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II. OFFICE, 11 Hanover Seauare. 
IF ScIENTIFIC MEETINGs. 
- The Scientific Meetings have been regularly held at the 
Society’s rooms in Hanover Square during the year 1870. 
No less than 165 different communications on various z00- 
logical subjects have been made to these meetings during 
the year: 104 of these were from Fellows, 3 from F oreign 
Members, and 27 from Corresponding Members of the 
Society. The remaining 31 papers were from individuals 
not belonging to the Society, and were communicated to it 
by the Secretary or by other Members. The corresponding 
number of communications in the year 1869 was 160. 
These communications were all submitted to the Com- 
mittee of Publication, which meets before every Scientific 
Meeting; and the following orders were made respecting 
them. Seven were ordered to be printed in the ‘ Transac- 
tions’ of the Society, and-121 in the < Proceedings,’ such 
illustrations being in every case allowed as the Committee 
considered necessary for the purpose. Of ten of the com- 
munications, abstracts or extracts were considered to be 
sufficient for publication, while the remaining 27 were 
ordered to be simply noticed in the Society’s ‘ Proceedings.’ 
2. ScrenTIFIC PuBLICATIONS. 
The third and last part of the volume of < Proceedings ’” 
for 1870 was completed about a fortnight ago, and is now 
ready for issue to the Subscribers. The whole volume 
for 1870 contains nearly one thousand pages, and is illus- 
trated by 53 plates (mostly coloured) and a large number 
of woodcuts. 
The following Parts of the Society’s Transactions’ have 
been issued during the year 1870 :— 
Vou, VII. Parr II. (January, 1870). 
On Dinornis (Part XIII.) : containing a Description of 
the Sternum in Dinornis elephantopus and D. rheides, with 
Notes on that Bone in D. crassus and D. casuarinus. By 
Professor Owen, F.R.S., F.Z.S. With three plates. 
On Dinornis (Part XIV.) : containing Contributions to: 
the Craniology of the Genus, with a Description of, the 
