Proceedings. Ixxvii. 



Crustacea which had been added to the British fauna by him- 

 self and Mr. John T. Carrington, F.L.S. The animal, Steno- 

 rhynchus aegyptius, is described by Milne Edwards as a 

 Mediterranean form, occurring on the shores of Egypt and 

 Sicily. Mr. Lovett illustrated the specific characteristics of 

 this new British decapod by specimens and diagrams. The 

 locality whence it was obtained is the English Channel, off 

 the Sussex coast, at a depth of about five fathoms. 



The President requested Mr. McKean to read the rules 

 -which had been drawn up as to the use of the new room, 

 ■which was now furnished and ready. 



Mr. WoRMALD exhibited, and Mr. Flower made remarks 

 upon, five hybrids between the common hen and a cock 

 Pheasant, one of which weighed 61bs., or nearly 20 per cent, 

 more than the united weight of its parents. These birds were 

 bred by Mr. Edward Wormald, at Woodcote, in the season of 

 1880. There were others hatched, but only seven reared, four 

 of which showed a strong family likeness to the small black 

 hen, and the other three to a golden Hamburg. The two 

 hens, the mothers of the hybrids, were also exhibited. 



The President exhibited and described a specimen of the 

 Rough Legged Buzzard (Arch. Lagopus) Immature Female ; 

 .and two specimens of the Hen Harrier (C. Cyaneus) male and 

 female birds of the j'ear, all recently shot in the neighbour- 

 hood of Croydon. These three birds were seen from time to 

 time about Selsdon, Chelsham Court, and Beddlestead, all 

 through the summer of 1880. The female Hen Harrier 

 was shot by Mr. Henry Chasemore's keeper at Selsdon in the 

 autumn of 1880, and the male by Mr. A. J. Lambert's keeper at 

 Chelsham, during last winter. The Rough Legged Buzzard 

 was trapped in February by Martin, Mr. Alfred Eastty's keeper 

 in a small shaw near Chelsham Court. This bird was seen 

 repeatedly in the neighbourhood of Chelsham Court, and was 

 caught at last in a gin baited with a rabbit which it had caught 

 and left half eaten, and to which it returned. 



There were also exhibited three black Rats, caught 

 in the neighbourhood of Torquay. Some flowers pre- 

 served so as to keep their colour, by Mr. English, of 

 Epping ; by Mr. J. S. Johnson, Branchi^ of Cra3'fish, showing 

 hooked setae of lamina ; by Mr. W. T. Fuller, locomotive 

 spores of Equisetum Arvense ; by Mr. E. B. Sturge, Gypsum 

 from Homefield, Sussex ; by Mr. Edward Lovett, fresh water 

 ■Crayfish, alive. Tray of the genus Stenorjmchus ; by Mr. Low 

 Serjeant, Double Egg of domestic fowl, also living fry of 

 Anodon Cygneus ; by Mr. A. Warner, sundry mounted objects; 

 by Mr. J. Epps, jun., leaf of Deutzia scabra ; by Mr. H. M. 

 Klaassen, living Sertularije. 



