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CONTENTS. 



I. On Dinornis (Part XXV.): containing a Description of the Sternum of Dinornis 



elephantopus. By Sir Richard Owen, K.C.B., F.B.S., F.Z S., &c. . page 1 



II. Studies in New-Zealand Ichthyology. — I. On the Skeleton of Regalecus argenteus. 



By T. Jeffery Parker, B.Sc. £ond., C.M.Z.S., Professor of Biology in the 

 University of Otago, New Zealand . . 5 



III. On the Beptiles and Batrachians of the Solomon Islands. By G. A. Boulenger, 



F.Z.S. 35 



IV. On the Anatomy and Systematic Position of a Gigantic Earthworm (Microchseta 



rappi) from the Cape Colony. By Frank E. Beddard, M.A., F.B.S.E., F.Z.S. , 

 Prosector to the Society 63 



V. On the Crustacea Isopoda of the ' Lightning,' ' Porcupine,' and ' Valorous ' Expe- 



ditions. By the Rev. A. M. Norman, M.A., D.C.L., F.L.S., and the Rev. T. R. R. 

 Stebbing, M.A 77 



VI. On the Bemains of a Gigantic Species of Bird (Gastornis klaasseni, n. sp.) from 



the Lower Eocene Beds near Croydon. By E. T. Newton, F.G.S. (Communica- 

 ted by Prof. Flower, L.L.D., V.P.B.S., F.Z.S.) 143 



VII. On Megalapteryx hectori, a new Gigantic Species of Aplerygian Bird. By 



Julius von Haast, C.M.G., Ph.D., F.B.S., C.M.Z.S. 161 



VIII. On Dinornis oweni, a new Species of the Dinornithidse, with some Bemarlcs on 

 D. curtus. By Julius von Haast, C.M.G., Ph.D., F.B.S., C.MZ.S. . . 171 



IX. On the Anatomy of the Sondaic Bhinoceros. By Frank E. Beddard, M.A., 



F.B.S.E., F.Z.S., Prosector to the Society, Lecturer on Biology at Guy's 

 Hospital, and Frederick Treves, F.B.C.S., F.Z.S., Hunterian Professor at 

 the Boyal College of Surgeons, Surgeon to the London Hospital . . . . 183 



