The Zoologist— May, 1869. 



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Curious Malformation in a Gull's Leg.— Mr. Bond has kindly allowed me to make 

 a drawing of one of the most curious malformations I ever recollect having seen. 

 The bird is the common gull (Larus 

 canus), and the monstrosity consists 

 in the presence of two supplementary 

 toes, attached to the inside of the left 

 leg, exactly at the union of the tibia 

 and tarsus, or at what Professor Mac- 

 gillivray calls the ankle joint. The 

 usual toes are present, and of the 

 ordinary size and shape— the toes 

 of the two feet exhibiting not the 

 slightest difference. The two supple- 

 mentary toes are in all respects per- 

 fectly formed, the nails as well as the 

 connecting web between them being 

 exact facsimiles of those on the ordinary 

 toes, except that they are on a smaller 

 scale. The drawing is a faithful re- 

 presentation of this curious freak of 

 Nature, and really leaves no opening 

 for farther explanation.— £. Newman. 



Newts feeding on Frog's Spaicn. — 

 I observed to-day, in a garden pond, 

 about half a dozen of the lesser newt 

 {Lophinus punctatus), feeding greedily 

 on a mass of frog's spawn : the circum- 

 stance of the newt devouring frog's 

 spawn is new to me, and may perhaps 

 be worth recording.-J. H. Gurmy ; 

 April 12, 1869. 



PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



Entomological Society. 

 March 15. 1S69.-H. W. Bates, Esq., President, in the chair. 



Election of Member. 

 H. Grose Smith, Esq, of Surbiion, was balloited for, and elected a Member. 



Exhibitions, ^c. 



col'iv^'tft H^J'^ ""-^"^'"^ 'P'''""'"^ "^^""^'^^ cunicularia, a bee new to this 



Cooke tbp' T '° ^"^ '^ '^^- ^"'^"'^^ ""^'^'^ ^y ^^-^^ ^on, Mr. Isaac 



Cooke, they were captured in the Isle of Wight, between Ventnor and Niton, in May 



