316 OAPT. H. G. C. SWATNE ON THE [-^-pr. 3, 



AprU 3, 1894. 



Sir W. H. FiowEE, K.C.B., LL.D., F.E.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretar}' read the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie dm-ing the month of March : — 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of March were 69 in number. Of these 47 were acquired 

 by presentation, 13 by purchase, 2 were born in the Gardens, and 

 7 were received on deposit. The total number of departures 

 during the same period, by death and removals, was 86 : — 



Dr. Griinther exhibited specimens of Lepidosiren paradoxa, 

 collected by Dr. Bohls in the backwaters of the tributaries of the 

 Upper Paraguay Eiver (swamps of the Chaco). He pointed out a 

 peculiar modification of the skin of the upperside of the hind 

 limbs, which is beset by tentacle-like papillae. These, when fully 

 developed, are arranged in fan-like sets with from 2 to 7 branches 

 each. This sti'ucture, he stated, is peculiar to the male sex, and is 

 fully developed only in sexually mature specimens. 



Dr. Giinther expressed his doubts as to the validity of the 

 species recently described by Professor Ehlers ' as Lepidosiren arti- 

 culata, from Dr. Bohls's specimens. 



The specimens exhibited to the meeting did not bear out the 

 constancy of the characters on which Professor Ehlers relied for 

 the distinction of two species of Lepidosiren. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. Further Field-Notes on the Game- Animals of Somaliland. 

 By Capt. H. G. C. Swayne, R.E., C.M.Z.S.^ 



[Received February 24, 1894.] 



Wateebxjck (Cobus ellipsiprymnns). Native name " BalanJca" 

 of the Adone (Webbe Negroes), corrupted to " Balango " by the 

 Somalis. 



I believe there are no Waterbuck in the whole of Somaliland, 

 except on the banks of the Webbe Shabeyli. The only other 

 place in Somalilard which might possibly contain Waterbuck 

 would be the Lowei Nogal, near the east coast. There are none on 

 the Tug Fafan, at any of the points where I have crossed it. 

 There are said to be plenty all along the Webbe Ganana (Juba), 

 the course of which lies chiefly through Gallaland. 



' Nachriehten der k. Gesellsch. Wiss. Gottingen, 1894, No. 2 (March 10). 

 ^ In continuation of his paper " On the Antelopes of Northern Somaliland,'" 

 P. 55. S. 1892. p. .300. 



