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and perseverance, gradually acquired a thorough knowledge of the 

 routine business of the Society, and for many years past had proved 

 a most valuable and trustworthy Assistant in the Libraiy. 



The following papers were read, viz. ; — 



1. Extract of a Letter dated May 29, 1872, from Major-General 

 Muuro, C.B., to Mr. Bentham. on the Botanical Characteristics of the 

 Island of Jamaica. 



2. " New Species of Musci collected by Dr. Thwaites in Ceylon," 

 by William Mitten, A.L.S. 



3. " Contributions towards the Knowledge of Curculionidae," pt. 3, 

 by F. P. Pascoe, Esq., F.L.S. 



4. " On the Structural Peculiarities of the Bell-bird {Chasmo- 

 rJiynchns),''^ by James Murie, M.D., F.L.S. 



5. " On the Fertilization of Impatiens parm-ft.ora, De C." by A. W. 

 Bennett, Esq., F.L.S, 



6. " On a new Fungus from India," by Frederick Currey, Esq., 

 F.R.S., Sec. L.S. 



The following detailed enumeration of the Biological Papers con- 

 tained in the Transactions, Proceedings, and Journals received, and 

 of the separate works added to the Library, since the date of the 

 last Report, November 2ud, 1871, was laid before the Meeting : — 



Majcmalia and Cteneral Zoology : — 



J. Anderson. Notes on Rodents from Yarkand, Proc. Zool. Soc, 

 1871. 



J. V. Barboza du Bocage. Notice of the characters and affinities 

 of a new genus of West-African Mammifers, 2 plates. Mem. R. 

 Acad. Sc. Lisbon, Ser. 2, iv. 



J. Beswick-Perriu. On the myology of the limbs of the Kinkajou 

 {Cercoleptes caudivolvulus). Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871. 



A. Brandt. On the skin of Rhytina horealis, 1 plate. Mem. 

 Acad, Imp. Sc. Petersb. xvii. 



E. Brandt. On the bite of the Sore.v, 6 plates. Bull. Soc. Imp, 

 Nat. Mosc. 1870, ii. 



V. Brooke. On Speke's Antelope and allied species of TrageJaphus, 

 1 plate and woodcuts. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871- 



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