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2. SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS. 
The third and last part of the volume of ‘ Proceedings’ 
for 1871 has been completed and issued to the Subscribers. 
The whole volume for 1871 contains upwards of 800 pages, 
and is illustrated by 76 plates (mostly coloured) and a large 
number of woodcuts. 
The following Parts of the Society’s ‘ Transactions’ have 
been issued during the year 1871 :— 
‘Vou. VII. Part V. (January, 1871). 
On certain Species of Deer now or lately living in the 
Society’s Menagerie. By P. L. Sclater, F.R.S.: With 
twelve coloured plates. 
On Dinornis (Part XV.): containing a description of 
various bones of Aptornis defossor, Owen, from near Oa- 
maru, Middle Island, New Zealand; with additional Ob- 
servations on Aptornis otidiformis, on Notornis Mantellii, 
and on Dinornis curtus. By Professor Owen, F.R.S. 
With five plates. 
On Dinornis (Part XVI.): containing notices of the In- 
ternal Organs of some species, with a description of the 
Brain and some Nerves and Muscles of the Head of the 
Apteryxe australis. By Professor Owen, F.R.S. With. 
three plates. 
_ Contributions to the knowledge of Pectinator, a genus 
of Rodent Mammalia from North-eastern Africa. By 
Professor W. Peters. With one coloured and two un- 
coloured plates. 
Vout. VII. Parr VI. (June, 1871). 
Researches upon the Anatomy ofthe Pinnipedia. Part I. 
On the Walrus (Trichechus rosmarus, Linn.). By James 
Murie, M.D. With five plates. 
On the Dermal and Visceral Structures of the Kagu, 
Sun-bittern, and Boathill. By James Murie, M.D. With 
two plates. 
Vou. VII. Parr VII. (November, 1871), 
On some Points in the Anatomy of the Steamer Duck 
(Micropterus cinereus). By Robert O. Cunningham, 
M.D., F.L.S., C.M.Z.S. With five plates. 
