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314 MESSES. B. C. A. AVINDLE AND F. G. PAESONS ON [Mar. 7, 



[P.S. — Two points respecting tlie geographical distribution of 

 the Gorilla appear to me to call for notice here. Last _year (18t)8) 

 the occurrence of a Gorilla near Brazzaville on the Congo was 

 recorded, and, in fact, the specimen was brought to England. 

 Secondly, in the same year was published Captain Burrow s"s book, 

 entitled 'The Land of the Pigmies,' which contains a photograph 

 of an i\pe described as a Gorilla, which was shot at Stanley Palls. 

 If we regard this Ape as a genuine Gorilla, it follows that the 

 eastward range of that animal is much more extensive than it is 

 commonly supposed to be ; but unfortunately the evidence of the 

 photograph alone does not support that specific title, showing as 

 it does that the specimen was possessed of distinct Chimpanzee 

 features. Without further investigation, therefore, uo final con- 

 clusion on this point can be arrived at.] 



3. On the Myology of the Edentata. By Bertram C. A. 

 \Vindle,'d.Sc., M.D., M.A., F.R.S., Professor of Ana- 

 tomy in Mason University College, Birmingham, and 

 F. 6. Parsons, F.Pt.C.S., F.Z.S., F.L.S., Lecturer on 

 Comparative Anatomy at St. Thomas's Hospital and 

 Hunterian Professor in the Royal College of Surgeons, 

 England. 



[Received February 9, 1899.] 



Part I. — Muscles of the Head, Neck, and Fore Limb. 



It has been for some time our intention to gather together the 

 very scattered literature on the subject of Edentate myology, and 

 to check it by a series of dissections of such animals as we could 

 collect. We are greatly indebted to this Society, to Professor 

 Stewart of the Eoyal College of Surgeons, and to Professor Howes 

 of the Eoyal College of Science for giving us opportunities of 

 dissecting specimens in their stores. A\'^e submit that the com- 

 paratively large number of records which we have been able to 

 bring together as the result of our own dissections and a study 

 of the literature has given us an opportunity of indicating which 

 muscles are constant and which are liable to variation. For this 

 reason we are glad to be able to point out that we have several 

 records of most of the existing genera of Edentates. There are 

 many points on which further information is desirable, and we feel 

 that the paper is far from complete ; still, as the investigation has 

 been lehgthy and arduous, it has seemed best to publish this lirst 

 part and to defer, as in the case of the Carnivora, the generali- 

 zations which we intend to offer, untU the remainder of the 

 muscles are dealt with, in a second part of this paper. As in 

 former papers, small numerals refer to the list of animals at 

 the commencement of the paper and Eoman figures to the 

 bibhography at its end. Those animals in the list against which 

 no author's name is placed have been dissected by ourselves. 



