216 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Mr. A. G. More exhibited some eggs of the Red-necked Phalarope, 
believed to have been taken in England; and an egg of the Tree Pipit, 
taken near Dublin, this bird having been considered only doubtfully Irish. 
Mr. More also exhibited a specimen of the Red-crested Pochard, obtained 
near Tralee, being the first record of the occurrence of this species in 
Ireland. [See p. 143.] 
Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe exhibited a specimen of the so-called Sabine’s 
Snipe, Gallinago Sabinii. This bird had been shot in July last by the 
Hon. W. W. Palmer at Wolmer Pond, near Selborne, Hants. 
Prof. F. Jeffrey Bell read the fourth of his series of observations on the 
characters of the Echinoidea. The present paper dealt with most of the 
genera of the Echinometiide ; their systematic affinities were discussed and 
their relations to the Hchinid@ shown to be so intimate as not to justify 
their separation into two distinct families. 
A second paper by Prof. Bell gave the description of a new species of 
the genus Mespilia, obtained at Samoa by the Rev. S. J. Whitmee, which 
the author proposed to name after its discoverer, M. Whitmei. 
Mr. W. A. Forbes read the fourth of his series of papers on the anatomy 
of Passerine Birds. The present communication was devoted to the con- 
sideration of some points in the anatomy of the genus Conopophaga and of 
its systematic position. 
A communication was read from Prof. Newton, in which he proposed 
to substitute the name Hypositta for Hypherpes, which he had formerly 
proposed for a genus of Passerine birds found in Madagascar. 
A communication was read from Mr. M. Jacoby containing descriptions 
of new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera. 
April 5, 1881.—Prof. H. W. Frower, 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 March, and called special 
attention to a young male Gooral Antelope, Nemorhadus goral, from the 
Himalayas, being the first example of this fine species that had been 
received; and to three Birds of Paradise belonging to the following species, 
deposited on approval :—the Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise, Seleucides alba ; 
the Red Bird of Paradise, Paradisea sanguinea ; and the Green Manucode, 
Manucodia chalybeia. ‘The Secretary added a record of the weights and 
measurements of the four Indian Elephants now in the Society’s Gardens. 
Mr. Sclater exhibited five birds’ skins obtained by the Rev. G. Brown 
on the island of Rotumeh, and presented by him to the ‘ Challenger’ Expe- 
dition. Mr. Sclater also exhibited specimens of two new species of birds 
from New Britain, belonging to the Museum Godeffroi, which he proposed 
to call Trichoglossus rufigularis and Ortygocichla rubiginosa. 
