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causes. Fifty-three cases wei^e brought together and eight 

 diflerent I'egions df the coats of the Horse were shown in which 

 the effects of pressure were found. 



A paper was read by Messrs. Oldpield Thomas, F.K.S., F.Z.S., 

 and R-. 0. WbouGhton, F.Z.S., oh •' Mammals obtained by 

 Mr. 0. H. B. Grant in the Corongoza Mountains, Portuguese 

 S.E. Africa," being the ninth of the series of papers on the 

 Ma,mmals of the Biidd Exploration of South Africa. 150 speci- 

 mens were dealt with, belonging to 31 species and subspecies, of 

 which three -Vvere described as new* 



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

 read a paper entitled " JSTotes upon some Species and Geogra- 

 phical Races of Serows {Capricornis) and Gorals (JVce^norhedus) . 

 based upon Specimens exhibited in the Society's Gardens," and 

 pointed out that the "grey" Goral of the Himalayas was origi- 

 nally described by Hardwicke as Antilope goral, and that the 

 "brown" Goral, to which the specific title gored has been applied 

 in recent literature, required a new name. He proposed to call 

 it j^csmorhedios hodgsoni. Concerning the genus Capricornis, he 

 stated that although only one foiin had been hitherto distin- 

 guished from the Himalayas, the available material pointed to 

 the existence of at least four subspecies in that mountain-range. 

 The following were characterized as new : — Capricornis suma- 

 traensis humei, with a rufous-brown head, from Kashmir ; 

 C. s. rodoni, with a white interramal area and throat-patch, 

 white underside and lower legs, and a long thick coat with under- 

 fur, from Chamba ; C. s. jamrachi, with short black coat, blackish- 

 brown underside, and partially rufous lower legs, from Darjiling. 

 A black form from Selangoi", with a scarcely appreciable quantity 

 of red in the main, was also described as new under the name 

 C. s. robinsoni. 



The next Meeting of the Society for Scientific Business will 

 be held on Tuesday, the 7th April, 190S, at half-past Eight 

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

 made ; — 



1. Dr. Knud Andersen. — A Monograph of the Ohiropteran 

 Genera Uroderma, Euchisthenes, and Ariibeus. 



2. Sir Bay Lankester, K.O.B., F.R.S^, F.Z.S.— On certain 

 Points in the Structure of the Cervical "\' ertebrse of the Okapi 

 and the Giraffe. 



