LIST OF CONTENTS. 



PART L— 1887. 



January 18, 1887. 



Page 

 The Secretary. Eeport on the Additions to the Society's Menagerie in December 1886 .... 1 



Mr. F. W. Styan, F.Z.S. Exhibition of a series of eggs of Chinese birds 2 



Mr. Howard Saunders, F.Z.S. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a specimen of the Mediter- 

 ranean Black-headed Gull {Lanes melanocephalus), shot near Great Yarmouth 2 



Mr. Sclater. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a specimen of a rare Parrot, Chrysotisbodini 2 



Mr. Tegetmeier. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, some heads of the Sumatran Rhinoceros, 



from Sarawak, Borneo 3 



Prof. Bell. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a bifid specimen of Nereis jielagica 3 



Messrs. H. B. Brady, F.R.S., W. K. Parker, F.E.S., and T. Eupert Jones, F.R.S. Notice of 



Memoir on the Foraminifera procured on the Abrohlos Bank 3 



1. On the Skeleton and Affinities of the Paired Fins of Ceratodus, with Observations upon 



those of the Elasmobranohii. By G. B. Howes, F.Z.S., F.L.S., Assist.|Prof. of Zoology, 

 Normal School of Science and E. School of Mines, S. Kensington. (Plates I.-III.). . 3 



2. Notes on Carcharodon rondehtii. By T. Jeffeiiy Paeker, B.Sc, C.M.Z.S., Professor of 



Biology in the University of Otago, New Zealand. (Plates IV.-VIII.) 27 



3. On the Habits of the Tree Trapdoor Spider of Graham's Town. Bylhe Eev. Nbndick 



Abraham 40 



4. Notes on the Visceral Anatomy of certain Auks. By E. W. Shufeldt, C.M.Z.S. &c 43 



5. Characters of new Species of Birds of the Family Tyrannidse. By P. L. Sclater, M.A., 



Ph.D., F.E.S., Secretary to the Society. (Plate IX.) 47 



February 1, 1887. 



Mr. F. Day, F.Z.S. Exhibition of a specimen of a hybrid Pilchard, and of a specimen of a 



Balmo purpuratiis raised in this country 50 



Mr. A. Thomson. E«port on the Insect-House, for 1886 ^ 50 



1. On the Anatomy of Hydromys chrysogaster. By Bertram C. A. Windle, M.A., M.D. 



(Dubl.), Professor of Anatomy in the Queen's College, Birmingham. (Communicated 



by Dr. Mivart) 53 



2. Descriptions of the Phytophagous Coleoptera of Ceylon, obtained by Mr. George Lewis 



during the years 1881-82. By Martin Jacoby, F.E.S. (Plates X. & XI.) 65 



3. Notes on Brachyurus calvm. By Frank E. Beddard, M.A., F.E.S.E., Prosector to the 



Society. (Plate XII.) 119 



4. List of Mammals from the Cameroons Mountain, collected by Mr. H. H. Johnston. By 



Oldfield Thomas 121 



5. On a Collection of Birds made by Mr. H. H. Johnston in the Cameroons Mountain. By 



Captain G. E. Shelley, F.Z.S. (Plates XIII. & XIV.) 122 



6. List of the Eeptiles collected by Mr. H. H. Johnston on the Cameroons Mountain. By 



G. A. BOULENGER 127 



7. On the MoUusca collected at the Cameroons Mountain by Mr. H. H. Johnston. By Edgak 



A. Smith 127 



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