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ticularly the digestive organs, the ink gland, and the two glands of 

 the oviducts. The ink gland is remarkable for its form as well as its 

 magnitude. It consists of three longitudinal lobes placed trans- 

 versely, and extending more in that direction than lengthwise. The 

 two lateral lobes are kidney-shaped ; the third or middle lobe is 

 smaller, and from its upper part the duct arises*. 



August 13.— A letter was read, addressed to the Secretary by 

 E. W. A. Drummond Hay, Esq., Corr. Memb. Z. S., and dated 

 Tangier, July 5, 1833. It referred to various animals which Mr. 

 Drummond Hay has obtained for the purpose of forwarding them 

 to the Society's Menagerie ; and adverted to others which he is in 

 hopes of procuring. 



On the subject of the Bakra 'Iwhash, in the plural Bakkar el tvhash, 

 Mr. Drummond Hay states that this term, as well as Mahats and 

 Targeea, (all signifying xuild Cow,) appears to be applied by the 

 Arabs to Antilope Leucoryx. It is, however, possible that the same 

 name may be applied to large Ruminants of different species ; al- 

 though to any having the general appearance of an Antelope it is 

 likely that the Arabs would give the term, generic as it were, Gazed. 



The skins were exhibited of a Cayman, and of the Coyote or 

 Mexican Jackal, the latter being apparently the Prairie Wolf, 

 Canis latrans, Say. They were obtained in Mexico by Captain 

 Colquhoun, by whom they were presented to the Society ; as were 

 also the horns, which were similarly exhibited, of the Berenda, a 

 prong-horned Antelope. 



The stomach was exhibited of the Pekan or Fisher Marten, 

 Mustela Canadensis, Schreb. ; and Mr. Martin, at the request of 

 the Chairman, read his notes of the dissection of the animal, which 

 are given in the "Proceedings" of the Society. 



Its lengtlvfrom the nose to the origin of the tail was 21 inches. 

 An immense deposition of fat loaded the cellular tissue, as well as 

 the omentum and intestines. 



Mr. Bell exhibited specimens of two Reptiles, forming part of 

 his collection, which he regarded as the types of two genera hitherto 

 undescribed. He stated his intention of publishing, in the 20th 

 Number of the " Zoological Journal" shortly about to appear, de- 

 scriptions and figures of them. 



To one of them he gave the generic name 



Anops. — Pedes nulli. Annuli thoracici completi. Rostrum por- 

 rectum, scutello arcuato compresso tectum. Oculi sub scutellis la- 

 tentes. Linea lateralis depressa. Cauda breviuscula. Pori pr<e- 

 anales nulli. 



Anops Kingii. — An. corpore supra Jusco, infra albido. Long. 

 8 unc. 5 lin. ; capitis, 4 lin. ; caudce> 1 unc. 2 lin. Had. in America 

 Australi. 



* We defer till our next Number the remaining proceedings of July 23, 

 in order to make room for the notice, under August 13, of Mr. Bell's dis- 

 covery that the three-toed Sloth possesses only the normal number of cer- 

 vical vertebrae. 



