722 PROF. W. H. FLOWER ON THE [ Dec. 19, 
who informed me that it had been taken by a bird-catcher in his nets 
at Elstree Reservoir on Saturday, November 19. I received the bird 
in the flesh from Mr. Burton, along with a specimen of Reed-Bunting 
(Emberiza scheniclus 9 ), also in the flesh, for comparison. Lt.-Col. 
Irby called shortly after I had received these birds, and we examined 
this specimen together, and had the advantage of comparing it with 
a large series of Buntings in the collection of Mr. H. E. Dresser and 
with some in my own collection. We came to the conclusion that 
it is a Rustic Bunting (Lmberiza rustica), of which species only 
one specimen has hitherto been recorded as having been met with in 
Great Britian. Our opinion was subsequently confirmed by yourself, 
who saw the bird in the flesh, and since that time by Mr. H. E. 
Dresser. 
“« Mr. Burton informs me that the bird is a male by dissection ; and 
I think that it is undoubtedly a bird of the year.” 
The Rev. H. H. Slater, F.Z.S., exhibited an example of a Shrike 
killed near Spurn Point in Yorkshire, which was believed to be re- 
ferable to Lanius major of Pallas, or to a dark variety of L. excubitor. 
Dr. A. Giinther, F.R.S., exhibited on behalf of Sir J. W. P. 
Campbell Orde, Bart., F.Z.S., a specimen of a Charr (Sa/mo alpinus) 
which had been obtained in a loch on North Uist, Hebrides, being 
the first specimen ever obtained in this loch, and the third known to 
have been obtained in the island. 
Prof. Flower exhibited a photograph (presented to the Society by 
Mr. James Farmer, F.Z.S.) of Seal Point, Farallone Islands, off 
the coast of California, showing the immense number of Sea- 
lions (Otaria gillespiz) frequenting that locality. 
Mr. P. H. Carpenter exhibited and made remarks on some 
microscopical preparations of Antedon eschrichti, in which a nervous 
plexus derived from the fibrillar envelope of the chambered organ was 
visible at the sides of the ambulacra of the disk. 
The following papers were read :— 
1. On the Whales of the Genus Hyperoodon. 
By Wituiam Henry Frower, LL.D., F.R.S., P.Z.8., &e. 
[Received November 28, 1882:] 
Apart from that indicated by the waterworn and imperfect cranium 
from Australia, brought before the notice of the Society in May 
last’, but one species of the genus Hyperoodon, as constituted by 
Lacépéde’*, has been generally recognized. This has long been known 
under various specific names—H. rostratus, hidentatus, diodon, 
1 See P.Z.S. 1882, p. 392. 
* Histoire naturelle des Cétacés, Tableau des Ordres &c., p. xliv (1804). 
