CON T p: n t s. 



II. Contribution foioards a Knowledge of the Osteology of the Pigmy Whale (Neo- 

 balsena margiiiata). By Frank E. Beddard, M.A., F.RS., Prosector and Vice- 

 Secretary of the Society. (Plates VII.-IX.) page 87 



III. On the Breeding-habits of some West-African Fishes, with an Account of the 

 External Features in JDevelopment of Protopterus annectens, and a Description 

 of the Larva of Polypterus lapradei. By J. S. Budgett, M.A., F.Z.S., Trinity 

 College, Cambridge. (Plates X, & XI.) 115 



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. ,„- P. L. SCLATER, 



August, 1901. f- ^ 



° ' kecretary. 



