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particular attention was called to a scarce parrot {Chrysotis Finschi), of which 

 a specimen had been presented by Mrs. Chivers. 



A communication was read from Mr. Morton AUport on the capture of a 

 grilse in the river Derwent, in Tasmania, showing that the salmon had 

 really been successfully introduced into the colony. 



Communications were read from Dr. J. E. Gray, " On the very young of the 

 Jaguar {Felis [Leopardus) onca);" "On the short-tailed Armadillo (Muletia 

 septemcincta) ;" " On the young of the Bosch Vark {PatomocJmrus africanns) 

 from Madagascar ; " and " On the skulls of the Leopard in the British 

 Museum." 



A communication was read from Dr. 0. Finsch, containing the description 

 of a new species of penguin, from New Zealand, which he proposed to call 

 Eudyptula albosignata. 



Mr. Edwin Ward exhibited the skull and horns of a fine specimen of the 

 Persian stag [Cervus Maral) from the Crimea. 



A communication was read from Capt. W. H. Unwin, containing an 

 account of the breeding of the golden eagle [Aquila chrysaetos) in North- 

 western India. 



Mr. J. E. Harting read a paper on a new species of Tringa, from St. Paul's 

 Island, Alaska, which he proposed to name Tringa gracilis. 



A communication was read from Lieut. K. Wardlaw Ramsay, giving the 

 description of an apparently new species of woodpecker, which he had 

 obtained in a teak-forest, about six miles to the north of Tanghoo, in British 

 Burmah. Mr. Piamsay proposed to name it Gecinus erythropygius. 



Messrs. W. T. Blandford and H. E. Dresser read a monograph of the 

 genus Saxicola, Bechstein, being an attempt to reduce into some order the 

 excessively confused nomenclature of the species composing this genus. 



May 5, 1874. — Dr. E. Hamilton, Vice-President, in the chair. 



The Secretary read a report on the additions that had been made to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of April, 1874, amongst which were 

 a Vigne's sheep (Ovis Vignii), presented by Captain Archibald; a white- 

 cheeked flying squirrel {Pteromys leucogenys), presented by Mr. A. Gower ; 

 a new kangaroo [Halmaturus luctuosus), deposited by Sig. L. M. d'Albertis; 

 and four bladder-nosed seals, presented by Captain D. Gray and Captain 

 Alexander Gray. 



Mr. Sclater made some remarks on the cassowary, living in the Society's 

 Gardens, hitherto called " Kaup's cassowary," which, it appeared, ought to 

 bear the name Cassuarius papuensis. 



Mr. Sclater announced that Her Majesty's Government had consented to 

 send a naturalist to Kerguelen's Land to accompany the Astronomical 

 Expedition shortly proceeding there, and that the Rev. A. E. Eaton had 

 been selected by the Royal Society for the post. 



