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the Male and Female. — Description of the supposed Female 

 of Phasianus cruentus, with a Figure. — Description of a small 

 Antelope, native of the Himalaya Range, and Mountains of 

 the Nepal Frontier, called by the Natives Gored. — Descrip- 

 tion of an Insect which appears to be a new species of Scuti- 

 gcra of Latreille, Ccrmatia of Leach. 



ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



This Society held its Third Annual General Meeting or An- 

 niversary at the Society's Rooms in Lincoln's Lm Fields, on 

 Friday the ) 1th of February, when Officers for the ensuing 

 year were chosen, and a Report from the Council was read, 

 stating, among other matters, that the Society now consisted 

 of 187 effective members and associates, among whom v.ere 

 included most of the eminent astronomers of Europe: that 

 the funds were in a flourishing condition ; and that great pro- 

 gress had been made in establishing an Astronomical Librar}', 

 which would shortly be ojiened for the nse of the members. 



The Report likewise paid a just tribute of respect to the 

 memory of the lamented President of the Society, Sir William 

 Herschel, as well as to Sir Harry Englelield, Dr. Hutton, 

 Delambre, Tralles, and several valuable members of which 

 the Society had been deprived by death during the last year; 

 and it concluded by calling upon the members and associates 

 generally to promote the objects of the Institution by every 

 means in their j)ower, and particularly by the transmission of 

 such papers and observations to the Society as might by their 

 registry and comparison become useful. A minute investiga- 

 tion of the heavens by dividing it into small portions to be 

 examined by each individual member was also recommended. 



The following Officers were then elected for the ensuing 

 year. 



President. — Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Esq. F.R.S. & L.S. 



Vice-Presidents.— ¥ym\c\s Baily, Esq. FJl.S. & L.S. ; Ma- 

 jor Thomas Colby, Roy. Eng. LL.D. F.R.S. L. & E. ; Davis 

 Gilbert, Esq. V. P. R.S. & F.L.S. ; Sir Benjamin Hobhouse, 

 Bart. F.R.S. 



Treasurer. — Rev. William Pearson, LL.D. F.R.S. 



Secretaries. — Charles Babbage, Es(]. M.A. F.R.S. L. & E. ; 

 .John Millington, Esq. Prof. Mech. Phil. Roy. Inst. 



Forei<^n Secretary. — ^. F. W. Herschel, Esq. M.A. F.R.S. 

 L. & E. 



Council. — C\iptaiii F. Beaufort, R.N. F.R.S. ; George Dol- 

 lond, l^s(|. I'Ml.S. ; Benjamin Gonipertz, E,s(|. F.R.S.; Sto- 

 l)lien Grodiubridgu, Esq. F.R.S.; .lames I lorsburgh, Es({. 



S 2 F.lt.S. 



