64 Geological Society. 



South-American Zoology, and is thus characterized by Dr. 

 Harlan: — " Corpore, supra testa coriacea, postice truncata, 

 squamis rhomboideis, lineis transversis dispositis, conflata, 

 subtus capillis albis, sericeis, obtecto; capite supra squamis 

 testa dorsali continuis, adoperto ; palmis plantisque pentadac- 

 tylis; unguibus anterioribus longissimis, compressis; margi- 

 nibus externis, mucronibusque acutis ; cauda rigida, sub ab- 

 domine inflexa." — Inquiry into the true nature of Instinct, by 

 Mr. French, Essay iii. continued ; comprising these subjects, — 

 Analysis of Dr. Hancock's theory of Brute Action ; Influence 

 of the Human Mind upon Brutes ; Anecdotes of Human In- 

 fluence upon Brutes ; Essential and Distinctive Attributes of 

 Man.— Sketches in Ornithology, by Mr. Vigors, continued, the 

 present subject being the genus Icterus of Brisson. — Mr. Bro- 

 derip On two new shells from the Mauritius. — Mr. Bell On a 

 new genus [Amhlyrynchus) of Igumiidce. — Tabular view of the 

 genera composing the class Cirripedes, &c. by Dr. Leach. — Ac- 

 count of the Mode in which the Boa Constrictor takes its prey, 

 by Mr. Broderip. — Dr. Horsfield's Description of the Helarc- 

 tos eiiryspilus* . — Descriptions of new or rare subjects in Zoo- 

 logy, by Mr. Vigors, with figures by Mr. J. Sowerby : inclu- 

 ding Anthropo'ides Stanleyaims, from India, and eleven new 

 species of Coleopterous insects. — Mr. Gray On the division of 

 the Vespertiliotiidce into groups. — Mr. G. B. Sowerby On a 

 new genus [Octomeris) of Cirripedes. — Analyses of Books, 

 among others, of Spix's Species Nova: Testudinum, Ranarum, 

 et Scrpentum Brasiliensium. — Zoological Proceedings of So- 

 cieties. 



IX. Proceedings of Learned Societies. 



GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



June 1 7. — A N extract of a letter was read from John King- 

 '^^ dom, Esq. ; communicated by Joseph Town- 

 send, Esq. F.G.S. 



Mr. Kingdom mentions in this letter the situation in which 

 certain bones of a very large size, appearing to have belonged 

 to a whale and a crocodile, were lately found completely im- 

 bedded in the oolite quarries about a mile from Chipping 

 Norton, near Chapel House. 



A paper was also read, entitled " Observations, &c. on a 

 Walk from Exeter to Bridport." Mr. Woods in this com- 

 munication describes the nature of the soil in the neighbour- 

 hood of Exeter, and the strata exhibited in the cliffs and 

 on the sea-shore between that city and the east side of Brid- 

 port harbour. 



* See our present Number, j). 55. 



