1899.] 



ME. LTBEKKEE ON CERTUS DUVAUCELI. 



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Mr. Sclater also stated that he had given an address at a Meeting 

 of the South African Philosophical Society at Capetown on 

 September 17th, " On the desirability of establishing a Zoological 

 Garden in Capetown," and that the Society had appointed a Com- 

 mittee to consider the subject. Mr. Sclater was in hopes that this 

 movement might ultimately lead to good results. 



Mr. Lydekker exhibited the mounted head of a remarkably iine 

 Swamp- i)eer {Cervus dnvaiiceli), shot by Major C. B. Wood, of 

 Toms Hill, Aldbury, Tring, on the 5th of January, 1899, in the 



Head of Swamp-Deer {Cervus duvauceli) from Ceatral Provinces, laiia. 



Central Provinces, India. The specimen was noticeable on 

 account of the approximation of the antlers to those of that 

 variety of the Thameny known as C. eldi platyceros. This was 



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