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left behind to shift for itself. The beak is much smaller than in the adult bird, and 
without the yellow markings; the gape hasa yellow tinge; the eye-lids are quite 
without the yellow; the black ring round the neck is perfect; the cheeks are a dark 
dusky gray; and the feet are a pale flesh-colour: the other parts resemble the mature 
bird: it is 113 inches in length. I send these particulars beeause I can find no 
description of the young bird in Yarrell, and suppose by this omission that they are 
but seldom met with so late in the season.— Kdward Neave; Leiston, near Saxmund- 
ham, Suffolk, December 1, 1863. 2 
Wilson’s Petrel in the Isle of Wight.—On Friday last I picked up a specimen of 
the rare Wilson’s petrel (Procellaria Wilsont) lying dead, a couple of hundred yards 
or so from the sea-shore. It was very thin, had probably been driven here in an 
exhausted state, away from ils latitude. There were evident traces of its having been 
“finished” by a sparrowhawk, which apparently had tasted enough of petrel (no doubt 
new to him) after one mouthful. Luckily it was quite fresh, and I gave it to 
Mr. Rogers, naturalist and bird-stuffer, of Freshwater, and I have just seen it 
admirably prepared and set up by him. I have taken several specimens of this petrel 
far at sea, south of the equator, towards the South-American coast. I believe there 
are very few recorded instances of its having been found in, or in the vicinity of, the 
British Isles —C. Delmé Radcliffe ; Freshwater, Isle of Wight, November 24, 1863.— 
[Communicated by Mr. Rogers.) 
Proceedings of Societies. 
Enxtomoxnocicau Sociery. 
November 2, 1863.—F reverick Smitu, Esq., President, in the chair. 
Donations to the Library. 
The following donations were announced, and thanks voted to the respective 
donors :— Proceedings of the Royal Society, Vol. xii. No. 57; presented by the 
Society. ‘Catalogue of Halticide’ (being a continuation of the British Museum 
Catalogue, Part i. 1860), by the Rev. Hamlet Clark, M.A., F.L.S.; by the Author. 
‘Motchulsky, Etudes Entomologiques,’ 9e Année; by the Rev. H. Clark. ‘The 
Zoolugist’ for November; by the Editor. ‘The Farm and Garden,’ Nos. 30, 31, 33 
and 34; by C. A. Wilson, Esq. ‘The Journal of the Society of Arts’ for October; 
by the Society. *The Atheneum’ for October; by the Editor. ‘The Reader’ for 
October; by the Editor. ‘A Catalogue of British Coleoptera, by G. R. Crotch; by 
the Author. 
The following additions by purchase were also announced: — ‘Genera des 
Coléoptéres d'Europe, Livraisons 112— 116 incl. ‘Skandinaviens Coleoptera 
synoptisk bearbetade af C. G. Thomson,’ Vols. 1—6 incl. 
New Member. 
A certificate in favour of Henry Walter Bates, Esq., as a Member of the Society 
having been read, it was moved by Mr. S. Stevens and seconded by Mr. Dunning, 
“That, as in the recent case of the election of Mr. A. R. Wallace (and the consent of 
the Council having been obtained), the Bye-Laws relating to the election of Members 
he pro hac vice suspended, and that Mr. Bates be now declared to be a Member of the 
