268 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Mr. Osbert Salvin exhibited and pointed out the character of a new 
genus and species of bird of the family Ampelide, from Costa Rica, and 
proposed to call it Phainoptila melanoxantha. 
May 1, 1877.—Prof. Newton, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the chair. 
Mr. Howard Saunders exhibited and made remarks on some nests and 
eggs of the Orphean Warbler (Sylvia orpheus), from the vicinity of Malaga, 
Spain. Amongst the eggs in each nest were one or two of larger size, 
supposed to be possibly the eggs of the Cuckoo. Mr. Howard Saunders 
also exhibited two skins of Dupont’s Lark (Certhilauda Duponti) from the 
same locality. 
Prof. St. George Mivart read a paper on the axial skeleton of the 
Pelecanida, selecting Pelecanus as his type and standard of comparison. 
Prof. Mivart first compared it, as regards its axial skeleton, with Struthio, 
and other Struthionide@, and then compared the other Steganopodes with it 
and with one another. ‘ 
A communication was read from Dr. M. Watson, Professor of Anatomy, 
Owen’s College, Manchester, on the anatomy of Hyena crocuta, in which 
he described the very peculiar conformation of the female generative organs 
of that animal. 
Mr. A. G. Butler read a paper wherein he gave the description of two 
small collections of Heterocerous Lepidoptera, from New Zealand, recently 
brought to England by Dr. Hector and Mr. J. D. Enys. 
A communication was read from Dr. O. Finsch, giving an account of a 
small collection of birds from the Marquesas Islands. Amongst these were 
three examples of a new species of Kingfisher, proposed to be called Haleyon 
Godeffroyt. 
A communication from Mr. Frederick Smith contained descriptions of 
four new species of [chnewmonide in the collection of the British Museum. 
Amongst these was a new Bracon, remarkable for having its ovipositor 
more than nine times the length of its body. ‘This was proposed to be 
called Bracon penetrator, and had been received from Yokohama, Japan. 
Prof. A. H. Garrod read some notes on the anatomy and systematic 
position of the genera Thinocorus and Attagis, which he considered should be 
referred to the Limicola, in the neighbourhood of Glareola and Cursorius. 
May 15, 1877.—Prof. Mivart, 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 March, and called particular 
attention to a Ceylonese Fish-Owl (Ketupa ceylonensis) from Ceylon, 
presented April 4th by Capt. H. B. Turner; a female Antelope of an un- 
certain species, transmitted by the Sultan of Zanzibar, along with other 
animals, to the Prince of Wales, and deposited by His Royal Highness in 
