622 on additions to the menagerie. [dcc. 10, 



Cheletropis, No. 3. 



White, glassy ; claws closer and sharper ; shell smooth. 



Cheletropis, No. 4. 



Yellow ; smooth, spire elevated. Doubtful if a Cheletropis. 



On 5th May 1868 (lat. 34° N., long. 39° W.) I obtained a yel- 

 lowish semitransparent shell, somewhat resembling Oxygijrus ; spire 

 concealed, strongly marked in a line with the whorls. 



On the same day the tow-net brought in a considerable amount of 

 extremely fine crystalline sand, which contained numbers of micro- 

 scopic shells. Some of these I picked out by means of the lens ; they 

 appeared mostly to be discoidal, transparent, and white. I am quite 

 unable to account for this singular and unique occurrence. 



During the long passage, I need scarcely say, I found many spiral 

 shells, and many of these minute. These being probably the "fry" 

 of larger sorts, I have not described them. Should at some future 

 day any notice of them be desired, I will endeavour to send you a 

 list and short descriptions of them. 



December 10, 18G8. 



Professor Huxley, F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. 



Mr. Sclater called the attention of the Meeting to the following 

 special additions to the Menagerie since the last Meeting : — 



1. A pair of Crowned Ilornbills (Toccus melanoleucus) from 

 South Africa, purchased November 27th, making nine species of 

 this family of birds now living in the Society's Gardens, namely : — 



Buceros bicornis. Buceros atratus. 



rhinoceros. Toccus erythrorhynchus. 



fica. melanoleucus. 



corrugatus. Bucorvus abysslnicus. 



elatus. 



2. Two Regent-birds (Sericulus melinus) from Australia, pur- 

 chased December 3rd, making three examples of this fine bird now 

 living in the Gardens. One of the last purchases was in full plu- 

 mage ; the two others in the dress of immaturity. 



3. Two Temminck's Snappers {Macroclemmys temminckii) from 

 the Mississippi, presented December 5th by Mr. C. Hagenbeck of 

 Hamburg. 



Mr. Sclater exhibited, on the part of M. Jules Verreaux, Corr. 



