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Show 1889.] MR. E. MUYBRIDGE ON ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. 327 The known species of birds of the island of Dominica are about 60 in number, of which about 35 are Passeres, Picarise, and Psittaci. Of these five appear to be absolutely restricted to the island :- Blacicus brunneicapillus. Thalurania wagleri. Gheetura dominica. Chrysotis angusta. bouqueti. Besides these there are two peculiar subspecies, namely Mimocichla ardesiaca albiventris and Margarops montanus rufus. The great feature in the Dominican Ornis is the sole possession of two species of a peculiar group of large Parrots of the genus Chrysotis which is restricted to the Lesser Antilles, namely C. augusta and C. bouqueti. Of the other two known members of this group, St. Vincent has one (C. guildingi) and Santa Lucia one (C. versicolor). There ought to be a representative of this group also in Martinique, but it is not yet known to us. It is perhaps extinct. Besides the species and subspecies restricted solely to Dominica, this island has many other peculiar forms in common with its near neighbours of the Lesser Antilles. These will be found enumerated in Mr. Lawrence's instructive index and analysis of the birds contained in Mr. Ober's collections (Proc. U. S. N. Mus. 1878, p. 486), and in Cory's ' Birds of the West Indies.' June 18, 1889. Prof. Flower, C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The Secretary exhibited, on behalf of Mr. J. F. Green, F.Z.S., a very fine example of the Common Eel (Anguilla vulgaris) obtained from a pond at Lee, Kent, as mentioned in ' The Field ' of August 25th, 1888. Mr. B. B. Woodward exhibited and made remarks upon a drawing of ^Erope cajfra, a carnivorous Snail from the Cape Colony, taken from an example lately living in this country. Mr. B. B. Woodward also exhibited an example of a fossil shell from the Eocene of the Paris Basin, Neritina schnideliana, and a section showing its peculiar mode of growth. Mr. Eadweard Muybridge exhibited a number of projections with the Oxy-hydrogen Lantern. These had been selected from his elaborate work on Animal Locomotion now being prepared for publication under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania, and illustrated successive phases of motion, such as occur during a single stride of the walk, amble, trot, gallop, & c , of Horses, Dogs, Elephants, and other animals, both wild and domestic, and of birds while flying. 22* |