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an immature Shoveller on Clattercutt Reservoir. A Spotted Crake was 
shot on the Cherwell on the 19th, a rather late date for its occurrence here. 
The Pochard had arrived at the Reservoir by Nov. 7th, and | observed what 
appeared to be a female Garganey accompanying nine Teal, than which it 
was slightly larger, colder and greyer in colour, and with more contrasted 
tints. One of two Jack Snipes picked up together under the telegraph. 
wires on the 18th weighed ful! three ounces. On the 21st the Tufted 
Duck had returned. ‘Two large hawks, probably Buzzards, passed over on 
Dee. 5th, flying rather high, and proceeding in a succession of circles. On 
the 25th I counted over fifty Pochards and four Tufted Ducks on the 
Reservoir, and a flock of fifty or sixty Golden Plovers appearing in the 
valley a few days later, foretold the severe weather we were to experience at 
the beginning of the new year.—OLivrer V. APLin (Great Bourton, Oxon). 
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ZoOoLoGicaL Society or Lonpon. 
June 1.—Dr. A. GintHeEr, F.R.S., Vice-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 May, 1886, and called attention to 
an Orange-thighed Falcon (Falco fusco-cerulescens), presented by Capt. W. 
M. F. Castle, R.N., stated to have been obtained in Chili; and to five 
Senegal Parrots (Pacephalus senegalus), presented by R. B. Sheridan, Esgq., 
four of which had been bred in this country. 
Dr. A. Giinther exhibited and made remarks on a specimen of a small 
fish of the genus Fierasfer embedded in a pearl-oyster. 
The Secretary made some remarks on the most interesting objects he 
had observed during a recent visit to the Zoological Gardens of Rotterdam, 
Amsterdam, Cologne, Antwerp, and Ghent. 
A letter was read from Mr. J. M. Cornely, of Tours, stating that his 
pair of Michie’s Deer had bred in his park, and that a young one had been 
born on May 15th. 
Mr. Beddard read notes on the convoluted trachea of a Curassow 
(Nothocrax urumutum), and on the form of the syrinx in certain Storks. 
Mr. W. F. Kirby read a paper containing an account of a small 
collection of Dragonflies which had been formed by Major J. W. Yerbury 
at Murree and Campbellpore, N.W. India. The collection contained 
examples of about twenty species.—P. L. Sciarer, Secretary. 
