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and white Colobus, which he could not identify, and of at least two other 

 species , probably a Cercopithecus and a Baboon. Some small Mice brought 

 home had not yet been identified. Leopards were numerous, and Lions 

 were also common on the lower grounds. Two species of Sunbird were 

 brought back, one of which ascends to 1 1 000 feet on Ruwenzori. Mr. Scott 

 Elliot concluded by remarking that the general idea of distribution gathered 

 from the flora seemed to confirm such data as he could gather from the 

 fauna of the country which he traversed during his journey. — Mr. F. E. 

 Beddard, F.R.S. , and Mr. P. Chalmers Mitchell, F.Z.S., made a com- 

 munication on the structure of the heart in the Alligator, as observed in 

 specimens that had died in the Society's Menagerie, — Mr. Chalmers Mit- 

 chell, M.A., F.Z.S., described the anatomy of the Crested Screamer [Chauna 

 chavaria) , pointing out some resemblances between the alimentary canal of 

 that bird and the Ostrich , and giving a detailed comparison of the structu- 

 res of Chauna chavaria and Palamedea cornuta. — A communication was read 

 from Dr. Percy Rendali, F.Z.S., containing field-notes on the Antelopes 

 of th.e Transvaal. — Dr. Mivart, F.R.S. , read a paper on the skeleton of 

 Loritis ßavopalliatus as compared with that of Psittaciis erithacus. — P. L. 

 S dater, Secretary. 



2. Malacological Society of London. 



Friday, May 10th. — Prof. G. B. Howes, President, in the Chair. 

 On behalf of Miss de Burgh were shewn specimens illustrating the variation 

 of Columhella mercatoria , Lin. Mr. Da Costa exhibited a collection of uni- 

 valve Mollusca from Lakes Tanganyika and Victoria Nyanza and pointed 

 out the entirely different characters of their molluscan inhabitants. On behalf 

 of Mr. C. S. Cox were exhibited living specimens of Glandina from Italy. Mr. 

 E. H. Sykes showed specimens of Achatinella from the Island of Lanai 

 illustrating their variation. The following communications were read: 

 1) Notes on Trochonanina and other genera of the Land Mollusca with refe- 

 rence to the animals of Martensia mozambicensis Pfr. , and other species, by 

 Lt.-Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen. 2) Report on the land and freshwater 

 shells collected by Mr. H.H. Smith at St. Vincent, W.I., by E. A. Smith. 

 3) Note on the larval Oyster, by M. F. Woodward. — E. R. Sykes, 

 Hon. Seer. 



III. Personal - Notizen. 



Necrolog. 



Am 15. April starb in New Haven Professor James Dwight Dana, 

 Verfasser der beiden berühmten Bearbeitungen der Zoophyten und der Cru- 

 staceen der Wilkes' sehen Exploring Expedition, und anderer Werke. Er 

 war am 12. Februar 1813 in Utica, N. Y. , geboren. Seit 1846 war er 

 Mitherausgeber des American Journal of Science, an dessen Spitze sein 

 Schwiegervater, Prof. B. Silliman, stand. 



Berichtigung. 



In No. 474 ist auf p. 171, 6. Zeile von unten anstatt ,Henselleni- 

 nae' zu lesen »Hen senellinae«. 



Druck von Breitkopt' & Uärtel in Leipzig. 



