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A communication was read from Mr. Carl Bock, in which he gave the 
description of two new species of shells from China and Japan. 
A communication was read from Mr. Edgar A. Smith, containing the 
description of five new shells from the island of Formosa and the Persian 
Gulf, with notes upon some known species. 
Messrs. Godman and Salvin read the descriptions of some apparently 
new species of Butterflies from New Ireland and New Britain, received 
from the Rev. G. Brown. 
Mr. O. Salvin read the twelfth of a series of reports on the collection of 
birds made during the voyage of H.M.S. ‘Challenger.’ The present 
paper contained an account of the Procellariide, collected during the Expe- 
dition. Eighty specimens had been obtained belonging to twenty-two 
species. 
Mr. Sclater read some supplementary notes on the Curassows now or 
lately living in the Society’s Gardens. 
Mr. J. Wood-Mason read a paper on the structure and development of 
the trachea in the Indian Painted Snipe (Rhynchea bengalensis). 
This Meeting closes the-present Session. There will be no more 
Scientific Meetings until the commencement of the next Session in 
November next. 
NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS. 
To the Arctic Regions and Back in Six Weeks: being a Summer 
Tour to Lapland and Norway; with Noles on Sport and 
Natural History. By Capt. A. W. M. CLark Kennepy, 
F.R.G.S., &c. With Map and numerous Illustrations. 8vo, 
pp. 422. London: Sampson Low & Co. 1878, 
AS a review is of no value unless it conveys the candid and 
impartial opinion of the critic, we may slate at once that we are a 
little disappointed in this volume. The title, albeit a taking one, 
scarcely expresses the author’s meaning; for, strictly speaking, he 
was not in the Arctic Regions at all, but merely travelled, by a 
well-known route, to a spot within the Arctic Circle, where the 
midnight sun may be seen. His tour was the ordinary one, by 
rail and carriole through the southern part of Norway, and by 
Steamer along the coast to Tromsé. Hence, considering the 
number of books already published about Norway, it is difficult 
lo comprehend the raison d’étre of the present volume. 
