No. 188. 
ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.* 
November 24th, 1914. 
Prof. E. A. Mincury, M.A., F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The Minutes of the last Scientific Meeting were confirmed. 
Dr. R. Broom, C.M.Z.S., exhibited the skull of a new type of 
Thecodont Reptile from the Upper Permian Beds of South Africa, 
and a number of skulls of Zrichosurus vulpecula, Phascolarctus 
cinereus, Chrysochloris hottentota, and C’. asiatica, illustrating 
dental variations. 
Mr. D. Seru-Smitu, F.Z.S., Curator of Birds, exhibited an egg 
of the New Guinea Rifle-bird (Ptilorhis intercedens), which had 
been laid in the Society’s Gardens in July last, the first instance 
of any species of Paradise-Bird laying in the Gardens. 
Mr. E. T. Newron, F.R.S., F.Z.S., exhibited a series of bones 
of animals showing indications of natural repair, and a number 
of teeth of a female Sperm- Whale (Physeter macrocephalus). 
Dr. C. W. Anprews, F.R.S., F.Z.8., gave an account of three 
papers by Mr. D. M.S. Watson. 
The first paper contained the description of a new reptile from 
the Permian of the Cape Province, 8. Africa, which Mr. Watson 
regards as derived from a Cotylosaurian ancestor and as perhaps 
related to Areoscelis and the modern lizards. A new genus is 
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