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Zoological Sociefij : — 



Testudo Indica, 

 Sphenoid bone deeply concave 



beneath, under the condyle. 

 Lower jaw narrowed and rounded 

 in front, not more than half as 

 high as behind. 



These descriptions are taken from skulls of nearly the same size, 

 as proved by the following measurements : — 



T. planiceps. 



Testudo planiceps. 

 Sphenoid bone flat beneath, under 



the condyle. 

 Lower jaw convex and erect in 



front, and as high as behind. 



T. Indica. 



Length from condyle to front of lip of 



from occipital crest to nose-cavity ... of . 



of palate conca\aty 3f . 



Width at condyles 4 



at ends of temporal bones 4f . 



of palate concavity in middle If 



between orbits 2 



Height from back of upper lip to top of head 2f . 



of front of lower jaw f . 



Length of nasal opening 2 



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January 25. — Dr. Gray, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Descriptions of Two new Birds, from Fernando Po. 

 By Louis Fraser. 



Bubo Poensis, Fraser. 



Brownish yellow, each feather barred with brown, the brown pre- 

 dominating on the crown, shoulders and middle of the back ; tail 

 above barred with brown and greyish brown alternately ; twelve bars 

 of each colour. 



Total length IG inches; gape. If; wing, 12; tail, 7; tarsi. If. 



Hab. Fernando Po. 



Killed in June. The specimen from which the above description 

 was taken is the only one that has been seen by the towu's-people ; 

 consecpiently I presume it is very scarce, at least in this part ((Ma- 

 rence) of the island. The natives say it destroys fowls, which here 

 roost in the trees. 



Native name ' Oko.' This is evidently a generic term, as the same 

 name is applied to my Strix Poensis. 



BucERos Poensis, Fraser. 



Female by dissection. Head and neck maroon, the feathers of 

 the head standing out in apparent disorder, as in Buceros comatus ; 

 the rest of the plumage black, the back and tail ha\ing bronze 

 reflections ; the four outer tail-feathers terminated with white. 



Cere cserulean-blue ; upper part of throat-sac French-white, middle 

 a blending of French-white and blue, terminated with cserulean-blue ; 

 these fleshy parts are much wrinkled ; legs and feet deep blue. 



Total length 30 inches; gape, 6; wing, 14|^; tail, 13; tarsi. If. 



Hab. Fernando Po. 



Killed in the month of July, in deep moult. 



