PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 
January 11, 1842. 
William Yarrell, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
A letter from the Society’s corresponding member, H. J. Ross, 
Esq., was read. In this letter (which is dated Lamsoon, Nov. 28th, 
1841,) Mr. Ross announces his receipt of various papers forwarded 
to him by the Society, and observes, that as he is going to a part of 
Kaissarich where collectors have not yet been, he hopes to procure 
specimens that may be acceptable to the Society. Mr. Ross also 
states in his letter that the Common Green Woodpecker of Europe 
(Picus viridis, Auct.) is to be found in great numbers at Trebizond, 
and that he has shot them as high as Gumushkhaugh, which is be- 
tween Erzeroom and Trebizond. At the last-mentioned place Mr. 
Ross has left some specimens of birds in spirits to be forwarded to 
the Society. 
A letter from J. Frembly, Esq., R.N., corresponding member, 
was next read. It is dated Gibraltar, December 8th, 1841; and 
chiefly refers toa collection of Brazilian Fishes, which Mr. Frembly 
had forwarded for the Society’s Museum. 
__ The collection of Fishes referred to in Mr. Frembly’s letter was 
laid before the Meeting. 
M. P. Gervais exhibited a drawing representing the details of a 
new genus of Marsupial animals, and communicated to the Meeting, 
in his own name and that of M. Jules Verreaux, the description of 
this new Mammal, which formed part of a collection brought from 
Swan River, and, in the opinion of the authors of the paper, will con- 
‘stitute among the Marsupialia the type of a distinct family, for which 
these naturalists propose the name Tarsipedide, and for the species 
the name of Tarsipes rostratus. 
In general appearance, observe the authors, the Tarsipes ros- 
tratus bears some resemblance to a Shrew (Sorex); but the head is 
longer, and the muzzle is much elongated. The head and body to- 
gether measure 44 French inches, and the tail 34 inches. The fur 
is tolerably dense, and composed of shortish silky adpressed hairs, 
No. CVIII.—Procerprnes or tar Zoot. Soc, 
