PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



HNNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



(SESSION 1887-88.) 



November 3rd, 1887. 



"William Caeetjthees, P.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



John H. Hart, Esq., was elected a Fellow. 



The President, in opening the Session, congratulated the Society 

 that although they had to deplore the deaths of several workers, 

 yet the losses were fewer than on the previous occasion twelve 

 months since. Prof. Caspary and Prof. Spencer Baird were 

 specially mentioned. Reference was also made to the cleaning 

 and painting carried out during the recess, with very satisfactory 

 results. 



Mr. Henry N. Eidley gave an account of his Natural History 

 Collection in Pernando Noronha. The group of islands in ques- 

 tion is in the S. Atlantic, 194 miles east of Cape San Roque. 

 The largest is about 5 miles loiig and 2 miles across, at the 

 broadest part. Although chiefly basaltic, phonolite rocks crop up 

 here and there. Of Mammals the Cat is reported to have become 

 feral, and Rats and Mice swarm ; Cetacea occasionally frequent 

 the coast. The Land-Birds comprise a species of Dove, a Tyrant, 

 and a Greenlet (Vireo). Sea-Birds are numerous, but less so 

 than formerly when the island was first discovered. Among 

 the Reptiles were found a species of Amphisbsena, a Skink 

 {JEuprepes punctatus), and a Gecko ; Turtles were also frequently 

 seen in the bays. Batrachians and Freshwater Pish are entirely 



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