480 MONS. C. DODE ON ANIMALS FROM AMOOR LAND. [May 16, 



nensis) of the same islands. Both these beautiful species are new 

 and welcome additions to the Society's extensive collection of living 

 Psittacidse. 



A paper was read by Dr. P. Martin Duncan, M.B. Lond., 

 F.R.S., F.G.S., Professor of Geology to King's College, London, 

 &c, entitled " A Description of the Madreporaria (Stony Corals) 

 dredged up during the expedition of H.M.S. 'Porcupine' in 1869 

 and 1870. 



This paper, which was communicated to the Society by Prof. 

 Huxley, will be printed in the Society's • Transactions.' 



An extract was read from a letter addressed to the Secretary 

 by Dr. R. A. Philippi, C.M.Z.S., Director of the National Museum 

 of Santiago, dated Santiago, March 28th. In reply to inquiries of 

 Mr. Sclater, Dr. Philippi stated that no Tortoise whatever had yet 

 been found in Chili, and that the Tortoises forwarded to the Society 

 from Santiago, upon which Testudo chilensis of Dr. Gray had been 

 founded, had been, as already anticipated by Mr. Sclater (P. Z. S. 

 1870, p. 667, and Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 4. vol. vi. p. 470), collected 

 by Mr. Weisshaupt in the vicinity of Mendoza, Argentine Republic. 

 Under these circumstances Mr. Sclater observed that the correct name 

 of this Tortoise would be Testudo argentina, as suggested by him 

 in the above-mentioned article in the 'Annals of Natural History.' 



Monsieur Charles Dode, of St. Petersburg, exhibited specimens 

 of some remarkable animals that he had collected during his recent 

 travels in the Amour country, among which were particularly noticed 

 specimens of the Long-haired Tiger (Felis tigris, var. amurensis), 

 and of the Ounce {Felis uncia). M. Dode also exhibited four speci- 

 mens of the Red-breasted Goose (Bernicla ruficollis) from Astrabad, 

 on the borders of the Caspian Sea, and examples of some beautiful 

 new species of birds recently discovered in Turkestan, the most 

 noticeable of which were Turdus mystacinus, Passer ammodendri, and 

 Pyrrhula incarnata. 



M. Dode made the following remarks on these specimens : — 



Felis tigris, var. amurensis. 



Cette espece feline qui habite sur les bords du fl. Amour et du fl. 

 Oussouri presente quelques differences avec le Felis tigris bengalensis ; 

 poils plus longs, couleur moins foncee, bandes noires moins pro- 

 noncees. Sans etre tres-commun, on le rencontre assez frequemment 

 soit dans les vastes forets vierges qui bordent le fleuve, soit dans les 

 grands roseaux des bords des lacs. Cette espece feline, qui est propre 

 aux tropiques, n' emigre pas et supporte tres-bien les vingt et vingt- 

 cinq degres de froid que ces contrees ont a supporter pendant deux a 

 trois mois et quelquefois plus. Les conditions d'habitat semblent 

 aussi avoir en une influence tres-grande sur les mceurs de ce felin ; 



