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R. Vivian, F. Z.S., on the 18th February. — Mr. Sclater exhibited and 

 made remarks on examples of two rare Fruit Pigeons, of the genus Carpo- 

 phaga, — Mr. L. M. D'Alberti s exhibited some new and rare Birds, ob- 

 tained during his recent expedition up the Fly River, New Guinea. — Pro- 

 fessor Newton exhibited on behalf of Mr. J. Robinson, of Trinity Hall, 

 Cambridge, a specimen of Sylvia nisoria, believed to have been killed at Cam- 

 bridge many years ago. — A communication was read from Mr. L. Tacza- 

 nowski containing a list of the Birds collected by Messrs. Stolzmann and 

 Jelski, in Northern Peru in 1878. Fifty -six species were enumerated, 

 several of which were new to science. — Mr. R. Bowdler S h arpe, F.Z.S., 

 read some notes on Birds obtained on Kina-Balu Mountain, in North Western 

 Borneo, by the collectors of Mr. Treacher, amongst which were several spe- 

 cies new to science. — Mr. F. Jeffrey Bell read the first portion of some 

 observations on the characters of the Echinoidea. The present paper con- 

 tained remarks on the species of the genus Brissus and on the allied forms 

 Meoma and Metalia. — A communication was read from the late Mr. F. 

 Smith, F. Z. S., containing the descriptions of new species of Hymenoptera 

 from Central America. — A communication was read from Mr. W. A. For- 

 bes, F. Z. S., containing a synopsis of the Meliphagine genus Myzomela, to 

 which was also added the descriptions of two new species. — A communica- 

 tion was read from the Rev. O. P. Cambridge, containing descriptions of 

 some new and little known species of Araneidea, principally belonging to the 

 genus Gasteracantha. — P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



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