Contents (continued). 



June 1-i, 1892. 



Page 

 The Seeretar}'. Report on the Additions to the Society's Menagerie in May 1892 470 



Mr. Sclater. Remarks on interesting Animals observed during a visit to the Zoological 



Gardens of Rotterdam, the Hague, Amsterdam, and Antwerp 471 



Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell, P.Z.S. Oommunication from, containing an account of the 



occurrence of a specimen of the Jacana {Jacana spinosa) in Jamaica 472 



Dr. J. Anderson, F.R.S., F.Z S. Remarks on the occurrence of Sp'^to if^M^Jw in Africa .. 472 



Prof. Romanes. Remarks on some results recently obtained from the Cross-breeding of Rats 



and Rabbits 47B 



Prof. Howes. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, some Photographs, received from Prof. 



Parker, illustrative of Sea-Lions, Penguins, and Albatrosses in their native haunts . . 47li 



Dr. Dawson. Remarks on the Fiir-Seal of Alaska, and Exhibition of a Series of Photographs 



illustrating the attitudes and mode of life of these Animals 470 



Mr, Sclater. Remarks upon the habits of a South-African Snake {Dast/peltis scabra) 470 



Mr. Sclater. Extracts from a letter from Mr. H. H. Johnston, announcing the despatch of 



specimens from the Shir6 Highlands 477 



Mr. W. Saville Kent, F.Z.S. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, some Photographs of 



Podargtis strigoides, showing the strange attitudes of these birds in a living state 477 



Mr. J. W. Gregory, F.Z.S. An account of his researches on the British Paleogene Bryozoa. 477 



1. On the Subdivision of the Body-cavity in Snakes. By Geuard W. Butler, B.A., F.Z.S. 



(Plate XXVIII.) ; 477 



2. On a Collection of Birds from the Island of Anguilla, West Indies. By P. L. Sclatee, 



M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., Secretary to the Society 498 



3. On the Insectivorous Genus Echinops, Martin, with Notes on the Dentition of the allied 



Genera. By OLDriELD Thomas 500 



4. An Account of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Mr. C. Hose on Mt. Dulit, 



Borneo. By G. A. Boulenger. (Plates XXIX. & XXX.) 505 



5. On new Species and Varieties of the Land-MoUuscan Genus Biploynmatina from the 



Garo, Naga, and Munipur Hill-ranges, Assam. By Lieut.-Col. H. H. Godwin- 

 AnsTEN, F.R.S., F.Z.S., &c 509 



0. On the Brain and Muscular Anatomy of Aulacodiis. By Frank E. Beddard, M.A., F.Z.S., 



Prosector to the Society 520 



7. On the Mode of Growth and the Structure of the Shell in Velates eonoideus, Lamk., and 

 other NerifAdce. By B. B. Woodward, F.G.S., F.R.M.S. (Communicated by Prof. 

 Flower, O.B., President.) (Plates XXXI. & XXXII.) 528 



