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vhitish yellow ring, and terminated by a long point of a deep bay 

 colour. Hence, along the wbole upper surface of the bead, neck, 

 and back, the uniform colour is unmixed deep and brilliant red. On 

 the sides of the neck, on the throat, ribs and flanks, is pure ■vvhite, 

 changing to light smoky blue on the last-named parts. The outer 

 hair of the hips and thighs is tipt w'ith grey instead of red, -vvhich 

 gives these parts a hoaiy appearance, and this colour predominates 

 on all the upper parts of the Society's two specimens, in -u-bich the 

 fur is moreover much shorter and coarser, and the colours less brU- 

 liant and varied than in Mr. Royle's. The ■nhole under surface of 

 the body is of a smoky broun colour, -vvithout any intermixture of 

 long silky hairs. The external colours of the body are, therefore, 

 bright bay on the back, j'ellowish red on the sides of the body, 

 "white on the sides of the neck, hoarj' grey on the hips, and smoky 

 broAvn on the throat, breast, and belly. The ears are pretty large 

 and elliptical, their outer surface black; a stripe of the šame colour 

 runs do^vn the front of the legs, both fore and hind ; the soles of the 

 feet are thickly covered with hair of a yello'svish brown colour, ex- 

 cept the balls of the toes, which are naked. The brush is large and 

 ■n'ell finished, of the šame colour as the body throughout the greater 

 part of its length, and terminated by a large -vvhite point. 



Mr. Gray related a series of facts in reference to the habits of a 

 Cuchoo, Mbich appeared to prove that the femcde, though she leaves 

 the eggs to be hatched by another bird, sometimes at least takes 

 care of the young bird and feeds it after it leaves its nešt, and teaches 

 it to fly. They may explain how they are taught to migrate. 



He also expressed some doubt respecting the eggs of Cuckoos be- 

 ing laid iu the nešt of Granivorovs birds, and stated an instance 

 "vv'here a chicken had been hatched under a Pigeon, that the Pigeon 

 negkcted it ^vhen it found that it would not eat the soaked peas, and 

 eventually ejected it from its nešt. 



Mr. Gray then exhibited and explained a peculiitrlty in the struc- 

 ture of the ligaments of bivalve shells, and pointed out the pecu- 

 liarity of some muctraceous shells which had this part, contrary to 

 the general stiuctures, inclosed in the cartilage pit, observing that 

 this structure \vas found in his genus Gnathodon, and in a new genus, 

 %vhich Mr. Gray had called at the British Museum MuUnia, of ■vvhich 

 he described five species ; and he also stated the necessity for forming 

 a new genus, of ■vvhich Macira Sprengleri may be regarded as the type. 



Mr. Harvey, of Teignraouth, exhibited various fossils from Devon- 

 shire. Of these, sections in different directions had been made, and 

 the surtaces highly polished. The structure ■vvas thus rendered 

 beautifully apparent. 



Mr. Harvey also"exhibited various specimens oi Asteriasand Ophiura 

 from the Devonshire coast, and explained the mode by which they 

 had been prepared. 



Mr. Gould brought under the notice of the Meeting several spe- 



