1877.] DR. F. DAY ON COREGONUS OXYRHYNCHUS. 419 



Spix obtained his specimen at Tabatiuga ; Mr. E. Bartlett got a 

 single example on the Huallaga' ; and Castelnau and Deville brought 

 home a series "^ from the Upper Amazons, but do not give the exact 

 locality. 



4. Two specimens of the rare Yellow-throated Parrot, Caica xan- 

 thomera (G. R. Gray), which arrived along with the Pygmy Mar- 

 moset, also quite new to the collection. 



Mr. Sclater made some remarks on the progress and condition of 

 the Zoological Gardens of Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Brussels, 

 and Ghent, which he had lately visited. 



In Rotterdam he had seen a pair of the West-African Jackal de- 

 scribed and figured in the Society's 'Proceedings' (18/0, p. 279, 

 pi. xxiii.) as Canis lateralis, and a fine specimen of Oasuarius uni- 

 appendiculatus. 



At Amsterdam Mr. Sclater had found the young male Hippopo- 

 tamus, born on the 3rd of August, 1876, in excellent health and 

 condition, and another young one expected shortly. Two examples, 

 nearly adult, of Casuarius uniappendiculatus were in the collection, 

 one of which Mr. Westerman has consented to part with to this 

 Society. 



At Antwerp M. Vekemans was busy on the construction of a new 

 Lion-house, about 230 ft. long by 65 ft. — that is, of about the same 

 dimensions as the Society's newly-constructed building. 



A communication was read from Dr. G. S. Brady, C.M.Z.S., con- 

 taining a memoir on the Fossil Ostracoda of the Antwerp Crag. 

 This paper will be published in the Society's ' Transactions.' 



The following papers were read : — 



1. Notice of the Capture of Cor eg onus oxyrhynchus in 

 Lincolnsliire. By Francis Day, P.Z.S. 



[Keceived May 7, 1877.] 



Amongst a consignment of fresh fish received on April 1 7th, thia 

 year, at Cheltenham, from Lincolnshire, I observed a Coregonus^, 

 along with some ^me\ts {Osmerus eperlanus) . So far as I am aware, 

 Coregonus oxyrhynchus has not been previously recorded as either a 

 visitor to or resident along the coasts of Great Britain or Ireland. 



The genus Coregonus has been divided into those forms having 



(«) The lower jaw the longer, 



(b) The upper jaw the longer. 



Amongst those comprising this latter division, a soft prolongation 

 of the snout may be present or absent. 



' See P. Z. S. 1871, p. 220. 



2 See Casteln. and Dev., Exp. de I'Am. d. S. Mamm. p. 20*, pi. v. figs. 1 & 2. 

 ' The flsbmouger assured me that there was a second example, which I did 

 not see. 



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