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read a paper on the horny excrescence on the snout of the Southern Right 

 Whale [Balaena australis), known to whalers as the "Bonnet", in which he 

 showed that the minute structure is the same in essential features as that of 

 the stratum corneum of the normal skin of the Whale. The cuticular fibres 

 were set at right angles to the surface, and were not sharply difi"erentiated 

 nor readily separable. Comparisons were drawn by the author between the 

 structure of this horny excrescence and that of the nasal horn of the Rhino- 

 ceros, the hoof of the Horse, the horn of the Ox, and the baleen of the 

 Whale. — Mr. G. A. Boulen ger, F.R.S., enumerated the species of Batra- 

 chians and Reptiles represented in a collection made by Dr. Donaldson Smith 

 in Somaliland in 1899. Of the Reptiles two were new to science and were 

 described under the names Hemidactylus laevis and H. barodanus. — Mr. 

 S dater made some additional remarks on the two pieces of Zebra-skin, ex- 

 hibited at a previous meeting, which had been sent to himby Sir H.H. Johnston, 

 K.C.B., from the Semleki Forest on the borders of the Uganda Protectorate, 

 and expressed his opinion that they belonged to a hitherto unknown species, 

 for which he proposed the provisional name of Eqmis Johnstoni. — Mr. J. L. 

 Bonhote read a paper on a second collection of Siamese Mammals made by 

 Mr. Th. H, Lyle, Consul at Nau, Siam. The collection, although small, was of 

 considerable interest, the 20 specimens composing it being referable to 11 spe- 

 cies, one of which, Sciurus Macclellandi kongeììsis^ was described as new. This 

 race was most nearly allied to So. m. Barbei^ but might be distinguished by 

 its much greyer coloration and the paler colour of the yellow stripes. The type 

 had been procured by Mr. Lyle at Rahong. A seasonal change in Funamhulus 

 Berdmorei was also described , Gray's type of Sc. Mouhoti being an example 

 of that species in summer. Other remarks were also made on Sc. Finlat/soni, 

 which apparently offered an example of extreme polymorphism. — Mr. Bon- 

 hote also communicated a paper containing an enumeration of the 139 spe- 

 cies of birds of which specimens had been collected during the "Skeat Expe- 

 dition" to the Malay Peninsula in 1899— 1900. — Mr. F. E. Bed dard, 

 F.R.S., described a new species of Freshwater Annelid, under the name of 

 Bothrionenron iris, from specimens obtained in the Malay Peninsula during 

 the "Skeat Expedition" in 1899—1900. — P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



2. V. Internationaler Zoologencongrefs in Berlin 

 12.— 16. August 1901. 



Unter dem Protectorat Sr. Kaiserl. und Königl. Hoheit des Konprinzen 

 des Deutschen Reiches und von Preußen. 



Der im August des Jahres 1897 in Cambridge abgehaltene IV. In- 

 ternationale Zoologencongreß beschloß, den V. internationalen Con- 

 greß in Deutschland stattfinden zu lassen. Die Deutsche Zoologische 

 Gesellschaft erhielt die Ermächtigung, den Ort und den Präsidenten 

 für diesen Congreß zu bestimmen; sie wählte Berlin und ernannte 

 zum Vorsitzenden Herrn Geh. Regierungsrath Prof. Dr. K. Möbius, 

 zum Stellvertreter des Vorsitzenden Herrn Geh. Regierungsrath Prof. 

 Dr. F. E. Schulze. 



