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patella and theanterior portions of the condyles of the os femoris, 

 while the lower are formed by the inferior and posterior sur- 

 faces of these condyles, the upper surface of the tibia, and the 

 semi-lunar cartilages. In the Ornithorhynchus paradoxus, the 

 double fold of the synovial membrane extends only half-way 

 across the joint, thus constituting an intermediate link of gra- 

 dation between the Echidna and Man. in whom the ligamentum 

 adiposum is wholly within the joint. ' 



Nov. 30. — The Society proceeded to the election of a Coun- 

 cil and Officers for the year ensuing ; when on examining the 

 lists, the following was found to be the state of the ballot : 



Members of the old Council to continue. — Davies Gilbert, 

 Esq., M.P. ; Capt. Francis Beaufort, R.N. ; John George 

 Children, Esq. ; Sir Humphrey Davy, Bart. ; John F. W. 

 Herschel, Esq., M.A.; Sir Everard Home, Bart., V.P. ; Capt. 

 Henry Kater, V.P.; John Pond, Esq., A.R. ; William Prout, 

 M.D. ; William Hyde WoUaston, M.D., V.P. ; Thomas Young, 

 M.D., Foreign Sec. 



Members of the Society chosen into the Council. — Francis 

 Baily, Esq. ; the Rev. William Buckland, D.D. ; Charles, Lord 

 Colchester ; John Wilson Croker, Esq. ; William Henry Fitton, 

 M.D. ; the Rev. Edmund Goodenough, D.D. ; John Guille- 

 mand, Esq. ; John Ayrton Paris, M.D. ; Peter Mark Roget, 

 M.D. ; Capt. Edward Sabine, Roy. Art. 



Officers for the ensuing year : — President : Davies Gilbert, 

 Esq., M.P. — Treasurer: Capt. Henry Kater. — Secretaries: 

 Peter Mark Roget, M.D. ; Capt. Edward Sabine. 



LINNEAN SOCIETY. 



November 6, 1827. — A paper was read, entitled, Remarks on 

 the Antilope Chickara ; by Robert Hills, Esq., F.L.S. This 

 paper has since been printed in the Society's Transactions. 



Nov. 20. — A Letter from J. Creswell, Esq., F.L.S., was read, 

 in which it was mentioned that a fish, unknown to the oldest 

 fishermen, and weighing one hundred weight, had been taken in 



