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Rh the Gardens on April 24th; a Pigmy Marmozet (Hapale pygmæa), purchased April 27th, and stated to have been obtained at Pebas on the Upper Amazons, and two Yellow-thighed Parrots (Caica xanthomera), new to the collection, received along with the Marmozet from the Upper Amazons.

Mr. Sclater made some remarks on the progress and condition of the Zoological Gardens of Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Brussels, and Ghent, which he had just visited.

A communication was read from Mr. G.S. Brady, containing a monograph of the fossil Ostracoda of the Antwerp Crag.

A communication was read from Dr. F. Day, containing a notice of the capture of a specimen of Coregonus oxyrhynchus on the coast of Lincolnshire.

A communication was read from the Marquis of Tweeddale, containing a memoir on the birds of the genus Batrachostomus. The author came to the conclusion that there were seven recognizable species of this difficult group, inhabiting the Indian Region, one of which, yet undescribed, was from the Philippines. The rule appeared to be that the females were rufous from the nest, while the males are brown and sometimes spotted.

Mr. Edward R. Alston read the description of a Shrew, from Guatemala, which had been indicated without being characterized by the late Dr. Gray, and for which the name of Sorex veræ-pacis was now proposed.

Prof. A.H. Garrod read the second portion of a series of papers on the anatomy of Passerine Birds.

A communication was read from Mr. T.E. Buckley, containing additional remarks on the past and present Geographical Distribution of the larger Mammals of South Africa.— Secretary.

April 4, 1877.—Prof. M.A., F.L.S., President, in the chair.

Mr. George Harding, of Stapleton, Bristol; Mr. Charles Adolphus Briggs, of 55, Lincoln's Inn Fields; and Mr. John T. Carrington, of the Royal Aquarium, Westminster, were balloted for and elected Ordinary Members.

Mr. E. Howard Birchall, Mr. T.D. Gibson Carmichael, Dr. Edward Capron, and Mr. Valentine Cluse were balloted for and elected Subscribers.

The Secretary exhibited a collection of fine species of Lepidoptera from Siam (about twenty miles from Bangkok), forwarded to him by Mr. R. Garner, of Stoke-upon-Trent.

Mr. M'Lachlan exhibited a specimen of Ophideres materna, a brightly-coloured exotic species of Noctuidæ, given to him by Mr. R.H. Scott, of the Meteorological Office, with a note to the effect that it was taken at sea in lat. 25° 24' S., long. 62° 10' E. (the nearest land being the island of