Abstract of Proceedings. 
1901. 
GENERAL MEETINGS. 
Friday, 4th January. Mr. Edward Bond, M.P., 
President, 1899—1900, in the Chair. 
Wir: 2. me. puaden, F.C.S., P.1C, F.Z.5., read a 
paper entitled ‘‘ Notes on some Odd Fish,” (illustrated 
by diagrams). 
The paper dealt chiefly with those curious fish 
which are known as Difnoi or “ Lung-breathers.” They 
were shown to be virtually a sort of connecting link 
between fishes and amphibians and to lead up in the scale 
of creation towards Reptiles. Whereas the Frog is in 
its tadpole condition practically a fish, so far as regards 
its breathing arrangements, the Dzpxzoz maintain during 
their whole existence the main characteristics, as regards 
the purification of blood, of both fish and higher types 
of life. The various species of Dipzoz were referred to ; 
namely, the Lepzdosiven of South America; the mud- 
fish, Protopterus, of West Africa, and the Barramunda 
or Ceratodus of Australia. The curious habit of over- 
land progression of the latter was alluded to and refer- 
ence made to the first living example in this country of 
the “walking-fish,” now in the Zoological Society’s 
Gardens. The structural peculiarities of the Lung 
Fishes were described and compared. 
On Friday, 25th January, 1901, the Annual General 
Meeting was held under the presidency of Mr. Edward 
Bond, M.P. 
Before the commencement of the business of the 
