PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 345 
ZooLoaicaL Society or Lonpon. 
June 17, 1879.—Professor W. H. Frowrr, 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 May, 1879, and called 
special attention to several novelties, amongst which were:—two Horned 
Parrakeets, Nymphicus cornutus, obtained by purchase; a Hornbill, 
received in exchange May Sth, which appeared to be a second example 
of the species described in 1870 as Buceros subcylindricus ; a young male 
Patagonian Sea-lion, Otaria jubata, presented by Mr. F. E. Cobb, Manager 
of the Falkland Islands Company, at Stanley, Falkland Islands; and a 
Saki Monkey, Brachyurus rubicundus, purchased May 24th, new to the 
Society’s Collection. 
Mr. Sclater exhibited a skin of Ara glauca, from Mr. Boucard’s 
collection, obtained at Corrientes, and stated that having compared it with 
the Ara now in the Gardens, purchased in June, 1860, and hitherto named 
A. glauca, he had come to the conclusion that the living bird belonged to 
the allied form, Ara Leari. 
Prof. Flower called attention to the skull of the female Sea-lion, which 
had lately died at the Southport Aquarium, and pointed out that it 
belonged to Otaria Gillespii, and not, as had been supposed, to Otaria 
Stelleri. 
Mr. C. G. Danford exhibited and made remarks on some remarkable 
antlers of Deer, which he had obtained during his recent journey in 
Asia Minor. 
Prof. Newton exhibited skins of some rare species of birds obtained by 
Mr. Edward Newton, in Jamaica. 
Mr. F. D. Godman exhibited and made remarks on a drawing of the 
Manatee by Mr. Wolf, taken from the specimen lately living in the 
Westminster Aquarium. 
Hans Graf von Berlepsch exhibited and made remarks on the skins 
of two varieties of the Long-tailed Titmouse, Mecistura caudata, which 
occurred near Cassel, in Germany, one of which appeared to be the same 
as the British form of this bird. 
Dr. J. Murie read a paper on the Manatee, containing the results of his 
examination of the specimen which was lately living in the Westminster 
Aquarium. The peculiar attitudes assumed by the animal in life, the 
great mobility of the upper lip, and the occasional use of the limbs in 
feeding were noted. As regards the anatomy, the chief points dwelt on 
were the shape of the brain and its suppressed conyolutions. The vexed 
question of the number of the cervical nerves and their distribution was 
also discussed. 
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