4 REV. H. B. TRISTRAM ON AQUILA N&vioipes. [Jan. 13, 
the snows of Mantchuria and Corea. It did not wander south of 
Peking, but had occurred near Lake Baikal in Siberia, and, it was 
said, even in the neighbourhood of St. Petersburg. Mr. Swinhoe 
regretted that he had not yet succeeded in getting its skull. He 
added that on a former occasion, some years ago, he had exhibited 
to the Society a skin of the true Bengal Tiger, which was procured 
at Amoy. This southern race was found from Canton to Shanghai. 
Mr. Swinhoe also showed the skin of a Leopard from the province 
of Kwangtung, very richly coloured and marked, but otherwise agree- 
ing with the Leopard of India; and at the same time laid before the 
Meeting the skins of an adult and young of the northern Leopard, 
which Dr. Gray some time since (P. Z. S. 1862, p. 262, Pl. xxxmt.) 
had described as new ( Leopardus japonensis), from a skin said to have 
come from Japan. Mr. Swinhoe remarked that this Leopard dif- 
fered from the southern race also in its long shaggy hair, in the 
greater amount of white about it, in its bushy tail, its pale colour, 
and in the confused massing together of the black spots and circles. 
The young specimen had all the characters of the adult, except that 
the markings were indistinct and more in the form of spots. 
Mr. Swinhoe stated that the skin before them was procured at 
Peking, and that the animal was found wild on the western hills 
near Peking, and in the country to the north (Mantchuria), extend- 
ing probably to Corea and the island of Saghalien, and perhaps to 
Northern Japan. It seemed to him that if the northern Leopard was 
to be recognized as a distinct race worthy of a specific name, so also 
should the Tiger be. He would do his best to procure the skull of 
this race, as also that of the northern Leopard, and expected that 
the osteological characters would confirm the differences shown by 
the skins. 
Mr. Swinhoe also produced the stuffed skin of a Leopardus bra- 
chyurus from Formosa, in which the tail was somewhat long, proving 
that this race is more akin to Z. macrocelis than had been anticipated. 

Mr. Gould exhibited, and made remarks upon, a specimen of the 
very remarkable new Pigeon which he had recently described under 
the name Ot¢idiphaps nobilis*, supposed to be from New Guinea. 

The Rev. H. B. Tristram exhibited two skins of Aquila nevioides 
from India, and made the following remarks on them :— 
“‘T have the pleasure to submit for exhibition two specimens of 
Aquila nevioides, recently sent to me from Etawah, N. W. Provinces 
of India, by my friend Mr. W. G. Brooks, C.E. Mr. Brooks had 
noticed a peculiarly ruddy Eagle in his neighbourhood for some 
months before he obtained his first specimen; and the bird not 
being on any Indian list, or recorded from the East, imagined he 
had discovered a new species. I heard from him last week that he 
has just obtained a third specimen near Etawah. 
* Ann. Nat. Hist. ser, 4, vol. y. p. 62 (1870). 
