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September. 



8. Capt. Lewis. A young Kangaroo in spirit. 



9. Babu Rajendra Mallika. A dead male of Gazella cor a. 



10. C. Huffnagle, Esq. A dead specimen of Arctonyx collaris, and one 

 of Buceros pusaran. 



11. R. W. G. Frith, Esq. A semi-albino Snake, of the species Tropido- 

 notus umbratus, (Daud.) 



12. Babu Rajendra Mallika. Eight species of stuffed Parrots, of which four 

 are new to the Society's collection, viz. Coracopsis nigra, (L.), Aprosmictus 

 erythropterus, (Gmelin), Platycercus semitorquatus, Quoy and Gaymard, and 

 Eos Novce Guinece, (Latham). 



October. 



13. Mr. Cleghorn, of the Pilot Service. A specimen, just dead, of the 

 Anous stolida, (L.), procured at the Sandheads during the violent storm of 

 that month. 



14. Col. Low, Penang. Specimens of an unnamed Swift, and of its nest. 



15. Babu Rajendra Mallika. A stuffed female Silver Pheasant (Gallo- 



November. 



16. Capt. S. R. Tickell. A few bird-skins from Darjiling, comprising a 

 new species and genus of Shrike, for which Capt. Tickell proposes the name 

 Thamnocataphus picatus. 



17- E. L. Layard, Esq., and R. Brodie, Esq., Ceylon. A collection of 

 mammalia and bird-skins from that island, comprising several new species, 

 of which I am requested to draw up descriptions for the Society's Journal. 



18. T. Hart, Esq., H. M. Steamer * Inflexible.' A collection of shells from 

 New Zealand ; also a Pilot fish, Naucrates ductor, (L.) ; and an Echeneis, 

 taken in the Indian Ocean : 3 specimens of an apparently undescribed Scin- 

 coid Lizard from the new settlement of New Edinbro', New Zealand ; and a 

 few Crabs and other Crustacea taken off the shores of that country. 



19. Mr. J. Prosser. Some specimens of Swifts, in spirit, from Penang, 

 comprising an undescribed species of Acanthylis. 



20. R. Fitzgerald, Esq., of N. Carolina. The rattle of a Rattle-snake 

 (Crotalus). 



