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a band of black in their centre ; and lastly, in having the fea- 

 thers of the hypochondriac region more strongly marked, and 

 tipped with a much deeper brown. Like the female, it wants 

 the spur. From the form of the bill, and the absence of the 

 spur in the male, which is so prominent in the other species 

 which have been included in the genus Lophophorus, this ha& 

 now formed a new genus. The distribution of this species, 

 the Professor remarked, was very wide, from its occurring from 

 Persia, where the female was first discovered, onwards to the 

 Himmalayan mountains. 



A paper was read on the Manners and Customs of the Bosh- 

 men of the Sternberg Orange River, communicated by Mr 

 Leslie, and a notice on the Deluges of Deucalion Ogyges, and 

 Noah. 



April 25. — Dr Robert K. Gueville, V. P. in the Chair, — ■ 

 Mr James Wilson read an account of the new or rare insects, 

 particularly Coleoplera, found by him during his late tour in 

 Sutherlandshire. After some general observations on the distri- 

 bution of insects in Scotland and England, and especially on 

 the occurrence of some Scandinavian species in the north of 

 Scotland, and of some of the species belonging to the warm 

 climates of Europe, and in the south of England ; the author 

 enumerated and exhibited the principal species he had collected, 

 and made remarks on such as were new, rare, or otherwise in- 

 teresting. 



The Secretary read an essay on the composition and qualities 

 of a new building-concrete, communicated by Mr Stevenson. 

 The paper was prefaced by a variety of historical details on the 

 subject, which was illustrated by specimens. 



The Secretary also read an account of a series of new and rare 

 plants collected during an excursion, in the summer of 1834, to 

 the United States and Canada, communicated by Mr James 

 Macnab. This communication is printed in the present num- 

 ber of this Journal, (supra, p. 56, &c.) 



Professor Jameson exhibited a series of new and rare birds ; 

 among the latter were the Semi-palmated Goose, Charadrius ni- 

 grifrons ; Haematopus ostralegus, from New Holland ; Otis 

 ruficollis, South Africa; Tantalus plumbeus, South America, 

 &c. He also described an Ibis, Tanagra, and Rubecola, new 

 to science. 



