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Show 552 PROF. NEWTON ON SOME BIRD-SKINS. [June 17 been in the Leiden Museum, and had been figured by Schlegel in the • Fauna Japonica' under the name of O. stelleri. Mr. C. G. Danford exhibited and made some remarks on some remarkable antlers of Deer, which he had obtained during his recent journey in Asia Minor. Hans, Graf von Berlepsch, C.M.Z.S., exhibited and made remarks on the skins of two varieties of the Long-tailed Titmouse (31ecislura caudata), which occurred near Cassel, in Germany, one of which appeared to be the same as the British form of this bird. Dr. J. Murie read a paper on tbe Manatee (3Ianatus americanus), containing tbe results of his examination of the specimen which was lately living in the Westminster Aquarium. The peculiar attitudes assumed by the animal in life, the great mobility of the upper lip, and the occasional use of the limbs in feeding were noted. As regards the anatomj-, the chief points dwelt on were the shape of the brain and its suppressed convolutions. The vexed question of the number of the cervical nerves and their distribution was also discussed. This paper will be printed in the Society's ' Transactions.' Mr. F. D. Godman exhibited and made remarks on a drawing of tbe Manatee by Mr. Wolf, taken from the specimen lately living in the Westminster Aquarium. Prof. Newton, on behalf of Mr. Edward Newton, C.M.G., Corresponding Member, exhibited some bird-skins obtained by the latter in Jamaica, remarking :- "Of the specimens on the table two belong to as many species which I believe have not before been recorded as occurring; in Jamaica. One of them, the well-known Dendrceca virens, has so wide a distribution that the only wonder is that it has not hitherto been met with there ; but tbe other is of more interest. It is that which was originally described by Audubon (Orn. Biogr. ii. p. 563) under the name of Sylvia swainsoni, and was subsequently referred by the same author (B. A m . ii. p. 83) to a new genus, Helinaia, a word which Agassiz says should be written Heloncea. It is an extremely rare species; and I doubt whether a second example has ever been seen in this country. The present was killed by m y brother at Hope, in the parish of St. Andrew, February 8th, 1879, and was found by him to be a male. I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. Ridgway, of the Smithsonian Institution, for the determination of this specimen of a species I never saw before. It is well figured in Audubon's great work. " I have then to exhibit specimens of the rare Dendrcecapharetra, first discovered by M r . Gosse in Jamaica, to which island it is doubtless peculiar. These are of some interest as showing the nestling or at least immature stage of the plumage, which, as will be perceived, is of an olive-green and yellow instead of the black and white of the |