1S76.] MR. P. L. SCLATER ON EMYS HAMILTONII. 751 



The palatal notch extends forwards to the level of the middle of 

 the third molar. 



millim. 



Total length of skull 44 



Length of nasal bones 13 



,, frontal suture 14^ 



Least width of frontals 11 



Distance between incisor and first molar 8^ 



Length of upper molar series 8 



,, lower molar series 8 



The skin of a fully adult male was obtained by Mr. E. Bartlett at 

 Chamicuros, Huallaga River. 



November 21, 1876. 

 Prof. W. H. Flower, V.P., F.R.S., in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of October 187o'. 



The total number of registered additions to the Society's Mena- 

 gerie during the month of October was 91, of which 52 were ac- 

 quired by presentation, 18 by purchase, 2 by exchange, 2 were bred 

 in the Gardens, and 17 were received on deposit. The total number 

 of departures during the same period, by death and removals was 155. 



Mr. Sclater exhibited the skin of a young Rhinoceros belonging 

 to Mr. W. Jamrach. 



The animal had been captured in the Sunderbunds, near the Ray 

 Mangal river, in May last, and brought immediately to Calcutta, 

 where it only lived 24 hours. Mr. Sclater called attention to the 

 folds in the skin, which were exactly those of Rh. soadaicus, 

 though it remained to be proved whether the Rhinoceros of the Sun- 

 derbunds was really identical with the Malaccan and Javau forms. 

 According to Mr. Jamrach's information, the females of the species 

 obtained in the Sunderbunds were entirely destitute of any horn *, 

 which would appear not to be the case in the Javan animal. Mr. 

 Sclater believed that this was the first specimen of the Rhinoceros 

 of the Sunderbunds that had been brought to this country. 



The Secretary exhibited, on the part of Mr. A. Anderson, F.Z.S., a 

 coloured drawing of Emys hamiltouii, taken from life, from a speci- 

 men that was captured at Futtehgurh (Ganges) in April last. The 

 occurrence of this, our handsomest emydine in India, a species chiefly 

 confined to Lower Bengal, so far west as Futtehgurh (some 700 

 miles) was stated by Mr. Anderson to be of great interest. It proved, 

 on dissection, to be a female, and measured across the carapace 

 10X9G inches. 



* The Rhinoceros iner-mis of Lesson (Compl. aux CEUvree de Buff. ed. 1', vol. i. 

 p. 514) appears to have been based on such a female. — P. L. S. 



