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i\m\ Sika were closely allied to Cerims, Dama being a totally 

 distinct type. Axis and Ui/elaphus belonged to another gi'oup, 

 while Rcuigifer, Alces, and Capreolus, as Sir Victor Brooke 

 claimed, belonged to the section typified hy Dorcelaphus, Jlaza ma, 

 and other American ])eer. 



Mr. R. Lydi^kker communicated a paper " On a "Wapiti and 

 a Muutjac," in which he described two Wapiti antlers from Tibet 

 ;is Cervus canadeiisis vxtrdi ; and a Muntjac from An-wei, China, 

 as Cerrulns bridgemani. The latter was characterised by its dai-k 

 blackish-olive colour, the black ears of the female and the yellow 

 ones of the male, coupled with the i-elatively wide divei-gence of 

 the antler-pod icles. 



Mr. R. Lydekker also presented a paper " On Three African 

 iJuflfaloes." 



Dr. A. Cabrera, C.M.Z.S., communicated a paper " On Two 

 new Antelopes," in which he described a new species of Dama- 

 lixcus from British East Africa and a new Chamois from North 

 »S[»ain. 



Mr. W. R. 0<iiLViE-GRANT, r.Z.S., communicated a paper by 

 ])r. E. A. \Vii>;ox, F.Z.S., Field Observer to the Grouse Disease 

 Committee, entitled " Changes of Plumage in the Red Grouse 

 {Lagopus scoticus) in Health and Disease." 



This Meeting closes the Session 1909-1010. The next Meeting 

 of the Society for Scientific Business will be held on Tuesday, 

 November 15th, 1910, at half-past Eight o'clock p.m. 



The following Papers have l)een leceived : — 

 1. F. E. BEDDAnn, M.A.. F.R.S.. F.Z.S. 



On lli(> Alinifntajy Tiact of ci-rlain Biids, and on th( 

 Mrsenleric Relations of the Intestinal JjOops. 



