — Viscount Gage, V. P., in the chair. The most interesting donations 

 during the past month were, — two Sloth Bears, from J. Walkinshaw, Esq. ; two 

 Thibet Watch Dogs, from P. S. Coxe, Esq. ; and two yellow Parrokeet Macaws, 

 from the Hon. Miss Bentinck. The sum of £l00 has been awarded by the 

 Council for the purchase of zoological works for the library, which has hitherto 

 been very deficient, and the contributions of members were also requested. 



Aug. 8. — Mr. R. Owen, F. R. S., in the chair. — A letter was read from Mr. 

 Harvey, of Teignmouth, accompanying some preserved Radiata and fish from 

 the Devonshire coast, the former including a Comagilla, Tubularia indivisa^ 

 Caryophilla, &c. — Mr. Ogleby £Qu. Ogilby ? — Ed.] described two new species 

 of his genus Ckemas, which now includes four species. — Mr. Gould introduced 

 several new species of birds from Mr. Darwin's collection, among which was a 

 Raven from California, named, from the beauty of its appearance and hue, Cor- 

 vus spkndens, a new Ortyx, and another species of the Dendrocela, or Wan- 



