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III. Mittheilungen aus Museen, Instituten etc. 



1. Zoological Society of London. 



pt Mai 1888. — Colonel Irby, F.Z.S., exhibited (on behalf of Lord 

 Lilford) a specimen of Aquila rapax from Southern Spain, believed to be the 

 first authentic specimen of this species known from the Peninsula. — Prof. 

 Flower exhibited and made remarks on a specimen of the Japanese Do- 

 mestic Fowl with the tail-coverts enormously elongated, the longest attain- 

 ing a length of nine feet. The specimen had been presented to the British 

 Museum by Mr. F. D. Parker. — Mr. C. M. Woodford made some general 

 remarks on the zoology of the Solomon Islands ; and read some notes on the 

 nesting-habits of Brenchley's Megapode, which lays its eggs in the sands on 

 the sea-shore of these islands. — Mr. G. A. Boulenger, F.Z.S., read the 

 description of a new Land-Tortoise of the genus Hnmopus from South Africa, 

 based on specimens living in the Society's Gartens, which had been pre- 

 sented to the Society by the Rev. G. H. R. Fisk, C.M.Z.S. The author pro- 

 posed to name the species H. femoralis. — Mr. F. E. Beddard, F.Z.S., 

 read the second of his series of notes on the visceral anatomy of birds. The 

 present paper treated on the air-sacs in certain diving birds. — Mr. Francis 

 Day, F.Z.S., read the first of a proposed series of observations on Indian 

 fishes. — P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



2. Notiz. 



In Bezug auf die in No. 269 des Zool. Anz. enthaltene Notiz über die 

 coleopterologische Arbeit des Herrn F. G. O. Tepper ist berichtigend zu 

 bemerken, daß nicht größere Mengen abgegeben werden können , sondern 

 daß nur etwa 150 von den verkäuflichen Exemplaren vom Verfasser nach 

 London zum Verkauf geschickt worden sind. 



IV. Personal - Notizen. 



Necrolog. 



Am 19. Juni 1887 starb in Paris Mr. Olry Terquem in seinem neun- 

 zigsten Jahre, Er war ein anerkannt tüchtiger Malakolog und Paläontolog, 

 der sich besonders durch seine Arbeiten über Foraminiferen und Lamelli- 

 branchier ausgezeichnet hat. 



Am 21. Juni 1887 starb in Porto Delgado, San Michel, Azoren, M. 

 Arruda Furt ado, geboren den 17. September 1854, ein bekannter Mala- 

 kolog. 



Am 5. Februar 1888 starb in Philadelphia M. George W. Try on, der 

 bekannte, verdiente Malakozoolog. 



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