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4. Prosector's Department. 



The Prosector (Mr. F. E. Beddard) reports as follows: — 



The number of deaths during the year 1889 was 839, 

 being less than that of the deaths during 1888 by 109. 



The more noteworthy deaths were perhaps the follow- 

 ing : — On Jan. 17 a Westerman's Cassowary ; on Nov. 16 

 a Condor which had lived for more than thirty years in 

 the Gardens, having been purchased in April 1856 ; on 

 Nov. 30 the surviving specimen of Hooker^s Sea-lion ; 

 and on Nov. 22 a large Anaconda, which measured 15 feet 

 9 inches in length. 



The following papers, prepared by the Prosector and 

 published in the ' Proceedings ' during the year, have been 

 based upon materials furnished from the Gardens : — " On 

 the Anatomy of Rhinoceros sumatrensis (in conjunc- 

 tion with Mr. Treves) " ; " On certam Points in the 

 Anatomy of the Accipitres " ; " Some Notes upon the 

 Anatomy of the American Tapir [Tapirus terrestris) " ; 

 " Notes upon the Anatomy of Picarian Birds. — Part I. " ; 

 " On the Anatomy of Burmeister^s Cariania.^' 



Materials have been supplied to Prof. David Ferrier, 

 F.R.S., and to Mr. W. K. Parker, F.R.S., for purposes 

 of research; for Museum purposes to Prof Flower, C.B., 

 F.R.S., to Prof. dWrcy Thompson, and to Prof Herdman. 



Some of the pathological material has been made use of 

 by Mr. W. K. Sibley. 



5. Zoological Lectures. 



The arrangements for the Davis Lectures on zoological 

 subjects for the present year are as follows : — 



A course of six Lectures will be delivered in the Lecture- 

 room in the Society's Gardens, Regent's Park, on Thurs- 

 days, at 5.30 P.M., commencing May 8th, by Mr. F. E. 

 Beddard, M.A., Prosector to the Society and Davis Lec- 

 turer. Subject: The Colours of Animals. 



The Fee for the Course (including admission to the 

 Gardens on the days of Lectm-e) is 5*. The Course is 

 free to Fellows of the Society. Tickets for it may be 

 obtained from Mr. F. E. Beddard, Zoological Society's 

 Gardens, Regent's Park, N.W. 



