Testupo Inpica. TESTUDO PLANICEPS. 
Sphenoid bone deeply concave | Sphenoid bone flat beneath, under 
beneath, under the condyle. the condyle. 
Lower jaw narrowed and rounded | Lower jaw convex and erect in 
in front, not more than half as front, and as high as behind. 
high as behind. 
These descriptions are taken from skulls of nearly the same size, 
as proved by the following measurements :— 
Testudo Testudo 
Indica. laniceps. 
Length from condyle to front of lip........ BE as Me i 
from occipital crest to nose-cavity... 52 58 
Of PRlAerCONCSVILY oi. oe ans = OF 26 
Reig al Convles, ete sie dayy oe tte ne A 43 
at ends of temporal bones .......... 44 32 
of palate concavity in middle........ 13 1 
betweenvarhits, 2. o> tk Sake se hash 2 12 
Height from back of upper lip to top of head 2% 1g 
of front of lower jaw .............. & l 
Lenpth of nasaf opemme 22.82 SUS Oo 2 ls 
January 25, 1853. 
Dr. Gray, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
A portion of a letter from Mr. Louis Fraser, H.M. Consul at Whi- 
dah, was read, in which the writer mentioned that he had received 
accounts of the occurrence of a large Ape in the vicinity of Fernando 
Po. He says it has only been brought down to the colony on two 
or three occasions. The natives call it Tap-par-po-har, and sup- 
pose it to be a Chimpanzee ; but from the description they give of it, 
he thinks it must be a Cynocephalus. The people say it is as large 
as a man, that it has a long head and a very short tail, and that it 
barks like a dog. He adds that there are curious tales current about 
the animal, which he will endeavour to collect. 
The following papers were also read :— 
1. Descriptions or Two NEw Birps, FROM FERNANDO Po. 
By Louis Fraser. 
Buso Pornsis, Fraser. 
Brownish yellow, each feather barred with brown, the brown pre- 
dominating on the crown, shoulders and middle of the back; tail 
