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made some remarks on the position of that genus, which he considered to 

 be most nearly allied to Rhinochetes and Eurypyga, though all these three 

 forms should be referred to different families. 



Prof. St. George Mivart read a series of notes on the anatomy of the 

 Canada Porcupine, Erithizon dorsatus. 



March 7, 1882.— Prof. W. H. Flower, LL.D., F.R.S., President, in 

 the chair. 



The Secretary exhibited and made remarks on some living examples of 

 Helix hnnastoma from Ceylon, which had been forwarded to the Society 

 by Mr. J. Wood-Mason. 



Mr. W. A. Forbes read a paper on certain points in the anatomy of the 

 Great Anteater, Myrmmcophaga jubata, as observed in two adult female 

 specimens that had lately died in the Society's Gardens. The arrangement 

 of the ducts of the submaxillary glands and their relations to the stylo- 

 hyoid muscle, the composition of the anterior cornu of the hyoid bone, 

 the presence of clavicles, and the structure of the brain and of the female 

 reproductive organs were amongst the chief features touched upon. 



Capt. G. E. Shelley read an account of the birds collected by Mr. Joseph 

 Thomson while engaged on an exploration of the Eiver Rovuma, East Africa. 

 The collection contained examples of forty-three species of birds, among 

 them being two new species, proposed to be called Merops Dresseri and 

 Erythrocercus Thomsoni. 



A second paper by Capt. Shelley gives an account of a series of birds 

 recently collected by Sir John Kirk in Eastern Africa. This collection was 

 made chiefly in the neighbourhood of Mambois, on the eastern slopes of the 

 mountain range which separates Ugogo from the Zanzibar province. 



March 21, 1882.— Prof. W. H. Flower, 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 February, 1882, and called special 

 attention to four Warty-faced Honey-eaters, Xanthomyza phrygia, and two 

 Musk Ducks, Biziura lobata, purchased February 8th ; also to a young 

 Tapir, born in the Gardens February 12th, and thriving well; and to 

 a female Mule-deer, Cervus macrotis, from the Western United States 

 presented by Dr. J. D. Caton, and received February 15th. 



Mr. J. E. Harting exhibited and made remarks on a mummified bird 

 of the genus Sula, and some eggs from the guano deposit of an island off 

 the Pacific coast of South America. 



Mr. Sclater made some remarks on " lipotypes," a new term which he 

 considered convenient in order to designate types of life the absence of 



