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the following description of a new Antelope from British East 

 Africa : — 



OUREBIA KENY^, Sp. n. 



Allied to 0. haggardi, but with the horns smaller, thinner, and 

 smoother. 



Basal length of typical skull 145 mm.; length of horns 136, 

 circumference at base 53. 



Hah. Upper Tana River, Mt. Kenya District. 



Type. British Museum, No. 4.11.5.28, 



The next Meeting of the Society for Scientific Business will 

 be held on Tuesday, the 21st March, 1905, at half-past Eight 

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



1. Sir Harky Johnston, G.O.M.G., K.O.B. — Notes on the 

 Mammals and Birds of Liberia. 



2. Mr. Martin A. 0. Hinton. — On some Abnormal Remains 

 of Cervus elaphus from the Post-Pliocene Deposits of the South 

 of England. 



3. Dr. R. Broom, C.M.Z.S. — On the Affinities of Procolophon. 



4. Mr. R. I. PococK, F.Z.S.— On the Efi'ects of Castration on 

 the Horns of the Prongbuck. 



The following Papers have been received :— 



1. Mr. A. E. Shipley, F.R.S. — Notes on Parasites from the 

 Zoological Gardens, London, and elsewhere. 



2. Dr. E. Lonnberg, C.M.Z.S. — On Hybrids between Lepus 

 tiviidus and L. europceus from Southern Sweden. 



Communications intended for the Scientific Meetings of the 

 Zoological Society of London should be addressed to 



P. CHALMERS MITCHELL, Secretary. 



3 Hanover Square, London, W. 

 Uth March, 1905. 



