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June 11, 183S. 



John Cole, Esq., in the Chair. 



A specimen of the Patagonian Penguin, Aptenodytes Patachontca, 

 Gtnel., recentiy presented to the Society by Lady Rolle, was ex- 

 hibited. Mr. Yarrell availed himself of the opportunity to point 

 out on it the proofs whioh it afForded of the statement made by 

 him at the Meeting on March 12, (page 33,) that the nvoolli/ Pen- 

 guin of Dr. Latham is the young condition of this epecies. 



A specimen was exhibited of a Goose from the SaMdwich Islands, 

 being one of a pair recently living at the Society 's Gardens, to vvhich 

 they węre presented by Lady Giengall. Mr. Vigors characterized 

 it as a species of Barnacle Goose, by the name of Bemicla Sandvi- 

 censis, and pointed out its distinguishing marks, He also observed 

 on the general resemblance in the distribution of colouring which 

 occurs in the species o£ Bemicla and in those of many other groups 

 ofBirds. 



Numerous skins of Birds were exhibited, vvhich had recently been 

 obtained by the Society from California. They formed part of the 

 collection, the Mammalia ofwhich were brought under the noticeof 

 the Society by Mr. Bennett on March '26. M r. Vigors remarked 

 on them generally as regarded the geographical distribution of 

 many of them ; and pointed out, as apparently hitherto undescribed, 

 an Ortrįx, a Falco, two species of Coccothraustes, and a Psittacara. 

 Araong the knovvn birds were several of those first described by 

 Mr. Swainson in the ' Fauna BoreaJi-Americana,' and a specimen 

 of Ortyz MontezumcE, Vig. 



Dr. Grant directed the attention of the Meeting to a fine entire 

 skull of the round headed Grampus, {Delphinus globiceps, Cuv.,) 

 from the North Pacific Ocean, presented to the Society by Capt. 

 Deivitte, R. N., C'orr. Memb. Z. S. He availed himself of the op- 

 portunity of entering into some details regarding the osteology 

 of the head of the Grampus and other predaceous Cetacea, The 

 inferiority of these Mammalia, so obvious in many of their more 

 important internal organs, is strikingly illustrated by the small- 

 ness of their cranial development, compared with the length and 

 magnitude of the bones of the face, and with the entire bulk 

 of the body. The extension of the face and its horizontai di- 

 rection in the carnivorous Cetacea, the similarity of the form 

 and the alternate disposition of the teeth as in Crocodiles, and 

 the shortness and immobilitv of the neck as in the latter aquatic 

 Reptiles, form a striking contrast when comi)ared with these parts 

 in the herbivorous species, and indicate their uses as organs adapted 

 for prehension. Although the teeth of the Grampus and other Dol- 

 phim have the usual recurved conical form and want of opposition 



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