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Manual of Scientific Terms (Stormonth) , by Mr. F. Gleadow. 



Magazine of Natural History, Vol. 19, N03. CXU.to CXIV, by Mr. U. Littledale^ 



Vertebrate Zoology of Sind (Murray) , by Mr. E. S. Johannes. 



Insect Transformation, by Major Yerbury, R.A. 



Entomologist's Text Book (Westwood) , by Major Yerbury, R.A. 



Papillons Bxotiques (Cramer) , by Major Yerbury, R. A. 



Monograph of the Callidryas (Butler)* Do. 



{ Transactions of the Zoological Socy.. for 1886, Do.. 



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Bulletin of American Natural History, Vol. I. No. 8 (in exchange). 



Buffon'a Natural History, by Mr. J. A. Betham. 



Records of the Geological Survey (in exchange). 



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 Ritchie, Mr. Kirby Johnston, Mr. Geo. Ormistou, Mr. J. Leask, and Mr. E. 

 Calthrop. 



Mr. J. H. Steel read a note on the h-jad of a domestic goat which had a large 

 cutaneous horn on the ear,, received from Col. J. Biddulph. This note will be] found 

 in Zoological Notes, on page 283 in this number,, which also- contains a sketch of the 



head. 



He also read a note on a deformed hoof of a Black Buck,, received from, Mr. R. A. 

 Straw, appearing under Zoological Notes. 



Mr. Steel made the following remark— 



On the Deformed Canine Tooth op a Tiger-. 



Here we have in a tiger's skull, exhibited by Mr. G. Sutton Jones, of Deoli, another 

 illustration of the effects of injuries on wild animals. I take it that a consider- 

 able time ago this tiger bioke his canine tooth off rather short and had a very bad 

 tooth-ache as a result. We can see the surface of the fracture although it had 

 been smoothed off at the edges by friction during the long period since the original 

 injury. We can also see that after the injury the tooth grew thicker than is natural, 

 less smooth and regular, and- the tooth socket became enlarged and the bones 

 around it swollen. These are indications that both, the tooth-producing membrane 

 and the bone near it were inflamed. Gradually, since this disease subsided, ther« 



