LIST OF CONTENTS. 



PART L— 1887 



January 18, 1887. 



Page 

 The Secretary. Eeport on tlie Additions to the Society's Menagerie in December 1886 .... 1 



Mr. F. W. Styan, RZ.S. Exhibition of a series of eggs of Chinese birds 2 



Mr. Howard Saunders, F.Z.S. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a specimen of the Mediter- 

 ranean Black-headed G-uU {Larus melanocephalus), shot near Great Yarmouth 2 



Mr. Sclater. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a specimen of a rare Parrot, Chrysotis bodini 2 



Mr. Tegetmeier. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, some heads of the Sumatran Rhinoceros, 



from Sarawak, Borneo 3 



Prof. Bell. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, a bifid specimen of Nereis pelagica 3 



Messrs. H. B. Brady, F.R.S., W. K Parker, F.R.S., and T. Rupert Jones, F.R.S. Notice of 



Memoir on the Foraminifera procured on the Abrohlos Bank 3 



1. On the Skeleton and Affinities of the Paired Fins of Ceratodiis, with Observations upon 



those of the Elasmohranchii. By G. B. Howes, F.Z.S., F.L.S., Assist.JProf. of Zoology, 

 Normal School of Science and R. School of Mines, S. Kensington. (Plates I.-III.). . 3 



2. Notes on Carcharodon rondeletii. By T. Jeppeuy Paeker, B.Sc, C.M.Z.S., Professor of 



Biology in the Uniyersity of Otago, New Zealand. (Plates IV.-VIII.) 27 



3. On the Habits of the Tree Trapdoor Spider of Graham's Town. Bylhe Rev. Nesdick 



Abraham 40 



4. Notes on the Visceral Anatomy of certain Auks. By R. W. Shufeldt, C.M.Z.S. &c 43 



5. Characters of new Species of Birds of the Family Tvrannidse. By P. L. Sclater, M.A., 



Ph.D., F.E.S., Secretary to the Society. (Plate IX.) 47 



February 1, 1887. 



Mr. F. Day, F.Z.S. Exhibition of a specimen of a hybrid Pilchard, and of a specimen of a 



Sabno purpuratus raised in this country 50 



Mr. A. Thomson. Report on the Insect-House, for 1886 , 50 



1. On the Anatomy of Hydromys chrysogaster. By Bertram C. A. Windle, M.A., M.D. 



(Dubl.), Professor of Anatomy in the Queen's College, Birmingham. (Commimicated 



by Dr. Mivart) 53 



2. Descriptions of the Phytophagous Coleoptera of Oevlon, obtained by Mr. George Lewis 



during the years 1881-82. By Martin Jacoby, F.E.S. (Plates X. & XI.) 65 



3. Notes on Brachyurus calvus. By Frank E. Beddaed, M.A., F.R.S.E., Prosector to the 



Society. (Plate XII.) 119 



4. List of Mammals from the Cameroons Mountain, collected by Mr. H. H. Johnston. By 



Oldfield Thomas 121 



5. On a Collection of Birds made by Mr. H. H. Johnston in the Cameroons Mountain. By 



Captain G. E. Shelley, F.Z.S. (Plates XIII. & XIV.) 122 



6. List of the Reptiles collected by Mr. H. H. Johnston on the Cameroons Mountain. By 



G. A. Bouienger 127 



7. On the MoUusca collected at the Cameroons Mountain by Mr. H. H. Johnston. By Edgar 



A. S.MITH 127 



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