196 
GRALLATORES. 2400 4000 
Common Snipe (Scolopax Galli- 1714 2900 
nago, Linn.). —— == 
LD. S.D. 1937 3424 
2986 4000 Blood from the jugular vein 
2133 3200 about ten hours after death. 
2666 +800 Common Gull (Larus  canus, 
1777 3000 Linn.). 
2170 3622 L.D. S.D. 
i 2000 3555 
Blood from the heart twenty-| - gos 
four hours after death. 
2400 5333 
PALMIPEDES. 1714 3200 
Mandarin Duck (Anas galerieu- —. —_— 
lata, Gmel.). 1973 3839 
L.D. S.D. Nuclei. 
2000 3555 3555 10666 
1777 Blood from a vein of the pinion. 
A very valuable collection of specimens from South Africa, pre- 
sented by the President of the Society, the Earl of Derby, was laid 
It consisted of seventy-one Bird-skins and 
nineteen Quadrupeds, among which were skins of an adult Hippopo- 
tamus and two-horned Rhinoceros, together with the following rare 
Antelopes :—Catoblepas Gorgon, male and female; Catoblepas Gnu ; 
Antilope ellipsiprymnus, Ogilby ; Ant. melampus ; Ant. lunata; Ant. 
Caama, adult and young; Ant. equina, male and female; Ant. orea- 
before the Meeting. 
tragus ; and Ant. pediotragus. 
