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and fore limb of 83 individuals. — A communication was read from Mr. C. 

 S. Tomes, F.R.S., on the minute structure of the teeth oi Notary c tes. 

 An examination of its dentition had confirmed the view previously arrived at 

 by other naturalists that this animal has affinities with the Dasyuridae and 

 Dideiphidae. — A communication was read from Mr. R. Lydekker, F.R.S., 

 entitled „The Blue Bear of Tibet, with Notes on the Members of the Ursiis 

 arctus Group.'' The author described a mounted specimen in the British 

 Museum which he identified with the Ursus pruinosus of Blyth. He also made 

 a survey of the other members of the U. arctus group, and came to the con- 

 clusion that, with the exception of the extinct U. spelacus^ they should all be 

 regarded as subspecies rather than species. As they are all structurally simi- 

 lar, they seem, in his opinion, to be merely local varieties and colour-phases 

 of what is essentially one animal, — Mr. G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S., gave 

 an account of the Freshwater Fishes collected in Celebes by Drs. P. and F. 

 Sarasin. The specimens obtained were referred to 14 species, of which 4 were 

 described as new, one of them forming the type of a new genus of Athe- 

 rinidae, proposed to be named Tehnatherina. — P. L. S dater, Secretary. 



III. Personal -Notizen. 



Prag. An Stelle des Prof. B. Hatschek ist Prof. R. von Lendenfeld 

 in Czernowitz als Professor der Zoologie nach Prag berufen worden und wird 

 Ostern dahin übersiedeln. 



Meinen zoologischen Freunden die Nachricht, daß ich mit dem April- 

 Dampfer von hier zurückkomme, daß mich also Briefe nicht mehr erreichen. 

 Rahlun, Bismarck-Archipel, Febr. 1897. Prof. Dr. Fr. Dahl. 



Necrolog. 



Am 1. Januar starb auf Helgoland Heinrich Gätke, der rühmlichst 

 bekannte Ornitholog. Er war am 19. Mai 1813 geboren. 



Am 9. Januar starb in Rotterdam A. A. vanBemmelen, der Director 

 des dortigen zoologischen Gartens. 



Am 4. Februar starb in Jacksonville, Florida, Major Charles E. Ben- 

 dire, bekannt durch seine vortrefi"lichen »Life Histories of American Birds«. 

 Er war am 27. April 183G in Darmstadt geboren und 1852 nach Amerika 

 gekommen. 



Am 12. April starb in Philadelphia Edward Drinker Cope, der vor- 

 trefiliche Zoolog und Paläontolog, im 57. Jahre seines Lebens. 



Druck von Breitkopf A Härtel in Leipzig. 



