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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. | 
12th MAY, 1870. 
PROFESSOR NEWTON, V.P., IN THE CHAIR. 
The SEcRETARY read some notes on the principal additions to 
the Society’s Menagerie during the month of April, and called 
particular attention to a Vulturine Guinea-fowl (Numida vultu- 
rina), presented by Dr. Joun Kirk, C.M.Z.S., being the first 
living specimen of this rare species received in England. 
A communication was read from Dr. R. O. CunnincHam, 
C.M.Z.S., on some peculiarities in the anatomy of three King- 
fishers, Ceryle stellata, Dacelo gigas, and Alcedo ispida. 
A communication was read from Mr. Groree GuLLIVER, F.Z.S., 
on the taxonomic characters afforded by the muscular sheath of 
the cesophagus in Sauropsida and other Vertebrates. 
Mr. R. B, Suanre read a paper containing a full account of the 
Swallows (Hirundinide) of Africa, and pointed out their charac- 
ters and geographical distribution. Particular attention was 
drawn to the affinities of the African Hirwndinide with those of 
the New World, and also to the representation of various species 
