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13. Berichtigung. 



Da ich von meinem Aufsatz: »Bemerkungen etc.« in No. 693 des 

 Zool. Anz. keine Correctur lesen konnte, so ist zu berichtigen: 



p. 256 Zeile 1 v. u. : »vervollständigenden« statt »vollständigen«, 

 p. 257 Zeile 6 v. u. lies »bedeuten« statt »annehmen«. 



Prof. Dr. Bergendal, Lund. 



II. Mittheilungen aus Museen, Instituten etc. 



1. Zoological Society of London. 



January 20th, 1903. — The Secretary read a report on the additions 

 that had been made the Society's Menagerie during the month of December 

 1902, and called special attention to two very fine specimens of the One- 

 wattled Cassowary [Casuarius uniappendiculatus), from New Guinea, deposited 

 by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P., F.Z.S. — Mr. Sclater read an 

 extract from a letter from Major W. H. Birkbeck, of the Remount De- 

 partment, Johannesburg, containing the information that the hybrid Zebra 

 now in the Society's Menagerie was the offspring of a male Zebra and a 

 pony mare. — Mr. Budgett read a report on his recent expedition to 

 Uganda, illustrated by lantern-slides. — The original intention of visiting 

 the Semliki Valley to study the life-history of Polypterus in the Semliki 

 River, and also the Okapi in the Semliki forest, was not adhered to, as this 

 locality seemed, from local information, to be unsuitable for the study of 

 both these creatures. The Nile route homewards was chosen as being more 

 suitable for the study of Polypterus than the Congo route, and therefore the 

 search after the Okapi was abandoned. The first halt, after leaving Uganda, 

 was made on July 30th at Butyaba, on the east shore of Lake Albert. Here 

 Polypterus senegalus and Protopterus aethiopicus were both abundant, and col- 

 lections were made of the Fishes of the Lake and of the higher Vertebrates. 

 Mr. Budgett then proceeded through the Budonga forest, where very large 

 herds of Elephant were frequently seen, to the Victoria Nile below the Murchi- 

 son Falls. Here ten days were occupied in endeavouring to obtain the early 

 stages of Polypterus , which was fairly abundant and was found to be spawning. 

 The fertilization of over a hundred ova obtained, however, was not success- 

 ful, and the most promising attempt yet made to breed Polypterus artificially 

 again failed. On August 29th Mr. Budgett proceeded to Wadelai overland, 

 staying there a week, but was not very successful here in obtaining material 

 of Polypterus; but some collections of fishes and birds were made. The next 

 stage of the journey was made by the steel boat of the Uganda Marines to 

 Nimule. A few fishes were collected at the riverside villages, though little 

 material of Polypterus was obtained. Mr. Budgett then proceeded overland 

 to Gondokoro, and, after a short stay there, started for Fashoda on Sept. 27th 

 on board the Sudan Government steamer. At Fashoda several weeks were 

 spent and a good deal of information concerning Polypterus seneyalus, P. 

 bichir, and P. Endlichen was obtained. Many anatomical preparations of 

 fishes were also made here. Throughout the journey many observations were 

 made upon the birds and mammals, and the striking parallelism of the 

 country of the Nile Province of Uganda in its flora and avifauna to that of 

 the Gambia Colony on the west coast was especially noticed. Though some 

 new light was shed upon the problem of the life-history of Polypterus^ earlier 



