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Tufted Umbre [Scopus umhretta) from Africa, purchased June 26th, being 

 the first example of this peculiar African form that has been received. A 

 pair of Ocellated Turkeys [Meleagris ocellata) from Yucatan , presented by 

 Mr. W. E. Sibeth, July 20th. Two Tcheli Monkeys [Macacus tcheliensis) 

 from China, north of Pekin, presented by Dr. S. W. Bushell, C.M.Z.S., 

 of H. B. M. Legation, Pekin. A Michie's Tufted Deer [Elaphodus michianus) 

 purchased August 25th, being the fourth example of this rare ruminant ob- 

 tained. A young pair of the Koodoo Antelope [Strepsiceros hidu) purchased 

 August 26th. A pair of Gayals [Bibos frontalis) from the hills of Chittagong, 

 received in exchange from the Zoological Gardens of Calcutta. A pair of 

 young Polar Bears [Ursus maritimus), brought from the Polar Seas, and pre- 

 sented to the Society by B. Leigh Smith, Esq., F. Z. S. An Ivory Gull 

 [Larus eburneus) , also from the Polar Seas, and presented by the same donor, 

 being the first example of this species that has been received. An Indian 

 Jerboa [Alactaga indica) , obtained in May last in the Logar Valley, between 

 Kabul and Guzni , and presented to the Society by Major W. E. Money. 



— Mr. W. K. Parker, F. R. S., read a paper on the development of the 

 skull in the Urodele Batrachians. Mr. Parker described the skull of the 

 adult Gigantic Salamander [Sieboldià maxima) , the Siren and the Menopoma, 

 and compared their structure with that of the various stages of the skull of 

 the common Newt. — Mr. G. E. Dob son, C.M.Z.S., exhibited and 

 made remarks on the Head of a Partridge [Perdix cinerea) , with an extra- 

 ordinary prolongation of the intermaxillary bones. — Mr. W. A. Forbes, 

 F. Z. S., made some remarks on the shedding of the Horns of the Prong- 

 buck [Antilocajjra americana), as recently observed in the specimen living in 

 the Society's Gardens. — Mr. Harting, F. Z. S., exhibited a specimen of 

 Bartram's Sandpiper, recently killed in Lincolnshire. — Mr. S dater ex- 

 hibited the skin of the Guinea Fowl, lately described in the Society's »Pro- 

 ceedings« as Numida Ellioti. Further investigation had induced him to be- 

 lieve that this bird was the same as Numida Pucherani of Hartlaub, the 

 inaccurate colouring of the head in Mr. EUiot's figure of that species having 

 prevented its identification. — Mr. G. A. Boulenger read a paper on the 

 Palaearctic and Aethiopian species of Bufo of which he recognised ten spe- 

 cies, — 4 in the Palaearctic, 5 in the Aethiopian Region, and one found in 

 both Regions. — A communication was read from Dr. Otto Fin sc h , 

 C. M. Z. S., in which he gave a list of the Birds of the Island of Ruk, in 

 the Central Carolines. — A second communication from Dr. Finsch, con- 

 tained the descriptions of some new or little known species of Pigeons, from 

 the Caroline Islands. — A communication was read from Mr. Edgar A. 

 Smith, containing an account of the shells of the genus My odora oi Gray. 



— A communication was read from Mr. Martin J a co by, in which he gave 

 the descriptions of a collection of Phytophagous Coleoptera made by 

 Mr. Buckley at Eastern Ecuador. The collection contained a good many new 

 and interesting species, of which a great part were not alone inhabitants of 

 Ecuador, but had been found either in Peru or the Amazonian Region. — 

 A paper by Messrs. F. D. Go dm an and O. S al vin, was read in which 

 they gave the descriptions of some supposed new species of Butterflies, col- 

 lected by Mr. Andrew Goldie, in the interior of the district of Port Moresby, 

 New Guinea. — P. L. S dater. Secretary. 



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