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I had intended sending it to you alive, but it died a few days ago. 

 It was sent to me from the neighbourhood of Erzeroun : I am not 

 aware of there being any in this immediate neighbourhood. It was 

 of a particularly savage nature, and although I had kept it for several 

 months, I was never able to tame it in the least : it would bite when- 

 ever it could." 



" I send you likewise," he adds, " a little Marmot alive in a small 

 cage. It came from Erzeroun, in the neighbourhood of which, I un- 

 derstand, there are vast numbers." It is apparently very nearly al- 

 lied to Citillus concolor, Arctomys concolor, Teram., but may probably, 

 Mr. Bennett remarked, be specifically distinct. It may be charac- 

 terized as follows : 



Citillus Xanthopeymna. Cit. hrunneo-grisescens flavo irroratus, 

 suhtils albescens ; prymnd cauddque rvfescenti-flavidis, hdc rotun- 

 datd, brevi, pUosissimd ; pedibus linedque oculum cingente albis ; 

 auricuUs inconspicuis. 



Long, corporis circiter 7 unc. ; caudae, 2. 



The Birds of the collection were brought under the notice of the 

 Meeting, at the request of the Chairman, by Mr. Gould. He ob- 

 served on each of them as regarded its geographical distribution, 

 considering the exhibition as a continuation of those of June 24 

 and November 25, 1 834. (Proceedings, Part II. pp. 50 and 133.) The 

 following species, exhibited on the present occasion, were not com- 

 prised in either of the former collections : and the total number is 

 thereby raised to sixty-seven species obtained in the neighbourhood 

 of Trebizond, a locality which is particularly interesting on account 

 of its intermediate position between Western Europe and India. 



Alcedo Ispida, Linn. Inhabiting Europe generally, but not seen 

 by Mr. Gould in collections from India or Africa. 



Turdus musicus, Linn. Not previously obser\-ed out of Europe. 



Curruca atricapilla, Bechst. Inhabiting Europe generally, but not 

 met with in Indian collections. 



Curruca cinerea, Bechst. Similarly circumstanced with the last. 



Sylvia Trochilus, Lath. Inhabiting Europe generally, and the 

 western portions of India. 



Regulus cristatus, Cuv. Mr. Gould had not previously seen this 

 bird, except in European collections. 



Motacilla melanocephala. This is considered by some ornitholo- 

 gists as a variety of the Mot. flava of continental vmters. It is never 

 found in the western or northern parts of Europe. 



Anthus pratensis, Bechst. Common throughout the whole of 

 Europe, and tolerably so in the western parts of India. 



Phanicura Suecica, Jard. & Selb. Inhabits Europe and India. 

 Only two specimens of it have been taken in England. 



Querquedula Crecca, Steph. Dispersed over the whole of Europe, 

 India, and the northern regions of Africa ; but not found in America. 



Colymbus Arcticus, Linn. Inhabits the whole northern hemisphere. 

 The Trebizond specimen is young. 



Larus canus, Linn. Inhabiting Europe generally. 



