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June 27th, 1837. 



Thomas Bell, Esq., in the Chair. 



A Letter was read addressed to Mr. Gould, from Mr. Thomas AUis 

 of York, in which the writer remarks that the sclerotic ring of the 

 great Podargus does not present the slightest appearance of distinct 

 plates, being simply a bony ring ; the first instance in which Mr. Allis 

 had observed this peculiarity. 



A Letter was also read from His Excellency Hamilton Hamilton, 

 Esq., Her Majesty's Minister at Rio, announcing the present of a 

 Chilian Eagle for the Society's Gardens. 



Mr. Gray exhibited a specimen of a Paradoxurus which had been 

 presented to the Museum of the Society by the President, the Earl 

 of Derby, and for which he proposed the specific name of Derhianus. 



Paradoxurus Derbianus. Parad. pallide fuscescenti-albus,ros- 

 tri lateribus, strigd superciliari, notd in medio fronte et in utroque 

 latere capitis super aures nigris, necnon strigd ad utrumqtie 

 lotus colli in humeros obductd, vittis tribus, quatuor, vet quin- 

 que transversis in dorso (ad latera angustioribus), annuloque 

 ad basin caudce, cum hujus dimidio posiico. Artubus cineres- 

 centi-fuscis. 



Hub. in Peninsula Malay ana. 



Mr. Gray also brought before the notice of the Meeting some 

 Mammalia, which he had lately purchased for the British Museum 

 from a collection made bjf^ the late Colonel Cobb in India, among 

 which was an adult specimen of the Once of BuiFon (Hist. Nat.), on 

 which Schreber formed his Felis uncia, which has been regarded by 

 Cuvier, Temminck, and most succeeding authors as a leopard, but 

 which is a distinct species, easily known by the thickness of its 

 fur, the paleness of its colour, the irregular form of the spots, and 

 especially by the great length and thickness of the tail. Mr. Gray 

 observed that a more detailed description of this animal was unne- 

 cessary, as it agreed in all particulars with the young specimen de- 

 scribed by BuiFon. 



Two new species of Sciuroptera, which agree with the Ame- 

 rican species in colour, but differed from one another in the size, 

 make, and form of the soles of the feet, were described as follows : — 



Sciuroptera fimbriata. Sciur. vellere longo molli cine- 

 rescente, nigro variegato ; pilis supeme plumbeis, complanatis, 

 pallide fuscis, ad apicem nigris ; facie albidd, regione circum- 

 oculari nigra, mystacibus longissimis, nigris ,• mento corporeque 



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