64< Zoological Society. 



He also exhibited from his collection the cranium of a hairless 

 Terrier, in which the false molars were wanting. 



A letter was read addressed to the Secretary by M. Savi, For. 

 Memb. Z.S., and dateu Pisa, July 22, 1833. It accompanied a col- 

 lection of the works of the writer, which he presented to the Society, 

 together with specimens of most of the zoological objects which he 

 had added to science. These specimens were exhibited. 



In bringing them severally under the notice of the Society, the 

 Secretary continually referred to those writings of M. Savi which 

 related to them, and explained from thence the most interesting par- 

 ticulars connected with each of the specimens submitted. 



A collection of skins of Mammalia, obtained from the Frankfort 

 Museum, was exhibited. The whole of them were from Abyssinia, 

 where they were procured by M. Riippell, in the ' Zoological Atlas' 

 of whose ' Travels in Northern Africa' many of them were for the 

 first time described and figured. They included thirteen species new 

 to the Society's collection, and were severally brought under the no- 

 tice of the Meeting by the Secretary. 



October 22. — A letter was read, addressed to the Secretary by Sir 

 It. Ker Porter, Corr. Memb. Z. S., and dated City of Caracas, August 

 14*, 1833. It described a Bear now living at that place and brought 

 from the Andes, which dift'ers in the marking of its face both from 

 the individual of Ursus ornatus, figured by M. F. Cuvier, and from 

 that which forms at present a part of the Society's Menagerie. 

 The yellowish white of its face begins on the bridge of the nose 

 between the eyes, and describes under each eye a semicircle, whence 

 it extends over the whole of the muzzle, taking rather a greyish hue, 

 until it ends in pure white, covering the whole throat and chest, and 

 forming a point between the fore legs. The rest of the animal is 

 jet black, the hair being silky and shining. It is smaller by far in 

 size than the Bears of the Northern countries of Europe, and is more 

 compact in form. 



Sir R. Ker Porter also enters into various details respecting the 

 Curassoivs or Poivics' of Caracas. Of a pair kept by him in con- 

 finement, the female laid an egg without making any provision for 

 its reception or paying it any subsequent attention. 



He adds that he has obtained a specimen of a bearded Capuchin 

 Monkey from the Rio Negro, which he intends forwarding to the 

 Society in the spring. 



Mr. Cox stated that he had at present in his possession a living 

 Mocking-bird, which he had recently obtained from North America, 

 and to which he invited the attention of the Members. 



A specimen was exhibited of the female Antilope Bennettii, Sykes, 

 which had been presented to the Society by the President, Lord 

 Stanley. It had lived in his collection for about a month, and was 

 believed to be pregnant, which was ascertained on examination after 

 death to be the fact. 



Drawings were exhibited of two Fishes taken in Mount's Bay, 

 Cornwall. They were communicated by Dr. Henry Boase, and one 

 of them was accompanied by a short description. It appears to be 



