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At these meetings papers were read and dis- 

 cussed on the following Zoological subjects : — 



1. On the Breeding of the Large Carnivores in Confinement. 



2. On the Muscular Anatomy of the Three-toed Sloth and 



Banded Armadillo. 



3. On the Breeding of the Cereopsis Goose in the Dublin 



Zoological Gardens. 



4. On the Muscular Anatomy of the Marsupials. 



5 . On the Arrangement and Uses of the Tendons'of the Hand 



and Foot in various Mammals, Birds, and Keptiles. 



The materials used in the preparation of these 

 papers were chiefly provided by the animals, 

 living or dead, of the Gardens of the Society; 

 and your Council confidently expect, from a 

 continuance of these Scientific Meetings, a con- 

 siderable development of the Scientific uses of 

 your Zoological Gardens in aid of the study of 

 Comparative Anatomy, which has been of late 

 years too much neglected in Dublin. 



