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added to the palate (" vomers," " septomaxillaries," &c.) ; these 

 are persistently iu paired groups, more in number, and altoge- 

 ther more e\ndently embryonic and Lacertian than the homolo- 

 gous parts of other birds. The writer therefore seeks to introduce 

 a new morphological term for these birds as a group, having rela- 

 tion to their face, namely the term " Saurognathae ; " for none 

 of Professor Huxley's terms is appropriate for this type of 

 palate. 



The writer has been able to work out these parts in the nestlings 

 of Yunx torquilla, in four stages of Gecinus viridis, in the young of 

 Picus minor, and in the adult of P. major, JP. analis, Hemilopkus 

 Julvus, and I*icumnus minutits. 



April 16th, 1874. 



H. Teimen, Esq., M.B., iu the Chair. 



G. E. Dobson, Esq., Staff-Surgeon, Netley, was elected a 

 Fellow. 



The Chairman proposed Dr. Allman. Dr. Trimen, Mr. James 

 Ince, and Mr. H. T. Mennell as Members of the Committee for 

 auditing the Treasurer's account. 



A letter was read from Professor Parlatore, of Florence, in- 

 viting the Society to send representatives to the International 

 Horticultural and Botanical Congress to be held in that city 

 in May. On the motion of Mr. A. Murray, seconded by Pro- 

 fessor Thiselton Dyer, Dr. Masters, Mr. George Maw, and Mr. 

 Hiern were accredited by the Society to the Congress. 



A note was read from Professor Oliver on a fruit collected 

 on the return route from Coomassie by Lieutenant De Hoghton, 

 and forwarded by Major Bulger, which proved to belong to Du- 

 boscia, a remarkable genus of Tiliacese, only known to us pre- 

 viously from specimens collected on the river Muni by Mr. Gustav 

 Mann in 1862, and described by Bocquillon in 'Adansonia,' 

 vii. 50. 



