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better, and appeared to relish a dinner of bread-crumbs soaked in cod-liver oil ; then 

 it had a swim in a little tub of fresh water. On the following Friday it was perceptibly 

 weaker, and sank almost directly on being placed in a bath prepared with " Tidman's 

 Sea Salt." On the next day it was again fed with oil and crumbs of bread, and it 

 flew up and down Mr. Britten's drawing-room. On Sunday it was very weak, and on 

 Monday it died, having lived in confinement just a week. — A. Clark-Kennedy. 



PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



Zoological Society. 



February 13, 1868.— John Gould, V.-P., F.R.S., in the chair. 



The Secretary made some observations on a bear in the Society's Gardens, which 

 had been lately received from South America, and which appeared to belong to a new 

 species. 



The Secretary exhibited, and made some remarks upon, an egg of the guacharo 

 (Steatornis caripensis), which he had received from the Governor of Trinidad. 



Mr. Gould exhibited two new species of birds from Australia, and offered some 

 remarks on their affinities. He proposed to name them Chrysococcyx russata and 

 Pitta simillima. 



A communication from Surgeon Day was read by the Secretary, in which some 

 new species of Indian fish were described. 



A report by Messrs. Sclater and Salvin was read on a collection of birds from. 

 Conchitas, Argentine Republic. The collection was formed by Mr. Hudson, and 

 forwarded by him to Prof. Baird, of Washington, who named the specimens. 



The Secretary read a second paper from Dr. Hartlaub on the birds of the Pelew 

 Islands, in which he gave some interesting observations and descriptions of two new 

 species. 



A new species of dolphin, sent by Mr. Layard from the Cape of Good Hope, was 

 described by Dr. Gray, who proposed to name it Clymene similis. 



Mr. Bartlett read an interesting report on the birds which had bred in the Society's 

 Gardens during the past year.* 



February 27, 1868— Dr. J. E. Gray, V.-P., F.R.S., in the chair. 



The Secretary read a letter from Mr. Blandford, one of the scientific corps of the 

 Abyssinian Expedition at Annesley Bay, in which he gave some particulars relating 

 to the Zoology of that district. 



Dr. Murie read a paper on the Authropoid Apes, chiefly with reference to the 

 young, of which he exhibited several specimens. 



Dr. Murie also made some remarks upon a rat which had lately been presented to 

 the Society's Gardens by Mr. Bond. It was captured on board a vessel lately 

 arrived from Manilla, and differed so much in general appearance from the common 

 species (Mus rattus) as to justify its being considered a new species. 



* Some notes with reference to this report, and a list of the species referred to, 

 will appear in a future number of the ' Zoologist.' 



