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Hoffentlich entwickeln sich die Eier unter meiner Obhut, so daß 

 es mir möglich wird, später über die Embryonalentwicklung von Cro- 

 codilus Genaueres zu berichten. 



Die Eiablage erfolgt nur einmal im Jahre, in der Zeit von Ende 

 Januar bis Anfang Februar. Die Eier werden von den Eingeborenen 

 gesammelt und als Curiosität an Fremde verkauft, aber keineswegs, 

 wie behauptet wird, gegessen. 



Lamu, 23. Januar 1890. 



III. Mittheilungen aus Museen, Instituten etc. 



1. Zoological Society of London. 



IStli March, 1890. — The Secretary exhibited (on behalf of the Rev. 

 G. H. R. Fisk, C.M.Z.S.) a specimen of a white Bat, obtained at Somer- 

 set West, near Cape Town, believed to be an albino variety of Vesperus 

 capensis. — Captain Percy Armitage exhibited and made remarks on two 

 heads of the Panolia Deer [Cervus eldi), obtained on the Sittang River, Bur- 

 mah. One of these was of an abnormal form. — Mr. S dater exhibited (on 

 behalf of Mr. Robert B. White, C.M.Z.S.) examples of four species of Mam- 

 mals, obtained in the Upper Magdalena Valley, in the department of Tolima, 

 U.S. of Colombia. — Dr. Mivart, F.R.S., read a paper on the South- 

 American Canidae. The author called attention to the difficulties in the way 

 of the correct discrimination of these animals, and to what appeared to him 

 to be the unsatisfactory character of some of Burmeister' s determinations 

 and descriptions. Forms to which the names fulvipes, griseus, patagonicus, 

 enirerianus, gracilis, vetulus, dco-A fulvicaiidus had been assigned were declared 

 to be quite insufficiently discriminated from Canis Azarae. On the other hand, 

 two very marked varieties, or possibly species, were noted and distinguished 

 under the appellations Canis parvidens and Canis urostictus, the type of each 

 of which was in the British Museum, both the skin and the skull extracted 

 from it in each case. — Mr. R. I. Po cock read a revision of the genera 

 of Scorpions of the family Buthidae^ and gave descriptions of some new 

 South-African species of this family. — Mr. F. E. Beddard read a paper 

 on some points in the anatomy of the Condor [Sarcorhamphus grypJms) . — 

 A communication was read from Prof. R. Collett, C.M.Z.S., containing 

 the description of a new Monkey from North-east Sumatra, proposed to be 

 called Semnopithecus Thomasi. — P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



IV. Personal -Notizen. 



Necrolog. 



Am 14. Februar starb in Jena Dr. Alfred Walter, Assistent am dor- 

 tigen zoologischen Institut, der Reisegenosse Küken thal's nach Spitz- 

 bergen. 



Druck von Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig. 



