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Majesty the King of Sardinia, in reply to the Society's resolution of 

 July last, regarding the King of Sardinia's present. 



The President proposed that the publications of the Society be 

 presented, through Mr. Chevalier Cassclla, to the Accademia Reale 

 delle Scienze in Turin. The motion was seconded by Mr. Beadon and 

 carried. 



6th. A letter from Dr. Wilson to Dr. Roer, regarding the Biblio- 

 theca Indica, was read and ordered to be referred to the Philological 

 Committee. 



Confirmed, 3rd Sept., 1851. 



(Signed) J. R. Colvin, 



Zoological Curators Report for August Meeting. 



Since the publication of my last Report (p. 213, ante,) the following speci- 

 mens have been presented for the Society's museum. 



1. From R. W. G. Frith, Esq. Selections from a collection of skins and 

 entire specimens in spirit, procured at Cherra Punji in the Khasya hills ; an 

 account of which is given in a paper submitted to the Society at a previous 

 meeting. Also a pair of Platydactylus gecko, procured at Dacca. 



2. From Capt. Barry, of the Arracan Local Battalion. A skin of Sciurus 

 bicolor, peculiar in its colouring. 



3. W. Robinson, Esq., Assam. A specimen of Pteromys magnificus, and 

 various shells, comprising Anodonda soleniformis. 



4. From Capt. W. S. Sherwill. Specimens of shells collected on the 

 summit of the Rajmahal hills, comprising an Achatina, new to the Society's 

 collection, and, subsequently, another collection from Darjiling, comprising 

 a Cyclostoma which also is new to our Museum. 



5. From Capt. Croker, H. M. 24th Regiment. Selections from a col- 

 lection of bird-skins procured at Wuzirabad, supplying the Society with 

 good specimens of certain species of which we previously possessed but very 

 inferior examples. 



6. From the Barrackpore Menagerie. Two dead examples of Felis ben- 

 galensis. 



7- From C. S. Bonnevie, Esq., Christiania. A few Norwegian speci- 

 mens, consisting of the skin of a young kitten of Felix lynx, — a fine example 

 of Nycteea nivea (the great Snowy Owl), in a different phase of plumage from 

 the specimen previously in the museum, — Athene passerina (vera), — Pliilo- 

 machus pugnax, — Podiceps cristatus, winter dress, — Uria troille, do., — Grylle 

 grcenlandica, young, — and Mergellus albellus. 



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