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calling special attention to a pair of the rare and beautiful Passerine bird 

 the Grey Coly-Shrike [Hypocolius amjieliniis) from Fao, Persian Gulf, pre- 

 sented by W, D. Gumming, Esq., C.M.Z.S. He also made some remarks 

 on the most interesting objects observed during a recent visit to the Zoolo- 

 gical Gardens of Rotterdam, the Hague, Amsterdam, and Antwerp. — A 

 communication from Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell, F.Z.S., contained particu- 

 lars of the occurrence of a species of Jacana [Jacana spinosa) in Jamaica. — 

 Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., F.Z.S., exhibited and made remarks on some 

 specimens of the Mole-Rat [Spalax typhlus] from Egypt. — Prof. Roma- 

 nes gave an account of some results recently obtained from the cross-breed- 

 ing of Rats and of Rabbits, and showed that it did not follow that a blending 

 of the characters of the parents was the result of crossing two different varie- 

 ties. — Prof. Howes exhibited and made remarks on some photographs 

 received from Prof. Parker, of Otago, New Zealand, illustrative of Sea-Lions, 

 Penguins, and Albatrosses in their native haunts. — Dr. Dawson made 

 remarks on the Fur-Seal of Alaska, and exhibited a series of photographs 

 illustrating the attitudes and mode of life of these animals. — Mr. S dater 

 called attention to the habits of a South-African Snake [Dasypeltis scabra) as 

 exhibited by an example now in the Society's Gardens. — Mr. Sclater also 

 read some extracts from a letter addressed to him by Mr. H. H. Johnston, 

 C.B., announcing the despatch of a consignment of Natural-History speci- 

 mens illustrative of the fauna and flora of the Shire Highlands. — Mr. W. 

 Saville Kent, F.Z.S., exhibited and made remarks on some photographs of 

 a species of the genus Podargtis, showing the strange attitudes of these birds 

 in a living state. — Mr. F. E. Beddard, F.Z.S., read a paper on the Brain 

 and Muscular Anatomy of Aulacodus. — Mr. Gerard W. Butler, F.Z.S., 

 read a paper on the subdivision of the body-cavity in Snakes, being a con- 

 tinuation of the subject treated of in a memoir on the subdivision of the 

 body-cavity in Lizards, Crocodiles, and Birds, previously read before the 

 Society. — Mr. J. W. Gregory, F.Z.S., gave an account of his researches 

 on the British Paleogene Bryozoa, of which he recognized 30 species, repre- 

 sented in the National Collection by about 750 specimens. — Mr. Sclater 

 gave an account of a small collection of Birds from Anguilla, West Indies, 

 made by Mr. W. R. Elliott, one of the collectors employed by the Committee 

 for the exploration of the Lesser Antilles. — Prof. G. J. Romanes, F.R.S., 

 read a paper on a seemingly new diagnostic character of the Primates, which 

 was that the terminal joints of both hands and feet in all species of this Or- 

 der are destitute of hairs. This rule did not apply to the Lemurs. — Mr. 

 O. Thomas read a paper on the genus Echinops, of the order Insectivora, 

 and gave notes on the dentition of the allied genera Ericulus and Centetes. 

 — Mr. G. A. Boulenger gave an account of the Reptiles and Batrachians 

 collected by Mr. C. Hose on Mount Dulit, North Borneo. Amongst these 

 was a fine new Lizai'd of the genus Varamis, proposed to be called V. hetero- 

 pholis. Two new Batrachians were also described as Rhacophorus dulitensls 

 and Nectophryne hosii. — A paper was read by Lieut.-Col. H. H. Godwin- 

 Austen, F.R.S., on new species and varieties of the Land-Molluscan genus 

 Diplommatina , collected by himself, and more recently by Mr. W. Doherty, 

 in the Naga and Munipur Hill ranges. The author described 27 supposed 

 new species, the most remarkable being Z>. unicrenata^ with a peculiarly for- 

 med peristome. — A communication was read from Mr. B. B. Woodward 



