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with commonly in the rattlesnake, and showed that the 

 popular notion that the number of divisions in the rattle 

 corresponded to the age of the snake, was erroneous. 



The President in thanking the Curator of the Museum 

 for his information, informed the meeting that the Zoo- 

 logical Society of London had elected Mr. Quelch a 

 Corresponding Member of their Society, and he had no 

 doubt the meeting would be glad to congratulate Mr. 

 Quelch on the honour. 



The meeting then terminated. 



