Linncean Society. ^Gj 



ciples and connected with continuous Approximation, 8cc. ; by 

 W. G. Horner, Esq. 



On the Ajiparent Magnetism of MetalUc Titanium ; by W. 

 H. Wollaston, M.D. V.P.R.S. 



An Account of the Effect of Mercurial Vapours on the 

 Crew of H.M.S. Triumph, in the year 1810; by WilHam 

 Burnett, M.D. 



Contributions towai'ds a Natural and CEconomical History 

 of the Cocoa-nut Tree ; by H. Marshall, Esq. 



On the Diurnal Variation of the Horizontal Needle, when 

 under the influence of Magnets ; by S. H. Christie, Esq. 



The Society then adjourned to the 20th of November next. 



LINN^AN SOCIETY. 



June 3. — The following communications were read : 



Description of a new Species of Erythrina called IL. poian- 

 tJies ; by Felix de Avellar Brotero, Professor of Botany at 

 Coimbra, For. Memb. L.S. : with drawings. 



Er. foliis ternatis; foliolis lateralibus ovatis, intermedio rhom- 

 beo-ovato ; omnibus subtus pubescentibus, rachi petioloque 

 communi, aculeatis, caule arboreo aculeato, calyce oblique 

 truncato : latere superiori vel fisso vel integro, staminibus dia- 

 delphis vexillo vix brevioribus. — Cultivated in the Royal Bota- 

 nical Garden near Lisbon, and elsewhere in Portugal. Native 

 country unknown, probably' America. 



Letter from the Rev. Mr. Whitear of Harleston, Norfolk, 

 stating, that the Little Bustard {Otis tetrax), a native of warm 

 climates stated by Temminck never to be found in the North, 

 had been killed at Butley near Orford, Suffolk, in January last. 

 Specimen now in possession of Mr. Seaman, Ipswich. 



Extract of a Letter from the Rev. S. L. Jacob to W. G. Ma- 

 ton, V.P.L.S., stating that a Flying Fish [Exoccetiis volans) had 

 been caught in July last in the Bristol Channel, ten miles from 

 Bridgewater. 



Letter from Mr. Robert Anstis relative to a bird shot in the 

 neighbourhood of Bridgewater, varying but litde from the 

 Crested Cormorant, and distinguished by having 16 featliers in 

 its tail. It is remarked that Col. Montagu had invariably found 

 the tail of the Shag to consist of 12 feadiers, and that of the 

 Cormorant of 14-. 



June 17. — The following were read : 



Description o^ Antelope quadricornis, the Chikara of Bengal ; 

 by Major Gen. Thomas Hardwicke, F.L.S. This antelope is 

 not scarce in India, yet is not hitherto described. It frequents 

 forest and hilly tracts in tlie western part of Bengal, Bahar and 

 Orissa. About 20 inches high, 2 feet 9 inches long. Between 



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