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Series of the Society’s “ Proceedings,” with the slightly 
altered title “ Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the 
Zoological Society of London.” The three parts of the New 
Series for the year 1861, both with and without tke Illustra- 
tions, have accordingly been duly issued. The volume of 
Illustrated Proceedings for the year 1861, formed by the 
union of the three parts, is now also ready for distribution 
amongst such of the Fellows as prefer to receive it in that 
form, at the reduced price of £1 12s., the price charged to 
the public being £2 5s. The commencement of a New Series 
has seemed to be a favourable opportunity for introducing 
“running titles,” and making several other slight improve- 
ments in the form of publication. The size of the volume 
for the past year, containing as it does 458 pages, is suf- 
ficient to testify to the number and extent of the commu- 
nications made to the Society’s Scientific Meetings, which 
have greatly increased during the past three or four 
years. The Council believe that they are also justified in 
stating that the scientific value of these papers is generally 
acknowledged to be of a high standard, and that the 
Society’s “ Proceedings” are now universally recognized 
as constituting one of the most important Journals by 
which the promotion of Zoological Science is furthered. 
The greater portion of an Index to the twelve volumes of 
“ Proceedings,” from 1848 to 1860, is now in type, and the 
volume will shortly be ready for issue. 
The first section of the seventh and last part of Volume 
IV. of the “ Transactions ” has been issued since the last 
Anniversary. It is devoted entirely to an elaborate Memoir 
by Mr. W.K. Parker on the Osteology of Baleniceps rez. 
Although the Society have been unfortunate in not being 
able to keep these birds alive in their Gardens for a longer 
period than a few months, the Council think it will be 
generally acknowledged that every pains has been taken to 
render the two specimens of this singular bird, received 
from Mr. Petherick, available in the interests of science. 
Two further parts of the “Transactions” are now in pre- 
paration and will shortly appear. The second section of 
Part VII. of Volume IV. will contain Dr. Sclater’s paper 
on the Struthious Birds in the Society’s Menagerie, and 
the Index and Title-page to that volume. The first part 
of Volume V., which will be ready for issue at the same 
time, will contain a continuation ot Professor Owen’s series 
of papers on the Anthropoid Apes—being specially devoted 
