The above Plates, thirty in number, are executed by 

 Wolf, Ford, and Sowerby, and are divided into the follow- 

 ing series : viz. six Plates of Mammalia and twelve of Birds, 

 drawn by Wolf; two Plates of Reptilia, three of Annulosa, 

 and four of Radiata, by Ford ; and three Plates of Mollusca, 

 by G. B. Sowerby ; the whole of which are executed with 

 the skill and care for which each of these gentlemen are so 

 well and deservedly celebrated. 



Part IV., containing the termination of the Proceed- 

 ings for the last year, is now on the table, and 

 contains fifteen Plates. 



The Illustrated Proceedings for 1858 will therefore con- 

 tain the large number of forty-five Plates, thirty-four of 

 which have been coloured with the greatest care from the 

 original specimens, and nearly 600 pages of Letterpress. 

 The price of the Volume to Fellows of the Society is 

 £1 12s. 6d., and to the Pubhc, £2 2s. Od. 



The Fifth Part of the Fourth Volume of the Transactions, 

 which was announced at the last Anniversary as being in 

 course of preparation, has accordingly since then been 

 pubUshed. It contains four elaborate papers by Professor 

 Owen on the following subjects : — 



1st. "On Dinornis (Part VII.) : containing a description 

 of the bones of the leg and foot of Dinornis elephan- 

 topus, Owen." 



2nd. " On Dinornis (Part VIII.) : containing a descrip- 

 tion of the skeleton of the Dinornis elephantoptis, 

 Owen." 



3rd. " Osteological Contributions to the Natural History 

 of the Chimpanzees {Troglodytes) and Orangs {Pithe- 

 cm). No. VI. Characters of the Skull of the male Pi- 

 thecus morio, with remarks on the varieties of the male 

 Pithecus satyrus." 



4th. " On the Anatomy of the Great Anteater [Myrmeco- 

 phaga jubata, Linn.), Part II." 



These papers are illustrated by eleven Plates of great 

 excellence, executed by Dinkel, Erxleben, and Ford, in the 

 first style of lithographic art. 



The Council beg here to record their thanks to the 

 Gentlemen composing the Committee of Publication for 



