370 Zoological Society. 



circular discs, perhaps from the blood being rather stale. These were 

 about 2 Tjy yth of an inch in diameter. 



Chehdones. 

 Common Swift (Cypselus Ajms, Flem.) : L.D. = 1982 ; S.D. = 

 3550 ; nuclei 4000 to 10666 : blood from the heart a few minutes 

 after death. 



COLUMB^E. 



Partridge Pigeon (Columba montana. Lath.) : L.D. = 2239 ; S.D. 

 = 3692 ; nuclei 5333 to 12000 ; pale globules = 3200 : blood from 

 a vein of the pinion. 



Galling. 



Lineated Pheasant {Phasianus Uneatus, Jard.) : L.D. = 1855 ; S.D. 

 = 3348 ; nuclei 4570 to 9166 : blood from a vein of the pinion. 

 Mountain Partridge (Tetrao Caucasica, Pall.) : L.D. = 1923 ; S.D. 

 = 3456 ; nuclei 4570 to 9166 : blood from a vein of the pinion. 



CuRSORES. 



Ostrich {Struthio Camelus, Linn.) ; corpuscles slightly larger than 

 those of the Rhea. The measurements are detailed at page 1 30 of the 

 present volume of this Journal. 



Grallatores. 

 Common Snipe (Sfo/o/^ffa; Gallinago, Linn.) : L.D. = 2170 ; S.D. 

 = 3622 : blood from the heart twenty-four hours after death. 

 Palmipedes. 

 Mandarin Duck (Anas galericulata, Gmel.) : L.D. = 1937 ; S.D. 

 = 3424 : blood from the jugular vein about ten hours after death. 

 Common Gull {Larus cams, Linn.) : L.D. = 1973 ; S.D. = 3839 ; 

 nuclei 3555 to 10666 : blood from a vein of the pinion. 



Dec. 27. — Richard Owen, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 Descriptions by Mr. Lovell Reeve of new species of shells figured 

 in the ' Conchologia Systematica,' were read. 



Dentalium longitrorsum. Dent, testd carneold, tenui, glaberrimd, 



subpellucidd, longissimd, arcuatd, margine acuta. 

 Reeve, Conch. Syst., vol. ii. pi. 130. f. 6. 

 Long. 4| ; diam. -f-^ poll. 



Hab. ? Mus. Cuming. 



This beautiful pink horny-looking shell far exceeds any hitherto 

 described species in length. 



Vermetus eburneus. Verm, testd eburned, siibobesd, laxe volutd, 



longitudinaliter costatd, costis distantibus, subobsoletis . 

 Reeve, Conch. Syst., vol. ii. pi. 152. f. 2. 

 Long. ^iQ-, diam. -Jj^ poll. 



Hub. ? Mus. Cuming. 



Partula inflata. Part, testd obeso-conicd, transversim tenuissimt 



striatd, albidd, epidermide luteo-fuscd indutd ; anfractu ultimo an- 



gulato-inflato, umbilicato ; aperturd subquadratd, labro planissime 



expanse. 



