64 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Prof. Garrod read a paper on the osteology and visceral anatomy of the 
Ruminantia, in which many facts concerning the anatomy of the Cervide 
and the Cavicornia were brought forward, especially with reference to the 
shape of the liver and the structure of the generative organs in these 
animals. Among the most important of these was the observation that the 
uterine mucous membrane of the Musk Deer (Moschus moschiferus) presents 
no indications of the presence of cotyledons, the contrary being the case in 
all other Ruminants. Professor Garrod likewise made a suggestion as 
to a proposed method of expressing the relations of species by means of 
formule. 
A paper by Messrs. Sclater and Salvin was read, containing the descrip- 
tions of eight new species of South-American birds, namely, Huphonia 
Finschi, Pheuticus crissalis, Octhaca leucometopa, O. arenacea, Chloronerpes 
dignus, Celeus subflavus, Chamepelia Buckleyi, and Craa erythrognatha. 
Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe read a paper on some new species of Warblers 
from Madagascar, which had been recently added to the collection in the 
British Museum, and were proposed to be called Apalis cerviniventris, 
Baocerca flaviventris, and Droma@ocercus brunneus, the last-named being a 
new genus. 
A communication was read from Mr. G. S. Brady, containing notes on 
Freshwater Mites which had been obtained from lakes and ponds in England 
and Ireland. 
January 16, 1877.—Prof. Newron, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the chair. 
Capt. H. W. Feilden exhibited and made remarks on some of the birds 
collected by him in the Arctic Regions during the recent North Polar 
Expedition. Sixteen species were enumerated as haying been met with on 
the shores of the Polar Basin, aud north of 82° N.L., but some of these 
only occurred as stragglers. 
The Rey. Canon Tristram exhibited and made remarks on a specimen of 
a rare terrestrial Dormouse (Kliomys melanurus), obtained by him in 
Southern Palestine, where it is found in desert places. 
Mr. P. Sclater exhibited and called attention to a collection of Mammals, 
Birds, and Insects, which had been made by the Rev. George Brown during 
his recent residence in Duke of York Island, and during excursions to the 
neighbouring Islands of New Britain and New Ireland. 
Prof. A. H. Garrod read a note on a variety of the Domestic Swine in 
the Society's collection, and pointed out that the presence of rudiments of a 
supplementary digit between the third and fourth digit might be the cause 
of the consolidation of the hoof, observable in this variety. 
A communication was read by Mr. Henry Durnford containing notices of 
_ the habits of some small mammals obtained in the neighbourhood of Buenos 
Ayres. 
