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the evidence to be derived from the study of this specimen 

 strengthened the case for the distinctness of the Giraffes from 

 Kordofan and Nigeria. 



Mr. F. E. Beddaed, M.A., F.R.S., Prosector to the Society? 

 gave an account of his communication entitled " A Comparison of 

 the Neotropical Species of Oorallus, C. cookii with C. madagas- 

 cariensis ; and on some Points in the Anatomy of Corcdlus 

 caninus." 



Mr. R. I. PococK, F.L.S., Superintendent of the Gardens, gave 

 a description of a new species of Monkey of the genus Oercopi- 

 thecus, which differs from G. neglectios principally in the absence 

 of the black band across the head, in the reddish tinge of the 

 hairs beneath the callosities, and in the similarity in colouring 

 between the tail and the body. He proposed to name this new 

 Monkey Cercopithecus ezrce. 



The next Meeting of the Society for Scientific Business will 

 be held on Tuesday, the 17th March, 1908, at half -past Eight 

 o'clock P.M., when the following communications will be made : — 



1. Walter A. Kidd, M.D., M.R.C.S., F.Z.S.— Some Obser- 

 vations on the Effects of Pressvire upon the Direction of Hair in 

 Mammals. 



2. 0. Thomas, F.R.S., F.Z.S., and R. 0. Wroughton, F.Z.S.— 

 The Rudd Exploration of S. Africa. — IX. List of Mammals 

 obtained by Mr. Grant on the Gorongoza Mountains, Portuguese 

 S.E. Africa. 



3. R. I. PococK, F.L.S., Superintendent of the Gardens. — 

 Notes upon some Species and Geographical Races of Serows 

 (Capricot^nis) and Gorals {Ncemorhedus) based upon Specimens 

 exhibited in the Society's Gardens. 



The following communication has been received : — 



Dr. Knud Andersen.^A Monograph of the Chiropteran 

 Genera Uroderma^ Enchisthenes, and Artibeus. 



Communications intended for the Scientific Meetings of the 

 Zoological Society op London should be addressed to 



P. CHALMERS MITCHELL, 



Secretary. 



3 Hanover Square, London, W. 

 Ma/rch 10th, 1908 



