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and called special attention to a young male Gooral Antelope [Nemorhoechis 

 goral) from the Himalayas, being the first example of this fine species that 

 had been received, and to three Birds of Paradise belonging to the following 

 species — the twelve wired Bird of Paradise [Seleucides alba), the Red Bird 

 of Paradise [Paradisea sanguinea) , and the Green Manucode [Manucodia cJmly- 

 leia) — deposited on approval. The Secretary added a record of the weights 

 and measurements of the four Indian Elephants now in the Society's Gar- 

 dens. — Mr. S dater exhibited five bird's skins obtained by the Rev. G. 

 Brown, C.M.Z.S., on the island of Rotumeh, and presented by him to the 

 Challenger Expedition. Mr. Sclater also exhibited specimens of two new 

 species of Birds from New Britain, belonging to the Museum Godefiroi, 

 Avhich he proposed to call Trichoglosstis rufigularis and Ortygocichla rubigmosa. 

 — Mr. H. E. Dresser exhibited and made remarks on a specimen oî Saxi- 

 cola deserti killed in Scotland, and a specimen of Picus pubescens believed to 

 have been killed in Normandy. — Mr. W. A. Forbes, F.Z.S., read some 

 notes on the external characters and anatomy of the Californian Sea Lion 

 [Otaria Gillespii), and exhibited some coloured drawings of this animal. — 

 Prof. Flower, F.R.S., read a note upon the habits of the Manatee, chiefly 

 in reference to the question as to whether this animal had the power of volun- 

 tarily leaving the water for the purpose of feeding on the herbage of the 

 banks, as stated by many authors, and as supported by a communication 

 from the late Mr. R. B. Dobree, notwithstanding which Professor Flower 

 considered the evidence upon which the statement Avas based to be very un- 

 satisfactory. • — A paper was read upon the same animal by Miss Agnes 

 Crane, consisting of observations upon the Manatees lately living in the 

 Brighton Aquarium. — Dr. A. Günther, F.R.S., read an account of the 

 Amphisbaenians and Ophidians collected by Professor Bayley Balfour in the 

 Island of Socotra. A new form of Snakes allied to Tachymenis was named 

 Ditypophis vivax, a new species of Zamenis was named Z. socotrae, and a new 

 form of Amphisbaenian Pachycalamus brevis. — Mr. W. T. Blanford, 

 F.R.S., gave an account of six species of Lizards which had been collected 

 by Professor Bayley Balfour in Socotra ; of these the three following appeared 

 to be undescribed : — Hemidactylus homaeolepis, Pristurus insignis^ and Ere- 

 mias balfouri . — Mr. Charles O. Waterhouse read a paper on the Co- 

 leopterous Insects which had been collected by Professor Bayley Balfour in 

 Socotra. The number of species of which examples were collected was 

 twenty- four, and showed that the fauna of Socotra, judging from this col- 

 lection, was distinctly African. Twelve of the species appeared to be new. 



— A communication was read from Professor J. O. Westwood containing 

 observations on two species of Indian Butterflies, Papilio castor and P. pollux. 



— A communication was read from Mr. Edgar A. Smith, containing some 

 observations on the shells belonging to the genus Gouldia of C. B. Adams. 



— Mr. Sclater read the fifth of his series of notes on the Birds of the vici- 

 nity of Lima, Peru, with remarks on their habits by Professor Nation, 

 C.M.Z.S. A new species of Buarremon, of which an example was in the 

 collection, was proposed to be delicated to its discoverer as B. Nationi. — 

 Mr. G. E. Dobson read some notes on certain points in the muscular anatomy 

 of the Green Monkey Cercopithecus callithrix. — P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



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