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MEASUREMENTS. 



Nose to tip of tail 5.90 inches. 



" root of tail 3 00 " 



" occiput 1.00 " 



" tip ot ear 1.10 " 



" eye • 48 " 



" extended hind foot 3.80 " 



Length of tail to tip 2.90 " 



" tail to end of bone 2.70 " 



" fore leg from knee 88 " 



" fore foot 42 " 



" hind leg from knee 1.41 " 



" hind foot 74 " 



" longest toe 28 " 



" whiskers 80 " 



Between eyes 25 " 



" extended feet 3.40 " 



Mr. Verrill stated tliat during the present week seven Caribou 

 (Rangifer Caribou Aud. and Bach.) had been brought to the city by- 

 Mr. J. G. Eich, who had killed them near the northern boundary of 

 Maine, on the head-waters of the Kennebec. They formed part of a 

 herd numbei-ing about twenty, which, as Mr. Rich supposes, have 

 come from some region farther north, owing to the severity of the 

 winter. These are the only specimens that have been killed in Maine, 

 to his knowledge, during the past five years, with the exception of 

 one, now in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, which was killed 

 by the same person two years ago. Mr. Rich states that this species, 

 like the true reindeer, feeds entirely upon moss. 



Mr. F. W. Putnam stated that he had found in two species 

 of a genus of Chroraoids (fresh-water fishes of South America) 

 a mode of caring for the young similar to that discovered by 

 Prof. Wyman in several species oi J3agrus from Surinam, — 

 the parent taking and keeping the eggs in the mouth until 

 the young are fully formed. In the genus I^agrzis Professor 

 Wyman found that it was the male that took charge of the 

 eggs, while in the Chromoids it is the female. The specimens 

 in which this peculiar fact was noticed were presented to the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology by Rev. J. C. Fletcher, 

 from the Rio Negro, and by Professor Wymap, from Suri- 

 nam. In these specimens the eggs and young were found in 

 all stages of development. 



Prof Jeffries Wyman gave an account of some peculiarities 

 in the structure of Beluga (see Jour. Vol. vii. No. 4). 



Dr. F. W. Lewis of Philadelphia was elected Correspond- 

 ing Member. 



