30 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
The Secretary exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Rowland Ward, the head of 
a Chamois with two pairs of horns. 
Communications were read from Mr. L. Taczanowski, containing descrip- 
tions of a new Synallaxis, from Peru, which he proposed to name Synallaxis 
fruticola ; and of a new Myiarchus, from the same country, proposed to be 
called M. cephalotes. 
A third communication received from Mr. Taczanowski contained a 
notice of some birds of interest recently received from Turkestan. 
A communication was read from Captain Shelley, containing an account 
of a collection of birds made in the Comoro Islands, received from Dr. Kirk, 
H.B.M. Consul-General at Zanzibar. The collection contained 186 speci- 
mens. A Zosterops which appeared to be new was named Z. Kirkii, in 
acknowledgment of the assistance rendered to Ornithology by Dr. Kirk. 
A second paper by Capt. Shelley gave the description of two new species 
of African birds. 
Lieut.-Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen read a description of the female of 
Lephophorus Sclateri, Jerdon, from Eastern Assam. 
A communication was read from Dr. Goodacre, on the question of the 
identity of the Common and Chinese Geese. 
A communication was read from the Rev. O. P. Cambridge, on some new 
and rare Spiders from New Zealand, with characters of four new genera. 
A communication was read on some African species of Lepidoptera, 
belonging to the subfamily Nymphaline, by Mr. W. L. Distant. In this 
paper several instances of great variation were given, and some corrections 
made in the nomenclature. A new genus, five new species, and the male 
of Harma Lucasi, Doum., were also described. 
Mr. R. G. Wardlaw Ramsay read the description of a new Oriole from 
N.E. Borneo, which he proposed to call Oriolus consobrinus. 
December 2,1879.—Prof. Newton, F.R.S., 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 October, amongst which 
special attention was called to a specimen of Elliot’s Guinea-fowl (Numida 
Elliotti), received from Eastern Africa. 
A letter was read from Mr. E. L. Layard, advocating the desirability of 
a fixed scale of colour for use among naturalists, in describing the plumage 
and pelage of birds and other animals. 
A letter was read from Mr. R. B. White, of Medellin, U.S. of Colombia, 
South America, on a mode of protecting plantations from the ravages of an 
ant (Alta cephalotes). 
A communication was read from Dr. G. E. Dobson, containing notes on 
some species of Chiroptera from Zanzibar, with descriptions of new and rare 
species. 
