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shown by the circumstance that the main bifurcation took place at 

 a much liigher point than usual, and the upper tine of the fork was 

 followed by two other tines, thus giviug the appearance of the row 

 of small tines in C. eldiplafi/ceros. Moreover, the very large angle 

 formed by the brow-tine with the beam suggested the continuous 

 curve of the eldi antler. The specimen clearly demonstrated the 

 pro]iriety of including C. eldi in the same subgeneric group as 

 C. duvauccU, rather thau that of separating the former as PanoUa. 



A communication was read from Senor Florentino Ameghino, 

 C.M.Z.S., containing further remarks on ^'eumi/lodon listai from 

 Patagonia. He proposed to identify it ^ith the so-called " Jemich'' 

 (or " Water Tiger *') of the Tehuelche Indians. This "ferocious beast"' 

 had been referred to by Musters, 'At Home with the Patagonians>," 

 ed. 2, pp. 104, 105 (1873). Seii. Ameghino also considered the 

 Su or Succaroth of Lozano ('Historia de la Conquista del Paraguay," 

 vol. i. pp. 285, 286, 1873) to be probably the same animal. 



Mr. A. Smith Woodward exhibited, on behalf of Dr. Moreno, the 

 skull and other specimens of Neomylodon listai (Gn/potherium) lately 

 discovered in the cave in Southern Patagonia where the original 

 pieces of skin were first obtained, and made remarks on them. 



The Secretary exhibited, on behalf of Mr. C. E. Pole Carew, 

 F.Z.S., some malformed horns of the Sambur Deer {Cervus aris- 

 toleJis), obtained by him in the southern province of Ceylon, and 

 read some notes on them sent By Mrs. Carew. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. Field-notes on the Blue Duiker of the Cape Colony 

 {Cephalophus monticola) . By F. Vaughan Kirbv, F.Z.S. 



[Keceived May 22, 1899.] 



Although in point of numbers one of the commonest of the 

 Colonial Antelopes, this delicate little creature is of such retiring 

 habits, and its size is so insigniticant, that less is known of it than 

 of other Antelopes of the district. In the densely-w ooded kloofs 

 and on the hill-sides covered with low scrub and often impenetrable 

 thorn-jungle, which form their home, it is rarely indeed that even 

 the most skilful stalker can move with such silence and care as to 

 be neither heard nor seen by them, even though their restless dis- 

 position causes them often to move about during those hours of 

 daylight when most other forest-dv\ellers are asleep. Even in the 

 densest bush, the spaces underneath to a height of two feet from 



