518 THE ZooLoGcist. 
Tcheli Monkeys, Macacus tcheliensis, from China, north of Pekin, presented 
by Dr. S. W. Bushell, of H.B.M. Legation, Pekin. A Michie’s Tufted 
~ Deer, EHlaphodus Michianus, purchased August 25th, being the fourth 
example of this rare ruminant obtained. A young pair of the Koodoo 
Antelope, Strepsiceros kudu, purchased August 26th. A pair of Gayals, 
Bibos frontalis, from the hills of Chittagong, received in exchange from 
the Zoological Gardens of Calcutta. A pair of young Polar Bears, Ursus 
maritimus, brought from the Polar Seas, and presented to the Society by 
Mr. B. Leigh Smith. An Ivory Gull, Larus eburneus, also from the Polar 
Seas, and presented by the same donor, being the first example of this 
species that has been received. An Indian Jerboa, Alactaya indica, obtained 
in May last in the Logar Valley, between Kabul and Guzni, and presented 
to the Society by Major W. E. Money. 
Mr. W. K. Parker read a paper on the development of the skull in the 
Urodele Batrachians. Mr. Parker described the skull of the adult Gigantic 
Salamander (Sieboldia maxima), the Siren, and the Menopoma, and com- 
pared their structure with that of the various stages of the skull of the 
common Newt. 
Mr. G. E. Dobson exhibited and made remarks on the head of a 
Partridge, Perdix cinerea, with an extraordinary prolongation of the inter- 
maxillary bones. 
Mr. W. A. Forbes made some remarks on the shedding of the horns of 
the Prong-buck, Antilocapra americana, which had recently taken place in 
the specimen living in the Society’s Gardens. 
Mr. Harting exhibited and made remarks upon a specimen of Bartram’s 
Sandpiper, recently killed in Lincolnshire. 
Mr. Sclater exhibited the skin of the Guinea Fowl, lately described in 
the Society’s ‘ Proceedings’ as Numida Ellioti. Further investigation had 
induced him to believe that this bird was the same as Nwmida pucherant 
of Hartlaub, the inaccurate colouring of the head in Mr, Elliot’s figure of 
that species having prevented its identification. 
Mr. G. A. Boulenger read a paper on the Palearctic and A€thiopian 
species of Bufo, of which he recognised ten species—four in the Palearctic, 
five in the Aithiopian Regions, and one found in both regions. 
A communication was read from Dr. Otto Finsch, in which he gave a 
list of the birds collected at the Island of Ruk, in the Central Carolines. 
A second communication from Dr. Finsch contained the description of some 
new or little-known species of Pigeons from tne Caroline Islands. 
A communication was read from Mr. Edgar A. Smith, containing an 
account of the shells of the genus Myodora of Gray. 
A communication was read from Mr. Martin Jacoby, in which he gave 
the descriptions of a collection of Phytophagous Coleoptera, made by 
Mr. Buckley at Eastern Ecuador. The collection contained mauy new and 
