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Show 1868.] MR. P. L. SCLATER ON THE EGG OF THE GUACHARO. 73 Mr. Sclater proposed the temporary name of Ursus nasutus for this Bear, until its characters could be more completely determined from an examination of its osseous structure, and exhibited a drawing of it by Mr. Wolf (Pl. VIII.). In concluding his remarks, Mr. Sclater submitted the following list of the Society's living collection of species of the genus Ursus, which was stated to consist of nineteen individuals :- 1. Thalassarctos maritimus. Female, purchased September 28th', 1846. 2. Ursus arctos. Presented by Capt. W . Beauchamp Seymour, R.N., C.B., October 18, 1864 ; said to be from Japan. 3. U. arctos. Received in exchange, February 7, 1866. 4. U. syriacus. Female, purchased April 4, 1851. 5. U. syriacus. Male, presented by E. T. Rogers, Esq., H.B.M.'s Consul at Damascus, September 21, 1864; from Syria. 6. U. piscator. Presented by W . Scott Stonehewer, Esq., September 14, 1867. See P. Z. S. 1867, p. 817. 7. U. piscator. Deposited, January 23, 1868. 8. U. tibetanus. Female, presented by W . H. Russell, Esq., F.Z.S., October 7, 1859. From India. 9. U. tibetanus. Presented by H. O. Hebeler, Esq., 6th Regt. Foot, September 19, 1864. From India. 10. U. tibetanus. Presented by Robert Swinhoe, Esq., September 24, 1867. From Formosa. U. formosanus, Swinhoe. See P. Z.S. 1867, p. 818. 11, 12. U. japonicus. Two females, purchased April 1, 1863. 13. U. americanus. Presented by Capt. D'Arcy, R.N., November 22, 1864. 14. U. americanus. Deposited, March 1, 1866. 15. U. americanus. Presented by Capt. David Herd, H.B.C.S., C.M.Z.S., November 8, 1866. From the Hudson's Bay Territory. 16. U. nasutus. Purchased, January 28, 1868. 17. U. malayanus. Purchased, March 12, 1863. 18. U. malayanus. Presented by T. Paudorf, Esq., September 14, 1867. 19. Melursus labiatus. Purchased, October 21, 1865. Mr. Sclater exhibited a specirrien of the egg of the Guacharo (Steatornis caripensis), which had been taken from one of the caves /'" / |
