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strongly dentated, the intervals bet«een the rotches being black : 

 the untier mandible is black throughout : an abrupt line of yellow 

 surrounds the base of the beak. Tha tarsi are of a dark lead co- 

 Jour. 



Mr. Gould also exhibUed a IVoodpecker, which he regarded as 

 new to science. He described it as 



Picus FLAviNUCHA. Pic.suprh virtdis, subtiis /uscescerm ; ver- 

 tice olivaceo ; occipite nuchdąue flavo cristatis ; J'ronte,facie, coUi 

 lateribus, jugulogue saturate bruitneis, hoc albo maculato ; gula 

 sulphured ; caudil nigrd. 

 Foem. gula saturate hrunned. 



Loiig. tot., 13 unc. ; a/te, 64 ; tarsi. I; rostri, a rietu ad api- 

 cem, 14. 



The beak is so{newhat feeble, slightly arched, pointed, and broad 

 at the base. The feathers of the occiput and back of the neck are of a 

 silky texture, and constitute a golden 3'ellow crest, which is drawn 

 out to a point, and is edged abruptly by the dark brown of the 

 face, the sides of the neck and the ear-coverts. 



It inhabits the Himalayan mountains and also the lower regions 

 of India. 



Captain Belcher laid on the table several specimens of a Barnacle, 

 the Pentalasmis striata, Leach, reniarkable for the great length of 

 their peduncles, vvhich exceeded two feet. 



The fol)owing notes by Mr. Martin of a dissection of a Puma, 

 Felis concolor, Linn., which recently died at the Society's Gardens, 

 were read. 



" Among animals of the feline genus so few points of anatomical 

 difTerence are found to exist, that the notes of the dissection of one 

 species (allowance being made for relative magnitude,) are closely 

 applicable to that of almost any other, We can therefore only ex- 

 pect to trace out minor difterences in structure ; and these not 

 among organs essentially connected with the habits and general 

 characteristics of the genus, but with habits peculiar and specific. 

 Hence perhaps we find in this group the greatest difFerence to ob- 

 tain in the organs of voice; a circumstance which might naturally be 

 expected, as some according modification mušt necessarily produce 

 the deep-toned roar of the Lio7i, the snarl of the Jaguar, and the 

 hissing cry of the Puma. 



" The distance between the base of the tongue and the larynx 

 in the Lion, has been brougln raore than once under the notice of 

 the Society; in the Jaguar, this distance, comparatively speaking, is 

 nearly as great; but in the Puma, an animal equal, or neariy so, in size 

 to the Jaguar, the distance is reduced to an inconsiderable space, 

 1 inch or lĮ, according as the tongue is more or less protruded. In 

 addition to this, it is worthy of observation, that the circumference 

 of the larynx in the Puma is also very inconsiderable : compare, for 

 example, the larynx of the Jaguar with that of the present aninialj 

 both natives of the wilds of the American continent. In theJamiar 



