Zoological Society, 303 



Obs. The common Rook was not noticed, and I do not believe that 

 it exists in the country. 



*70. Garrulus melanocephalus, Bonelli. This bird was first described 

 by M. Gen^ in the Memoirs of the Academy of Turin, vol. xxxvii. 

 p. 298, PL I., from specimens in the Turin Museum, received from 

 Lebanon. It is common in the vicinity of Smyrna, and its note and 

 habits are identical with those of the European Jay, whose place it 

 supplies. 



79. Phasianus colchicus, Linn. Common near Constantinople on 

 both sides of the Bosphorus. It has probably migrated thither spon- 

 taneously from Colchis, its native country, 



*86. Columba camhayensis. Lath. This bird inhabits the Turkish 

 burial-grounds at Smyrna and Constantinople, which are dense forests 

 of cypress trees. It is strictly protected by the Turks, and it was 

 with some difficulty that I obtained a specimen. It was, perhaps, 

 originally introduced by man, but now se^ms completely natu- 

 ralized. 



87. Otis tarda, Linn. Frequents the plains south of Smyrna. It 

 is called wild Turkey by the European residents. 



*88. Otis tetrax, Linn. Abundant during the winter in the poultry 

 shops at Smyrna. 



*94. Ciconia alba,'Belloii. Very abundant in Turkey during sum- 

 mer. It swarms in every village, and is protected with the same 

 strictness by the Turks as by the Dutch. It is said to have quite 

 deserted Greece, since the expulsion of its Mahometan protectors. 



* 1 1 1 . Podicepsc ristatus. Lath. The young of this bird isa bundant 

 in the harbour at Constantinople, where, in common with all other 

 waterfowl, it is strictly protected. 



*\V2. Puffinus Anglorum,'R.diy. Flocks of this bird are constantly 

 seen flying up and down the Bosphorus. They are rarely seen to 

 alight, and from their unceasing restlessness, the Franks of Pera 

 have given them the name of dmes damn^es. I am not aware that 

 this bird has before been noticed in the southern parts of Europe. 



Of Vultur, Illig.,and JyM^7a, Briss.,two or three species frequent 

 the neighbourhood of Smyrna, but all Mr. Strickland's endeavours to 

 procure specimens of these wary birds were unavailing. 



Mr. Strickland also exhibited the skin of a variety of the common 

 Fox, Canis Vulpes, Linn., which occurs near Smyrna: together with 

 a specimen of the Lepus hyhridus. Pall., from the South of Russia 

 purchased of a furrier at Rome. 



Also a specimen of an Argonauta, Linn., which was brought to him 

 in Cephalonia with the animal alive in it. Mr. Strickland stated 

 that he kept it for some hours alive, and when dead it fell out of 

 the shell with its own weight ; proving that there is no muscular 

 connexion between the animal and the shell. In this instance the 

 shell did not contain any ova. 



Mr. Ogilby called the attention of the Society to two Antelopes 

 at present living in the Gardens, which he regarded as the Koba and 

 Kob of BufFon. He expressed his pleasure at having it in liis power 

 to identify two animals originally described imperfectly, and of which 

 the zoological characters have been hitherto almost unknown ; ob- 



