Contents (continued). 



Pebruary 1, 1898 (continued). 



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1. On the Anatomy of an Australian Cuckoo, Scythrops novm-hollandicF. By Frank E. 



Bedd.vrd, M.A., F.E.S., Prosector to the Society 44 



2. On a Collection of Lepidopteia made by Mr. F. V. Kirby, chiefly in Portuguese East 



Africa. By Arthur G-. Butler, Ph.D., F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c., Senior Assistant-Keeper, 

 Zoological Department, British Museum 49 



3. On the Vascular System (rf the Chiroptera. By N. H. Alcock, B.A., M.D.; Assistant to 



the Professor of Institutes of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin. — Part I. Thoracic 

 Vessels of Pterofus medius ; with a Summary of the Literature of the Chiroptera 68 



February 15, 1898. 

 The Secretary. Report on the Additions to the Society's Menagerie in January 1898 79 



Mr. D. Le Souef. Letter from, on the transfer by the mother of an embryo Kangaroo 



(Macropus giganieus) by her mouth into her pouch 79 



Mr. Arthur Thomson. Report on the Insect-house for 1897 SO 



The Secretary. Exhibition of a series of Lepidopterous Insects showing the system of 



mounting adopted in ' Denton's Patent Butterfly Tablets ' 81 



1. Contributions to the Osteology of Birds. — Part I. Steganopodes. By W. P. Pvcraft. 



(Plates VII. & VIII.) 82 



2. On the Skeleton of Regenerated Limbs of the Midwife-Toad {Alytes obstetricarts). By 



W. G. RiDEwooD, D.Sc, F.L.S., F.Z.S 101 



3. Description of a new Sea-Snake from Borneo. By G. A. Bodlengkb, F.R.S. (Plate IX.) 106 



4. An Account of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Mr. W. F. H. Rosenberg in 



Western Ecuador. By G. A. Boulengee, F.R.S. (Plates X.-XVTII.) 107 



March 1, 1898. 



Mr. Boulenger. Exhibition of a living specimen of a hybrid Newt between a male MoJge 

 cristata X M. marmorata and a female of M. cristata 127 



Mr. W. E. de Winton. Exhibition of and remarks upon a head-skin of a Roan Antelope 



(Hippotragus equinus) from British East Africa 127 



Mr. Sclater. Exhibition of and remarks upon two skins of the White-legged Falconet 



{Microhierax melanoleucus) 128 



