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and that examples oi Rhamphastos carinatus and Felis mitis had been 

 acquired by purchase; that a Virginian Deer (C. virginianus) had 

 fawned on June 16, and the Sambur Deer (C hippelaphus), presented 

 by Capt. Molison, had fawned on June 19. The period of gestation 

 in the latter species appears to be eight months and twenty-four days. 



Letters had been received from Lieut. Tyler, R.E. (Santa Lucia), 

 R, J. Bourchier, Esq. (Malta), and A. N. Shaw, Esq. (Bombay). 



Dr. Melville gave an oral exposition of Dr. Kaup's views of the 

 natural arrangement of Birds, derived from a paper by that distin- 

 guished ornithologist, which he was engaged in translating for publi- 

 cation. Dr. Melville's address was illustrated by the original dia- 

 grams transmitted to him by Dr. Kaup. 



July 10, 1849. 

 Harpur Gamble, Esq., M.D., in the Chair. 



The Secretary stated that he had the pleasure of reporting the safe 

 arrival of the animals announced at the meeting of Feb. 27 as having 

 been presented by Lieut.-Colonel Butterworth. In addition to this 

 liberal donation from the Governor of Singapore, which the Society 

 could not fail to regard as a valuable proof of His Excellency's in- 

 terest in the Institution, the great collection from Egypt had been 

 successfully transported to the Gardens, and the combined accessions 

 formed by far the most important aggregate ever introduced at the 

 same period. 



The species presented by his late Highness Ibrahim Pasha were as 

 follow : — 



Camelopardalis giraffa, % . 

 Antilope leucoryx, ^ $ . 



„ nasomaculata, (^ ? . 



„ dorcas, 3 ^, 2 $ . 

 Camelus dromedarius, J' ? . 

 Struthio camelus, ^ $ . 



The species collected by the Hon. C. Pl. Murray were : — 



Cynocephalus hamadryas, ^. 

 Felis Leo, 3 S ■ 



„ jubata, ? . 

 Camelopardalis giraffa, % . 

 Struthio camelus, 2 ^ . 

 Porphyria smaragnotus, ^ ? . 

 Phoenicopterus antiquorum. 

 Pelecanus crispus, (^ $ et juv. 



