LIST OF CONTENTS. 

 PART IV.— 1897. 



November 16, 1897. 



Page 

 The Secretary. Eeport on the Additions to the Society's Menagerid in June, July, August, 



September, and October, 1897 810 



The Secretary. Remarks on the iSrlossy Ibises living in the Society's Menagerie 811 



Mr. Sclater. Remarks on the principal Animals noticed during recent Visits to the 



Zoological Gardens of Cologne, St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Berlin 812 



Mr. Sclater. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, an egg of the Cariama {Cariama cristata) 



laid in the Society's Gardens 813 



Messrs. O. Thomas and R. Lydekker. Note on their recently published Paper on the 



Dentition of the Manatee 814 



Mr. R. Lydekker. Exhibition, on behalf of the Hon. A. E. Gathome-Hardy, of a flat skin 



of Ursus pruinosus 814 



Mr. R. Lydekker. Exhibition of a coloured sketch of Cervus canadensis asiaticus and 



remarks upon Cervus bedfordianus , 816 



Mr. G. P. Mudge. Abstract of a paper on the Myology of the Tongue of Parrots 815 



1. On British Medusae. By Edward T. Bkowne, B.A.. F.Z.S., Zoological Laboratory, 



University College, London. (Plates XLVIIJ. & XLIX.) .'. 816 



2. On three consignments of Butterflies collected in Natal in 1896 and 1897 by Mr. Guy 



A. K. Marshall, F.Z.S. By Arthur G. Butler, Ph.D., F.L.S., F.Z.S., Senior 

 Assistant-Keeper, Zoological Department, British Museum, Natural History. (Plate L.) 835 



3. On the Habits of the Sydney Bush-Rat {Mus arboricola). By Edgar R. Waite, F.L.S., 



Zoologist, Australian Museum, Sydney. With a Note by Oldfield Thomas, F.Z.S. . • 857 



4. On the Spiders of the Island of St. Vincent.— Part III. By E. Simon 860 



5. On some New or Rare Bird's Eggs. By Alfred Newtok, F.R.S., F.Z.S. (Plate LI.) . . 890 



November 30, 1897. 



Mr. Oldfield Thomas. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, specimens of an Antelope of the 



genus Cervicapra obtained by Mr. F. V. Kirby in the Transvaal 894 



Mr. Thomas. Exhibition and description of a specimen of a new Skunk, Spilogale 



pygmaa, from Mexico 898 



Mr. Thomas. Exhibition and description of a specimen of a new Badger, Taxidea laxut 



infusca, from Lower CalifoVnia 899 



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