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over with umber spots, amongst which others of a bluish tinge are 

 mixed. 



253. Rhynchops melanura, Sw. An. In Men. p. 340 ; Schomb. 

 Guian. iii. p. 761. 



Ilab. Lower Ucayali. 



Egg somewhat similar to the last, but paler, and the spots richer 

 in colour, and larger and fewer in number. 



April 10, 1866. 

 John Gould, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. 



Mr. P. L. Sclater, Secretary to the Society, called the attention 

 of the Meeting to a pair of one of the most beautiful of all the Au- 

 stralian Parrakeets (Psephotus pulcherrimus, Gould), recently added 

 to the Aviaries for the first time. These birds had been brought 

 over by Mr. N. Timmermann, Steward of the ship * Nineveh,' ott 

 the 20th of March, and purchased of him for the collection. An- 

 other Australian species recently received for the first time was an 

 Australian Bustard, Eupodotis australasiana (Gould). 



Mr. P. L. Sclater stated that the Society's active and obliging 

 Corresponding Member, Mr. G. W. Latimer of Porto Rico, had for- 

 warded a living Manatee (Manatus americanus) to the Society by 

 the mail-steamer leaving St. John's on the 12th of March last. The 

 animal had been transported to St. Thomas's, and the tank contain- 

 ing it safely transhipped into the ' Tasmanian ' (Capt. Sawyer), but it 

 had unfortunately died before reaching England. The Society were 

 greatly indebted to Mr. Edward Greey, F.Z.S., of the same vessel, 

 for the care he had taken in preserving the body of this animal, which, 

 owing to the precautions adopted by Mr. Greey, had reached England 

 in a very perfect state. The Society's Prosector was now engaged 

 upon its anatomy, and the results of his investigations would shortly 

 be brought before the Society. 



Mr. Tegetmeier exhibited and made some remarks upon a sup- 

 posed original drawing of the Dodo (Didus ineptus), in which the 

 colour of that extinct bird was represented as being nearly white. 



Mr. J. Gould exhibited specimens of the trachea of an Insessorial 

 Bird from Cape York, Northern Australia (Manucodia gouldi, G. R. 

 Gray), which was of very remarkable form and structure. 



The following paper was read : — 

 Proc. Zool. Soc— 1866, No. XIV. 



