544 LETTER FROM DR. J. ANDERSON. [June 23, 
of the district; but two other Cracine (Nothocrax urumutum and 
Mitua tuberosa) are likewise met with. The only Penelope we have 
seen from the Upper Amazon is P. boliviana; but P. sclateri is 
probably from the Bolivian branches of the same river. The widely 
spread Pipile cumanensis also occurs in more than one locality in this 
region. The Ortalide are O. guttata and O. caracco. 
8. Wood-region of South-east Brazil. 
In this and the following district, which are closely connected, 
and, as we believe, altogether divided from the great Amazonian 
forest-region by intervening campos, we meet with an entirely new 
set of Cracide. In the wood-region of Brazil, which we are now 
considering, Crax carunculata is the sole representative of the Cra- 
cine. Three species of Penelope occur—P. jacucaca, P. jacupeba, 
and P. superciliaris. Pipile is represented by P. jacutinga—very 
distinct from the two Amazonian species. Of Ortalida two species, 
at least, are met with :—0O. albiventris, in the vicinity of Bahia ; and 
the nearly allied O. squamata, probably in one of the more southern 
provinces. Of O. ruficeps, attributed to this district, we do not 
know the exact locality. 
9, Paraguay and adjoining wood-region of the interior of Brazil, 
situate on the Upper Paraguay and Parana. 
In this district Craw sclateri, Penelope obscura, and Ortalida cani- 
collis represent their respective genera; but Penelope ochrogaster, 
discovered by Natterer near Cuyaba, probably also belongs to it. 
June 23, 1870. 
Professor Flower, F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. 
The following extract was read from a letter addressed to the 
Secretary by Dr. John Anderson, C.M.Z.S., dated Indian Museum, 
Caleutta, May 4th, 1870 :— 
*“When { wrote to you about the Dolphin of the Irawady*, and 
mentioned Globiocephalus, I had not examined the specimen atten- 
tively, and had been misled by Blyth’s identification of two almost 
similar specimens in this museum. But on going into the subject I 
found that he had confounded two very distinct forms, and had re- 
garded as the young of his Globiocephalus indicus a small full-grown 
Dolphin (the Phocena brevirostris of Owen). I have written fully 
on this subject in my ‘Mammals of Yunan.’” 

Mr. Howard Saunders, F.Z.S., exhibited and made remarks upon 
te nestiings of the Booted Eagle (Aguila pennata) from Southern 
pain. 

Dr. Murie read a memoir on the anatomy of the Walrus (Tri- 
* See P. Z. S. anted p. 220. 
