1894.] ON THE YOUNG OP ECHIDNA ACTTLEATA. 3 



bounded by the farms or villages of York, John Obey, and Tombo, 

 on the sea-shore, and by Pickett Hill in an easterly direction inland 

 from Kent, Elephants do exist. 



" Another dead one was found not long ago and a regular scramble 

 took place for the flesh. The skull of the one which I got was found 

 12 hours' walk from the beach. 



" A farmer named Wise often complained recently to the late 

 acting manager that Elephants did a good deal of damage to his 

 crops and made deep holes in the ground when they came down to 

 drink. 



" I am assured that if there is one Elephant in the district there 

 are at least a hundred. This statement I accept with reservation, 

 but that they do exist I have not the slightest doubt. 



" At John Obey, a place about halfway between York and Kent, 

 the spoor of Elephants can be found on many farms not quite a 

 mile away from the village." 



Mr. E. Lydekker, E.Z.S., gave an account of some of the prin- 

 cipal objects observed during his recent visit to the La Plata 

 Museum, calling special attention to the series of remains of Dino- 

 saurian Reptiles, of Cetaceans, and of Ungulates of three different 

 suborders. Mr. Lydekker also made remarks on some of the 

 specimens of Edentates and of the gigantic birds of the genus 

 Brontornis contained in the Museum. 



Mr. Lydekker also exhibited a painting of the head of a Wild 

 Goat (Copra cegagrus) of unusual dimensions. 



Mr. J. Jenner Weir, E.Z.S., sent for exhibition a specimen of 

 the " Tsetse," Glossina morsitans (P. Z. S. 1850, p. 261, pi. xix.), 

 which had been transmitted to him from the Transvaal by Dr. Percy 

 Kendall, E.Z.S. 



Mr. W. B. Tegetmeier, F.Z.S., exhibited and made remarks on a 

 Pheasant with abnormal plumage assimilating to that of " Pencilled 

 Fowls." 



The following papers were read : — 



1. On some Points in the Structure of the Young of Echidna 

 aculeata. By W. N. Parker, Ph.D., F.Z.S., Professor 

 of Biology in the University College of S. Wales and 

 Monmouthshire, Cardiff. 



[Keceived November 7, 1893.] 

 (Plates I.-III.) 



At the meeting of the British Association held in Cardiff in 

 1891 I exhibited some young specimens of Echidna \ and made a 



1 Brit. Assoc. Report, 18'.)1, p. 093. 



