118 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
ZootocicaL Society or Lonpon. 
January 6, 1880.—Prof. FLowrr, LL.D.,F.R.S., President, in the chair. 
Prof. Newton exhibited, on behalf of Mr. G. B. Corbin, a specimen of 
the Needle-tailed Swift (Acanthyllis sive Chetura caudacuta), shot near 
Ringwood, in Hampshire, in July, 1879, remarking that it was the second 
example of this Siberian species which had been obtained in England. 
Mr. John Henry Steel read a series of preliminary notes on the indi- 
vidual variations observed in the osteclogical and myological structure of 
the Domestic Ass (Hquus asinus). 
A communication was read from Mr. E. W. White, contaiuing notes on 
the distribution and habits af Chlamyphorus truncatus, from observations 
made by the author during a recent excursion into the Western Provinces 
of the Argentine Republic, undertaken for the purpose of obtaining a better 
knowledge of this animal. 
Dr. John Mulvany, R.N., read a paper on a case which seemed to him 
to indicate the moulting of the horny beak in a Penguin of the genus 
Eudyptes. 
Mr. O. Thomas read a description of a new species of Mus, obtained 
from the island of Ovalau, Fiji, by Baron A. Von Hiigel, and proposed to 
be called Mus Huegeli, after its discoverer. 
A communication was read from Mr. R. G. Wardlaw Ramsay, con- 
taining a report on a collection of birds made by Mr. Bock, a naturalist 
employed by the late Lord Tweeddale, in the neighbourhood of Padang. 
Three species were described as new, and proposed to be called Dicrurus 
sumatranus, Turdinus marmoratus, and Myiophoneus castaneus. 
Dr. Giinther read a description of two new species of Antelopes of the 
genus Neotragus, N. Kirki, from Eastern Africa, and N. molaris, from 
Damara-land. 
January 20.—Prof. FLowrr, LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the chair. 
The Secretary read a report on the additions that had been made to 
the Society’s Menagerie during the month of December, 1879, amongst 
which special attention was called to a pair of Prong-horn Antelopes, 
purchased December 4th; and to two rare species of Parrots, of the genus 
Chrysotis, purchased December 18th. 
Mr. H. N. Moseley exhibited and made remarks on some micto- 
scopic preparations of Corals made by a new method invented by Dr. G. V. 
Koch. 
Prof. Flower read a letter addressed to him by Colonel Heysham, of 
the Madras Commissariat Staff, giving particulars of two cases of female 
Elephants, in India, having produced young in captivity. 
