306 Geological Society. 



which Mr. Gray had called at the British Museum Mulinia, of which 

 he described five species ; and he also stated the necessity for forming 

 a new genus, of which Mactra Sprengleri may be regarded as the type. 



Mr. Harvey, of Teignmouth, exhibited various fossils from Devon- 

 shire. Of these, sections in different directions had been made, and 

 the surfaces highly polished. The structure was thus rendered 

 beautifully apparent. 



Mr. Harvey also exhibited various specimens oiAsteriassind Ophiura 

 from the Devonshire coast, and explained the mode by which they 

 had been prepared. 



Mr. Gould brought under the notice of the Meeting several spe- 

 cies of Birds from New South Wales, which he considered to be 

 new to science, as they are not contained in the collection of the 

 Linnean Society; nor, as far as he is aware, described in any publica- 

 tion. Mr. Gould embraced this opportunity to characterize and 

 name ten species, and stated that at subsequent meetings of the So- 

 ciety he would bring forward the remainder of his collection. 



Mr. Gould more particularly pointed out a species of Petroica ; a 

 new and interesting species of Ptilonorhynchus , allied to Ptil. nu- 

 chalis, and which he proposed to make the type of a new genus ; a 

 new species (belonging to the Society) of the genus Calyptorhynchus, 

 which he compared with all the other members of the group then on 

 the table, and described as Calyptorhynchus Naso ; and four new spe- 

 cies of the genus Amadina, Swains., which he named Amadina cincta, 

 ruficauda, modesta, and Castanotis. The species are as follows, their 

 characters, as usual, being given in the " Proceedings " : Petroica 

 phoenicea ; Amadina Castanotis, modesta, cincta, and ruficauda ; Calo- 

 dera maculata ; Cracticus hypoleucus and fuliginosus ; and Calyptor- 

 hynchus Naso. 



GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Anniversary Meeting, Feb. nth, 1837. — On'the occasion of pre- 

 senting the Wollaston Medals, the President, Charles Lyell, jun., 

 Esq., F.R.S., addressed the Meeting in the following manner : 

 Gentlemen, 



You have just learnt from the Report of the Council that they have 

 this year awarded two Wollaston medals; one to Captain Proby 

 Cautley of the Bengal Artillery, and another to Dr. Hugh Falconer 

 of the Bengal Medical Service, for their geological researches and 

 their discoveries in fossil geology in the Sub-Himalayan mountains. 

 I shall now request one of our Secretaries, Dr. Royle, to take 

 charge o^ these medals. 



The President then addressed Dr. Royle : 

 Dr. Royle, 



It will, I am sure, be most gratifying to you to be intrusted with 

 the care of these testimonials of our regard for two gentlemen with 

 whom you are connected by the ties of private friendship. The 

 Geological Society awards these medals to Capt. Cautley and Dr. 

 Falconer as an expression of the sympathy which they feel for 



