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thai it was evident that the supply of Giraffes from the Sudan, 

 which had been so long stopped, was again commencing. 



The Secretary laid on the table a small collection of Mammals 

 in spirit presented to the Society by M. Constantin Satunin, 

 C.M.Z.8., which it was proposed to transfer to the British Museum 

 (Natural History), and read the following note on it prepared by 

 Mr. < Udfield Thomas, F.Z.S. :— 



The collection of Mammals from Mt. Ararat and the Caucasus, 

 •nted to the Society by M. C. Satunin, consists of examples 

 of Erinaeeut calligoni Satunin and AUactaya aralychensii Sat., 

 from Aralych, near Mt. Ararat; examples of Mesoericetus Tcoenigi 

 Sat. and Allactaga williamai Thos., from the Ararat Range : and of 

 Allactaga elatt r caucasica f^eh.v.,ATIactagulu8 acontion Pail./ 'ricetidus 

 pJiants Pall., Ellobius lutesceru Thos., and Mesocricettu raddei Nehr., 

 from various Localities in the Caucasus. 



All these specimens will be very acceptable to the Museum, 

 dally those that represent species described by M, Satunin, these 

 being all new to the collection. 



Mr. Sclater exhibited and marie remarks on some mounted heads 

 of Antelopes obtained by Sir William Garstin in the Sudan and 

 belonging to the following species : — Gazella rti/ffrons, Cdbus mafia, 

 and Tragdaphus drcula : also a fine mounted h^ad of the Bed- 

 necked Gazelle (GazeUa ruficollis) (probably from Dongola) belong- 

 ing to Major Wilkinson, the first head that he had seen of this 

 species acquired in recent times. 



Mr. Lydekker, on behalf of the President, exhibited a photograph 

 in illustration of the fact that the stags of Pc-re David's Deer 

 ( Elaphuru* davidianus) shed and renew their antlers twice annually. 

 < >ne pairof these appendages was stated to be grown in the breeding- 

 season, and the other pair half a year later. 



Prof. E. Kay Lankester, M.A.. LL.D., F.E.S., Director of the 

 Natural History Departments <>i the British Museum, read a paper 

 '• < )n Okapia, a new Genus of Giraffidae, from Central Africa." 



The author described the circumstances under which Sir Harry 

 Johnston had obtained the skin and two skulls which formed the 

 subject of the present memoir. One of the skulls undoubtedly 

 belonged to the skin — since the lower jaw corresponding to it was 

 still attached to the integument when received by Sir Harry. The 

 specimens had been received at Entebbe (Uganda) in March 1901, 

 and arrived in this country in July, a few days before Sir Harry 

 Johnston himself returned from Uganda. They were then briefly 

 described by Professor Lankester at a meeting of this Society 

 held on June 18th (see above, p. 279), and the genus Okapia 

 was instituted. 



The present memoir contained a mon ription of the 



