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marks möglich sei, wofür schon ihre bedeutende Stärke spricht. Und 

 was unsere Ansicht noch weiter zu bewahrheiten scheint, ist, dass diese 

 Ligamente an der seitlichen Fläche des Rückenmarks gelegen sind und 

 dass eben die Seitenbewegungen (mouvements de latéralité) zum höch- 

 sten Grade bei den Schlangen entwickelt sind. 

 Paris, 15. April 1S79. 



III. Mittheilungen aus Museen, Gesellschaften etc. 



1, Zoological Society of London. 



1st April, 1879. — The Secretary read a report on the additions 

 that had been made to the Society's Menagerie during the month of March, 

 1879, and called special attention to a young male of the Mule Deer, of 

 North America [Cariacus macrotis) , presented by Dr. J. D. Caton, of Ottawa, 

 Illinois, U. S.A., and to amale Sumatran Rhinoceros, acquired by purchase, 

 being the first example of this sex of the Sumatran Rhinoceros that the So- 

 ciety had yet acquired. — An extract was read from a letter addressed to 

 the Secretary by Mr. Carl Bock, respecting the habits of the Mountain Ante- 

 lope of Sumatra [Capricornis sumatrensis) , of which he had obtained a living 

 specimen destined for the Society's collection. — Mr. J. W. Clark exhi- 

 bited and made remarks on a drawing of a Dolphin belonging to the genus 

 Lageiuirhynchus , which had been lately taken off Ramsgate. — Professor 

 Flower exhibited a coloured drawing of a young female of the common 

 Dolphin [Delj)hinus delpkis) lately taken off the Coast of Cornwall, and made 

 some observations on the published figures and geographical distribution of 

 the species. — The Bird's eggs collected during the Challenger Expedition 

 were exhibited. The series was stated to contain about 250 eggs, belonging 

 to 50 different species. Amongst these were eggs of the Sheath-bill [Chionis 

 minor) from Kerguelen, and of the Wandering Albatross [Diomedea exulans) , 

 from Marion Island. — Professor Mivart exhibited a figure of and made 

 remarks upon a Kestrel with abnormal feet, in the collection of the Marquis 

 de Wavrin , at Brussels. — Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe, F. Z. S., read an 

 account of the collection of birds made by Mr. F. W. Burbidge, in the Sooloo 

 Islands. A new Jungle Fowl was described as Gallus stramineicollis, and a 

 new Parrot as Tanygnathns burbidgii. — A second communication from Mr. 

 Bowdler Sharpe, consisted of a list of the birds of Labuan Island and its 

 dependencies founded principally on the collections formed during the last 

 four years, by Governor Ussher and Mr. W. H. Treacher, but including also 

 descriptions of a large number of eggs carefully collected by Mr. Hugh Low. 

 One new species, Cgpsehis loivi was described. — A communication was 

 read from Mr. R. G oil e ft, CM. Z. S., containing the description of a new 

 Fish of the genus Ly codes, from the Pacific, which he proposed to call Lyco- 

 des paci ficus. — A communication was read from Prof. Garrod, F.R. S., 

 containing an account of the variations in the trachea and tracheal muscles 

 in the different forms of Gallinaceous Birds. — P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



2. Linnean Society of London. 



Febr. 20, 1879. — A series of rare Büds were exhibited and commented 

 on by Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe. Among the more intersting forms from 



