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Horsfield's Tortoise [Testudo horsfieldi), from Turkestan, presented by 

 Dr. A. Strauch, C.M.Z.S., of the Imperial Museum of St. Peters- 

 burgh, and a small Blue Maccaw, apparently referable to Spix's Mac- 

 caw [Ara Spiri), and new to the Society's Collection. — Mr. H. See- 

 bohm, F.Z.S., exhibited a series of specimens of the Hooded and 

 Carrion Crows, and made remarks on their intermediate forms and 

 geographical distribution. — Col L. H. Loyd Irby, F.Z.S., exhibi- 

 ted and made remarks on the Nests, Eggs and Young of Cypselus pal- 

 lidas, taken at Gibraltar. — Mr. Howard Saunders, F.Z.S., exhibi- 

 ted and made remarks on some Eggs of Indian Laridae [Sterna bergii 

 and Lavas hempriehii), which had been taken by Capt. Butler, of 

 H.Ms 83 Regt., on the Mekran Coast. — Dr. F. Day, F.Z.S., exhi- 

 bited and made some remarks on some jaws of Indian Sharks belonging 

 to the genera Galeocerdo and Carcharias. — The Secretary called 

 attention to an error which had been made in reference to the collec- 

 tion of Butterflies from Billiton, reported on by Messrs. Go dm an, 

 Salvin and Druce in the last part of the Society's »Proceedings«. 

 The collection had been made and forwarded to England by Hr. J. G. 

 F. Riedel of Koepang. — Mr. Sciate r communicated some further 

 particulars respecting the occurence in Lancashire of the specimen of 

 the Black -throated Wheatear [Saxicola stapazind] , exhibited at the last 

 meeting of the Society. — Prof. A. H. Garrod, F.R.S., read a paper 

 on the conformation of the thoracic extremity of the trachea, in the 

 birds of the order Gallinae. — A communication was read from Dr. A. 

 Günther, F.R.S., containing the description of some Reptiles from 

 Midian, collected by Major Burton. Amongst these were two new 

 Snakes proposed to be called Echis decorata and Zamenis elegantissima. 

 - Mr. II . Seebohm pointed out the character of a new Sylvia from 

 Abyssinia, proposed tobe called Sylvia blanfordi , after Mr. Blan- 

 ford, by whom it was obtained during the Abyssinian Expedition. — 

 Mr. H. Seebohm also read notes on the identity of the birds which 

 had been named Horornis fortipes, Neornis assimilis, Horeites robusti- 

 pes, H. brunneus and H. pallidas, and proposed to reduce them to one 

 species under the name Cettia fortipes. — Mr. Martin Jacoby read 

 descriptions of some new species of Phytophagous Coleoptera, from 

 Central and South America. 



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November 21, 1878. — Only one zoological paper was read: »A 

 Preliminary Report on the Mollusca dredged by the Staff of H. M. S. 

 Challenger« by the Rev. R. Boog Watson. Over 2000 separate lots, 

 including from 1200 to 1500 distinct species, have been already gone 



