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June 6th, 1899. — The Secretary read a report on the additions that 

 had been made to the Society's Menagerie during the month of May 1899, 

 and called special attention to a young male specimen of the Mountain Zebra 

 [Equus zebra)^ acquired by purchase on May 6th, and to an example of the 

 Musk-Duck [Biziura lobata)^ also obtained by purchase on May 30th. — The 

 Secretary also exhibited and made remarks on sketches of the Cape Jumping- 

 Hare [Pedeles caffer) and the Carunculated Bell-bird [Chasmorhjnchis varun- 

 culatus)^ taken from specimens living in the Society's Gardens. — Mr. Sclater 

 exhibited photographs of the female specimen of Grevy's Zebra now living 

 in the Gardens of the Société d'Acclimatation, Paris; and read a letter from 

 Capt. J, L. Harrington, H.B.M. Envoy to Abyssinia, in which he expressed 

 a hope to be able to bring living examples of this animal home with him 

 when he returned to this country. — Mr. A. Blaynay Perei val, F.Z.S., ex- 

 hibited and made remarks upon some specimens of birds and insects which 

 he had recently brought from the southern districts of British Central Africa. 



— Mr. G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S., exhibited some living specimens of a 

 Siluroid Fish, the "Harmut" [Clarias lazera C. & V.), from Damietta, Egypt, 

 collected by Mr. W. L. S. Loat, F.Z.S., which were believed to be the first 

 examples of this curious fish imported alive to this country. — Dr. S. F. 

 Harmer, F.R.S., gave an account of specimens of the remains of a Deer in 

 the collection of the University Museum of Zoology at Cambridge, obtained 

 from the Forest-Bed series at Pakefield, near Lowestoft, and belonging to 

 the form usually known as Cervus verticornis Dawk. The cranial portion of 

 the skull was well preserved, and the antlers had a spread of six feet, mea- 

 sured in a straight line. The question of nomenclature was considered, with 

 the result that C. verticornis of the Forest-Bed was shown to be, probably, 

 not identical with C. carnutonim Lang., but a synonym of C. Belgrmidi Lart. 



— Dr. A. Günther, F.R.S., gave an account of a collection of Freshwater 

 Fishes made by Mr, R. B. N. Walker, C.M.Z.S., in the rivers of the Gold 

 Coast. The collection, though a small one, was of considerable interest, as 

 it contained specimens of several forms previously unknown from the Gold 

 Coast. It hat led the author to prepare a critical revision of the Gaboon 

 species of Chrysichthys^ which were numerous and difficult of discrimination. 

 Eight new species were described in this paper, viz. Petersius oecidentalis and 

 seven species of Chrysichthys. — A communication was read from Dr. R. O. 

 Cunningham, C.M.Z.S., containing notes on the structure of Laborde's 

 Shark [Euprotomicrus Labordii), an example of which had recently been pre- 

 sented to the Museum of Queen's College, Belfast. — A communication was 

 read from Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, F.Z.S., containing an acccount of the 

 Astraeid Corals which he had collected in the South Pacific. The collection 

 contained specimens of 12 genera and 48 species, 6 of the latter being new 

 to science. — A communication was read from Dr. W. T. Blanford, F.R.S., 

 containing the characters of several species of shells of the genera Streptaxis 

 and Ennea from India, Ceylon, and Burma. Of the former genus three spe- 

 cies were described as new, bringing up the number of species of this genus, 

 described from Southern India, to eleven. Of the genus Eymea two new 

 species were described. — P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



