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Boar-risH AT Torquay.—Mr. Penny’s mention of the occurrence of 
the Boar-fish on the Dorsetshire coast (p. 221) leads me to state that two 
living specimens of the same species were taken in the inner harbour, 
Torquay, on the 24th February last. One of the specimens is now in 
the Museum of the Torquay Natural History Society—W. Pruneartiy 
(Torquay). 
Boar-FisH aT Exmoura.—When at Exmouth, on the 24th April last, 
I was shown two specimens of the Boar-fish, Capros aper, about five inches 
in length, which had been taken in a net on the previous day just outside 
the “ bar” —a long reach of sand-banks covered at high-water. I purchased 
them for this Museum. They are the first specimens which have ever 
been taken at Exmouth, so far as I can ascertain. It is remarkable that 
so many examples of this fish should have occurred at the end of last 
March on the Dorsetshire coast, so far from its usual habitat, which, 
according to Couch, is close to the Runnel Stone, near the Land’s End.— 
W. 5S. M. D’Urzan (Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter). 
PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 
ZOoLoGicaAL Society oF Lonpon. 
May 6, 1879.—Professor W. H. Frowrr, LL.D., F.R.S., 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, and called special attention 
to two Lanceolated Jays, Garrulus lanceolatus, from the Himalayas, and two 
Siberian Roe-deer, received in exchange. The Secretary also announced the 
arrival of a Japanese Goat-Antelope, Capricornis crispus, presented by 
Mr. H. Pryer, of Yokohama; and of an Alpine Accentor, Accentor alpinus, 
received in exchange, being, it was believed, the first example of this little 
bird seen in captivity. 
A letter was read from Mr. E. L. Layard, relating to the localities of 
certain species of Fruit Pigeons (Ptilopus) of the South Pacific Islands. 
Prof. Flower exhibited and made remarks on a drawing of a British 
Cetacean, Delphinus tursio, taken from a specimen captured near Holyhead 
-in 1878. 
A communication was read from Mr. Gerard Krefft, giving the description 
of a supposed new form of insectivorous Bat, of which a specimen had boen 
obtained on the Wilson River, Central Queensland. 
The Rev. Canon Tristram read a description of a new species of Wood- 
pecker, from the island of Tyzu Sima. near Japan, which he proposed to 
name, after its discoverer, Dryocopus Richardsi. 
