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various species of the family Lemuridse. — Mr. F. E. Bed dard read a 

 paper on the anatomy of Earthworms, being a further contribution to his 

 researches on that subject. The present paper treated of the structure of 

 Eudriliis sylvicola, the reproductive organs of Acanthodriliis , and the genital 

 setae of Perichœta Houlleti. — A communication was read from Mr. A. D. 

 Bartlett, Superintendent of the Society s Gardens, containing remarks upon 

 the mode of moulting of the Great Bird of Paradise [Paradisea apoda), as ob- 

 served in a captive specimen. — A communication was read from Mr. J. 

 Douglas Ogilby, of the Australian Museum, Sydney, containing the de- 

 scription of a rare Australian fish [Girella cyanea). — A second paper by 

 Mr. Ogilby contained the description of an undescribed fish of the genus 

 Prionurus, obtained in Port Jackson, which was proposed to be called Prio- 

 nurus maculatus. 



S'*^ May, 1887. — The Secretary read a report on the additions that 

 had been made to the Society's Menagerie during the month of April 1887, 

 and called attention to two young Polar Bears ( Urstis maritimus) presented 

 by Joseph Monteith, Esq. ; and to two Crested Ducks [Anas cristata) from 

 the Falkland Islands, presented by F. E. Cobb, Esq., C.M.Z.S. — Extracts 

 were read from a letter addressed to the Secretary by Mr. Roland Trim en, 

 F.Z.S., respecting the obtaining of a second example of Lania?-ius atrocroceus 

 in South Africa. — Mr. J. Jenner-Weir, F.Z.S., exhibited and made 

 remarks on a skull of a Boar from New Zealand. — A communication was 

 read from Mr. G. A. Boulenger, containing the description of a new 

 Snake of the genus Lamproj)his, based on a specimen living in the Society's 

 Gardens, which had been presented to the collection by the Rev. G. H. R. 

 Fisk, C.M.Z.S. — A communication was read from Mr. J. H. Leech, 

 F.Z.S., containing an account of the Diurnal Lepidoptera of Japan and 

 Corea, based on a collection recently made by the author during a recent 

 entomological expedition to those countries. The total number of species in 

 Mr. Leech's list was 155. In Japan Mr. Leech had discovered one new 

 species [Papilio mikado) and in Corea four others. — Mr. R. Bowdler 

 S harpe, F.Z.S., gave an account of a second collection of birds formed by 

 Mr. L. Wray in the mountains of Perak, Malay Peninsula. This collection 

 contained examples of about fifty species, of which ten were described as new 

 to science. — Mr. H. J. Elwes, F.Z.S., pointed out the characters of some 

 new species of Diurnal Lepidoptera, specimens of which had been obtained 

 by him during his recent visit to Sikkim. — A communication was read 

 from Mr. Lionel de Nicéville, containing an account of some new or little- 

 known Indian Butterflies. — P. L. S dater, Secretary. 



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7*^ April, 1887 . — A series of photographs taken instantaneously from 

 ife of the white Stork [Ciconia alba) were exhibited by Mr. Edward Bid- 

 well. They most accurately represented the birds during the breeding sea- 

 son. Not only were the nests and young thereon and old birds well shown 

 but the remarkable attitudes assumed preparatory to a lighting and commenc- 

 ing flight, as well as the peculiar twist of the neck in calling, &c were most 

 instructive. — Dr. Francis Day exhibited and described some malformed 

 Trout in an early stage of development. 



