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Mr. Haetixg poiuted out that the remarkably large spiral horns 

 were peculiar to the male sex, and that if they were to be regarded 

 as of use for the preservation of the species, the ewes, which 

 required the most protection, would be in that respect defenceless. 

 This would be especially the case with Ovis nivicola, the sexes of 

 which, according to Dr. Guillemard (Voyage of tlie ' Marchesa,' 

 vol. i. p. 214), lived apart in small herds for some portion of the 

 year. It was a significant fact, also, that AYild Sheep, like other 

 wild animals, posted sentries whilst feeding to prevent being 

 surprised by their enemies, and it was the experience of those 

 who hunted them, that when approached, the alarm was generally 

 given by a ewe. He thought that wild Sheep and Goats, like 

 Deer, relied more upon their sense of sight and smell than upon 

 their hearing, and that the large bonis, like those of other 

 ruminants, were simply weapons of defence against wild carnivora, 

 and of offence against rivals during the breeding-season, as in the 

 case of Deer. 



A discussion followed in which Messrs. W. E. de Winton, E. T. 

 Newton, A. Trevor Battye, and the Eev. J. Gerard took part, the 

 last-named quoting a letter received from his brother, Lt.-Gen. Sir 

 Montagu Gerard, H.M. Commissioner for delimitation of the 

 Pamir Boundary with Russia, to the effect that he had seen 

 skeletons of Ovis Folii which showed that the horns of two big 

 rams had become interlocked whilst fighting, and that both 

 animals had perished from their inability to disengage themselves. 



Dr. Wheery, in reply, thought it would be found, in the case 

 of ewes in which the horns were either absent or rudimentai'y, 

 that the ears, by way of compensation, Avere much lai'ger than 

 those of the rams ; but he had been unable to find anywhere a 

 head of a female Ovis nivicola for examination. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On the Use of Linnean Specific Xames." B}^ Messrs. Henry 

 and James Groves, E.L.S. 



2. " On the Elora of Tibet or High Asia." Bv Messrs. W. B. 

 Hemsley, E.E.S., E.L.S., and H. H. W. Pearson, M.A., E.L.S. 



February 6th, 1902. 

 Prof. S. H. ViKES, E.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Mr. Graham Ewart Bott was admitted, and Messrs. Eichard 

 Lloyd Griffiths and Thomas William Sanders were elected Eellows 

 of the Society. 



Prof. Reynolds Geeen", E.E.S., E.L.S., exhibited some Prim- 

 roses which showed the rare phenomenon of sepalody. The 

 corolla was green and the limbs of the petals were rugose and of 

 a texture almost comparable with that of the foliage-leaves. He 

 also showed another specimen in which the calyx as well as the 



