1899.] 



MR. LYDEKKEE ON CERVUS DUVAUCELI. 



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Mr. Sclater also stated that he had given an address at a Meeting 

 or the South African Philosophical ISociety at Capetown on 

 September 17th, " On the desirability of establishing a Zoological 

 Garden in Capetown," and that the Society had appointed a Com- 

 mittee to consider the subject. Mr. Sclater was in hopes that this 

 movement might ultimately lead to good results. 



Mr. Lydekker exhibited the mounted head of a remarkably fine 

 Swamp-Deer (Cervus duvaucdl), shot by Major C. B. Wood, of 

 Toms Hill, Aldbury, Tring, on the 5th of January, 1899, in the 



Head of Swamp-Deer {Cervus duvauceli) from Ceatral Province.-;, ludia. 



Central Provinces, India. The specimen was noticeable on 

 account of the approximation of the antlers to those of that 

 variety of the Thameny known as C. eldi plati/ceros. This was 

 Proc. Zool. Soc— 1899, No. LIV. ' 54 



