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XXX. Exrnacrs from the MixurTe-Book of the LINNEAN 
Jan, 21, 
1823. 
Feb. 18. 
Society of Lonpon. 
Reap a Communication from Major-general Hard- 
wicke, F.L.S., containing a Description, accompanied 
with a Drawing, of the Cervus Pygargus of Pallas, or 
Tail-less Deer, a native of the snowy mountains and 
plains of Muktinauth, about five weeks’ journey from 
the valley of Nepaul, in a north-west direction. ‘The 
subject examined was a full-grown male, 7 feet 8 inches 
in length from the tip of the upper lip to the extremity 
of the very short tail, and 4 feet 3 inches in height. 
Major-general Hardwicke also communicated to the 
Society an account of the Wild Sheep, or Ovis Argali 
of Pallas, common to the mountains and plains between 
the Himáláya range and the valley of Nepaul. 
Alterations in the 2d Section of Chapter IL. and 
the 2d Section of Chapter X. of the Bye-Laws of the 
Society having been proposed by the Council, and 
read at the last two General Meetings, as directed by 
the Charter, were put to the ballot, and confirmed. 
'The altered Laws are as follows, viz. 
Cuap. II. SECT. 2. 
* Every person who shall be elected a Fellow after 
the 24th day of May 1823, shall, before he be ad- 
4r2 mitted, 
