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Referring to other recorded instances of a similar kind, Mr. 
Hogg mentioned the following account of a communication made 
to the Academy of Sciences in Paris, January 7th, 1856, by M. 
Valenciennes. “ Note sur les ceufs 4 plusieurs jaunes contenus 
dans le méme coque.”’ “ Les ceufs renfermant deux jaunes sont 
trés rares, et ceux 4 trois jaunes le sont encore plus, M. Valen- 
ciennes s’en est procuré un, et il le fait passer sous les yeux de 
VPAcadémie. Aprés quelques considérations sur les ceufs de poules 
& deux ou trois jaunes, l’auteur dit qu’il a observé cette duplicité 
de jaunes dans les cufs de divers autres oiseaux et de plusieurs 
mollusques.”’ (Rev. Zool., 2 sér. tom. viii. p. 32.), and concluded 
by observing that the instance noticed by himself and presented 
to the Society differed from all others he had found recorded, in 
the circumstance that the egg in his case contained not merely a 
double yelk, but apparently a second perfect small eqg. 
Read, sixthly, “ On the Floral Structure of Osyris peltata ;” by 
E. de Crespigny, Esq. Communicated by Daniel Hanbury, Esq., 
E.LS. 
Mr. Howard, F'.L.S., exhibited Specimens of Cinchona Pahudi- 
ana from Java, and made some remarks upon them. 
Mr. Howard also read a Letter, addressed to himself by C. R. 
Markham, Esq., on the Cultivation of the various species of Cin- 
chona in Southern India. 
May 24th, 1861. 
Anniversary Meeting. 
Thomas Bell, Esq., President, in the Chair. 
This day, the Anniversary of the birth of Linneus, and the day 
appointed by the Charter for the election of Council and Officers, 
the President opened the business of the Meeting with the follow- 
ing Address :— 
GENTLEMEN, 
Tuer circumstances under which I meet you to-day cannot fail 
to excite in me feelings so different from those which have ever 
