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containing a description of the German River-Frog [Éana eséulenta, var. ridi- 

 hunda Pallas.) — Mr. P. L. Sclater read the description of a new species 

 of Icterus, obtained by Mr. Hauxwell on the Upper Amazons, which he pro- 

 posed to name 1. Hauxwelli. — A second paper by Mr. Sclater contained 

 notes on the way in which Lemur macaco carries its young, as observed in a 

 specimen living in the Society's Gardens. — Mr. A. D. Bart le tt read some 

 notes on the female Chimpanzee now living in the Society's Gardens, which 

 he showed to be different from the ordinary Chimpanzee, and to be probably 

 the Troglodytes calvus of Du Chaillu. — Dr. Gadow, C.M.Z.S., communi- 

 cated a memoir by Miss Beatrice Lindsay, of Girton College, Cambridge, 

 upon the Avian Sternum. The different theories held as to the origin of the 

 sternum having been reviewed, the author proceeded, after an explanation 

 of the various types of structure examined, to give an account of her own 

 views. Miss Lindsay came to the conclusion that the keel is an apophysis 

 of the two halves of the sternum, and is not produced by the clavicles or any 

 other parts belonging to the shoulder-girdle ; also that the part of the ster- 

 num whereof the keel is an outgrowth is itself of secondary origin, and that 

 the various processes of the sternum are produced by addition and not by 

 resorption of bony matter. — Col. J. Biddulph read a paper on the Rocky- 

 Mountain Sheep, in reference to the new geographical race lately named by 

 Mr. Nelson Oéis montana Dalli, and confirming the view that there are two 

 distinct types or races of this Sheep in North America. — P. L. Sclater, 

 Secretary. 



2. Die Station der Niederländischen Zoologischen Gesellschaft 



wird in diesem Sommer während der Monate Juli und August in Delfzijl an 

 der Emsmündung gegenüber Emden errichtet werden. 



Nähere Auskunft zu ertheilen ist Herr Dr. P. P. C. Hoek, Secretair 

 der Niederländ. Zoologischen Gesellschaft, Leiden, bereit. 



3. Gesuch. 



Gesucht wird ein Assistent an das anatomische Institut zu 

 Königsberg. Sofortiger Eintritt erwünscht. Approbation und Pro- 

 motion ist nothwendig. Remuneration 1200 Mark. Merkel. 



IV. Personal-Notizen . 



Amsterdam. Dr. C. Kerb ort, bisher Privatdocent der Zoologie ist 

 zum Lector der Zoologie an der dortigen Universität ernannt. 



Clermont. Herr J. Riehard ist nicht l'rofessor in Clermont, was 

 ich auf seinen Wunsch hiermit berichtige. C. 



Berichtigung. 

 In Folge meiner Abwesenheit von I>cipzig ist in dem Artikel »Artificial Fecun- 

 dation in the Mollusca« (Z. A. No. UJ.'J. p. 2:{ü) »Ilaliotus« für »Haliotis« stellen ge- 

 blieben, was ich zu ändern bitte. _Auf p. 237 1. Zeile ist statt »Mollusca« zu lesen 

 »Gasteropoda«. y"'/ ' 



Druck Ton Breitkopf & Ilärtel in Leipzig. 



