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the Society, and were communicated to it by the Secretary 
or by other Members. The corresponding number of com- 
munications in the year 1875 was 152. 
These communications were submitted to the Committee 
of Publication, by whom the following orders were made 
respecting them. Four were ordered to be printed entire 
in the ‘ Transactions’ of the Society, and 97 in the ‘ Pro- 
ceedings,’ such illustrations being in each case allowed as 
the Committee considered necessary for the purpose. Of 
the remaining communications, abstracts or extracts were 
considered to be sufficient for publication. 
2. ScieENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS. 
In order to obtain the more speedy and exact publi- 
cation of these papers, the Committee of Publication 
determined in 1873 that, commencing with the year 1874, 
the ‘ Proceedings’ should be issued in four parts instead of 
three and at exact dates as follows :— 
Part I. containing papers read in January and February, 
on June Ist. 
Part II. containing papers read in March and April, on 
August Ist. 
Part III. containing papers read in May and June, on 
October Ist. 
Part IV. containing papers read in November and 
December, on April ist of the following year. 
The first three parts of ‘Proceedings’ for 1876 were 
duly issued in accordance with these “regulations at the 
dates respectively named. The fourth part, containing also 
the Index and Titlepage for the volume, was likewise ready 
on the Ist of the present month, and has been delivered 
to the subscribers. 
The volume of the Society’s ‘ Proceedings’ for 1876, 
which is now on the table, contains 864 pages, illustrated 
by 82 (mostly coloured) plates. 
The following Parts of the Society’s Mo 
were issued during the year 1876 :— 
Vou. IX. Part VI. (Jan. 1876). 
On the Myology. of Opisthocomus cristatus. By J. 
Beswick Perrin (with four plates). 
