THE ZooLoGisT—JANUARY, 1876. 4769 
attention to a Scolopaceous Courlan (Aramus scolopaceus) from South 
America, purchased 6th October, 1875, and a Binturong, presented by 
Captain A. R. Ord, October 19th. 
Mr. Sclater exhibited the upper horn of a two-horned Rhinoceros that 
had been shot in March last by Lieut.-Colonel C. Napier Sturt, in the Valley 
of the Brahmapootra. Mr. Sclater remarked that this seemed to prove 
conclusively the existence of a two-horned species of Rhinoceros in Assam, 
which would probably turn out to be the same as that from Chittagong, now 
living in the Society’s Gardens. : 
Mr. Sclater read an extract from a letter addressed to him by Dr. N. 
Funck, Director of the Zoological Gardens, Cologne, stating that the bird 
figured in Mr. Sclater’s recent article on the Curassows as Pauxi galeata, 
var. rubra, was the true female of Pauxi galeata. 
Mr. H. Seebohm exhibited and made remarks on a series of rare and 
interesting birds and eggs from the tundras and deltas of the Petchora 
River, North-Eastern Russia, collected there by Mr. J. A. Harvie Brown 
and himself during the present year. 
Mr. A. H. Garrod read some notes on the Manatee (Manatus americana) 
recently living in the Society’s Gardens. 
Dr. Giinther read a third Report on the Collections of Indian reptiles 
obtained by the British Museum, and gave descriptions of several species 
new to Science. 
A communication was read from Mr. E. Pierson Ramsay, containing a 
list of birds met with in North-Eastern Queensland, chiefly at Rockingham 
Bay. A second communication from Mr. Ramsay gave a description of the 
eggs and young of Rallina tricolor, from Rockingham Bay, Queensland. 
A third communication from Mr. Ramsay contained the description of a new 
species of Peecilodrys, and a new genus and species of Bower Bird, proposed 
to be called Scenopeus dentirostris, from Queensland. 
A communication was read from Mr. Sylvanus Hanley, containing the 
description of a new Cyclophorus and a new Ampullaria, from Burmah. 
A communication was read from Dr. J. S. Bowerbank, containing further 
observations on Alcyonellum speciosum, Quoy et G., and Hyalonema 
mirabile, Gray. 
Mr. Arthur G. Butler read a paper on a collection of butterflies from the 
New Hebrides and Loyalty Islands, and gave descriptions of some new 
species. A second paper by Mr. Butler contained particulars of a small 
collection of butterflies from Fiji. Mr. Butler also read the descriptions of 
several new species of Sphingide. 
A communication was read from Mr. W. H. Hudson, containing remarks 
on herons, with a notice of a curious instinct of Ardetta involucris. 
A communication was read from Dr. Otto Finsch, in which he gave the 
description of a new species of Crowned Pigeon from the southern end 
