No. 33. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OP THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.-^' 



May 29th, 1906. 



Frederick Gillett, Esq., Yice- President, in the Chair. 



Mr. R. H. BuRNE, F.Z.S., exhibited, on behalf of Prof. Stewart, 

 some dissections prepared for the Museum of the Royal College of 

 Surgeons from material derived from the Society's Gardens. The 

 specimens included the head of a K.i-wi(Apteryx mantelli) in sagittal 

 section, showing the relatively large size of the olfactory parts of 

 the brain and the complexity of the olfactory chamber ; the head 

 of a Crowned Crane {Balearica regulorum), showing the dilatable 

 pharynx, which by its inflation when the bird crows causes a 

 sudden distension of the gular wattle, and apparently acts as a, 

 resonating- chamber ; preparations of the cheek-pouches of a. 

 Spotted Cavy {Godogenys paca) ; and the stomach of a foetal 

 Giraffe {Girafa camelopardalis antiq'((,07'icm (5 X G. c. ioardi $ ). 



Mr. R. E. Holding exhibited,. and made remarks upon, the 

 skull and horns of a male, so-called " Wild " Irish Goat, also th e 

 skull of a Domestic Cat in which the posterior border of the orbit 

 was complete. 



Dr. L. W. Sambon exhibited a series of diagrams illustrating* 

 the transmission of diseases by Insects and Ticks. 



Prof. Robert T. Jackson exhibited a photograph of the 

 Champley collection of eggs of the Great Auk taken before the 

 collection was dispersed, and made remaiks on specimens of the 

 bird that had lately come under his notice. He also exhibited a 

 long-focus lens for museum work and dissections. 



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