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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



(All the figures are drawn of the natural size.) 



Plate XXXV. 

 Fig. 1. Anterior aspect of the proximal portion of the right tibio-tarsus of Gyps 

 melite7isis. 



2. 2 a. Anterior and distal aspects of the distal portion of the right tibio- 



tarsus of Gyps meliiensis. a, extensor bridge. 



3. Anterior aspect of the distal portion of the right tibio-tarsus of Vuliiir 



monachus. a, extensor bridge ; c, lateral foramen. 



4. 4 a. Anterior and distal aspects of the distal extremity of the right femur 



of Gyps melitensis. a, ectocondyle ; ft, entocondyle; e, fibular ridge ; 

 d, fossa for muscular or Ugamental attachment. 



5. 5 a. Anterior and distal aspects of tlie distal extremity of the right femur 



of V-uliiir mo)iachus. Letters as in figs. 4, 4 a. 



6. Distal extremity of the left tarso-metatarsus of Gyps meliiensis. 



7. Distal extremity of the left tarso-metatarsus of Vultiir monachus. 



8. Proximal phalangeal of the third digit of the pes of Gyps melitensis. 



9. Terminal phalangeal of the pes of Gyps melitensis. 



Plate XXXVI. 



Fig. 1. Distal portion of the left tarso-metatarsus of Grus antigone. 



2. 2 a. Anterior and distal aspects of the distal extremity of the left tarso- 



metatarsus of Grus melite7isis. 



3. Ventral aspect of the right coracoid of Grus antigone. a, head; 



h, border of glenoid surface; c, subclavicular process. 



4. Ventral aspect of the proximal portion of the right coracoid of Grus 



melitensis. Letters as in fig. 3. 



5. 5 a, bb. Anterior, distal, and posterior aspects of the distal extremity of 



the left tibio-tarsus of Grus melitensis. a, extensor bridge ; b, tubercle 

 on same. 



6. Anterior aspect of the distal portion of the left tibio-tarsus of Grus 



antigone. Letters as in fig. 5. 

 1,1 a, 1 h. Imperfect cervical vertebra of Gyps melitensis. prz, prezyga- 

 pophysis ; pt::, postzygapopbysis. 



June 3, 1890. 

 Prof. Flower, C.B., LL.D., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of May 1890 : — 



The total number of registered additions to the Society's Mena- 

 gerie during the month of May was 152, of which 96 were by 

 presentation, 19 by birth, 24 by purchase, 2 were received in 

 exchange, and 11 on deposit. The total number of departures 

 during the same period, by death and removals, was 86. 



Amongst these special attention may be called to the following : — 



1. A pair of the Hartebeest Antelope {Alcelaphus caama), ob- 

 tained by purchase May 5. Like most of the South-African Ante- 

 lopes, this species is now becoming very scarce and is seldom 

 imported. "We have had no specimens of it in the Society's Gardens 

 for the past ten years. 



2. A pair of Beatrix Antelopes {Oryx heatrix), presented by Col. 

 E. C. Ross, C.S.I., H.B.M.'s Consul-General at Bushire. This 

 Arabian representative of the Antelopes of the genus Oryx is a 



