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Fehler »Im System muß Tlaliclioerus zwischen die Ohr- und Kegelrobben 

 gestellt werden«, ist dahin zu corrigiren: »Im System muß Halichoerus zwischen 

 die Ohrrobben und Phoken gestellt werden.« Der erstere Fehler ist auch 

 in dem betreffenden Aufsatz Prof. Neh ring's selbst enthalten. 



Max Schlosser, München . 



III. Mittlieilungen aus Museen, Instituten etc. 



1. Zoological Society of London. 



18*^ January 1887. — The Secretary read a report on the additions 

 that had been made to the Society's Menagerie during the month of Decem- 

 ber, 1886, and called attention to a young male of the true Zebra [Equns 

 zebra), purchased December ll*'', and to a young male Indian Rhinoceros, 

 presented by H.H. the Maharajah of Cooch Behar, through the kind inter- 

 "vention of Dr. B. Simpson, and received December 25^^. — Mr. F. W. 

 Sty an, F.Z.S., exhibited and made remarks on a series of Chinese Birds' 

 eggs which he had collected at Kiukiang and Shanghai. — Mr. Howard 

 Saunders, F.Z.S., exhibited and read some notes on a skin of the Medi- 

 terranean Black-headed Gull [Larus melanocephalus] , killed on Breydon Water, 

 near Great Yarmouth, and sent for exhibition by Mr. G. Smith, of that 

 town. This was stated to be the first absolutely authentic occurrence of this 

 «outhern species on the British coasts. — Mr. S dater exhibited and made 

 some remarks on an example of a rare Amazon Parrot [Chrysotis Bodini) from 

 British Guiana. — Mr. W. B. Tegetmeier, F.Z.S., exhibited and made 

 remarks on three heads of the Sumatran Rhinoceros [R. sumatrensis) from 

 Sarawak, Borneo . — Prof. Rupert Jones read a paper by himself, Messrs. 

 H. B. Brady, and W. K. Parker, on the Foraminifera dredged up on the 

 Abrolhos Bank by H.M.S. 'Plumper' in 1857. The series contained exam- 

 ples of 124 species and notable varieties, and furnished results of definite 

 value as regards the distribution of this group of animals. — Prof. G. B. 

 Howes, F.Z.S., read a paper on the skeleton and affinities of the paired 

 fins of Ceratodus, and added observations upon the corresponding organs of 

 the Elasmobranchii and other fishes. — A communication was read from 

 Prof. T. Jeffrey Parker, C.M.Z.S., of the University of Otago, New Zea- 

 land, containing an account of the anatomy of Rondelet' s Shark [Carcharo- 

 don Rondeletii). — A communication was read from the Rev. N. Abraham, 

 containing an account of the habits of the Trapdoor Spider of Graham's 

 Town [Moggridgia Dyeri). — A communication was read from Dr. R. W. 

 Shufeldt, C.M.Z.S., containing notes on the visceral anatomy of certain 

 Auks. — Mr. P. L. S dater pointed out the characters of eight new species 

 of birds of the family Tyrannida;. — Mr. S dater also described a new 

 Ant-Thrush of the genus Grcdluria from Ecuador, for which he proposed the 

 name Grallaria Diihoisi. — P. L. S dater, Secretary. 



2. Linnean Society of New South Wales. 



24*^ November, 1886. — 1) Notes on some Australian Fossils. By 

 F. Ratte. (I.) Second Note on Tribrachiocrinus corrtigatus, Ratte, and on 



