194 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Society's Gardens. The results of these dissections had been compared 

 with the writings of other observers, and arranged, firstly under the heads 

 of the different muscles, and, secondly, under those of the different families 

 The arrangement of the muscles coincided in a marked manner with the 

 usual classification of the order, and seemed to depend much more upon 

 the affinities of the animals than upon their habits and mode of life. The 

 muscles which seemed most characteristic of the two principal sections 

 were the masseter, the long flexors of the foot, the sterno-scapular, and the 

 digastric. Three genera of the Dipodida had been examined, and were 

 found to resemble the Hystricomorpha in many respects, while in others 

 they approached the Sciuromorphine type. 



A communication was read from Babu Ram Bramha Sanyal, containing 

 remarks on a rare carnivorous mammal of Borneo, Cynogale bennetti, based 

 on a specimen living in the Zoological Gardens of Calcutta. 



A communication was read from Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, containing an 

 account of the osteology of certain Cranes, Rails, and their allies, with 

 remarks upon their affinities. 



A communication was read from Mr. 0. V. Aplin, containing field-notes 

 on the mammals of Uruguay, made during his recent expedition to that 

 country. 



April 3rd.— Sir W. H. Flower, K.C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., President, 

 in the chair. 



The Secretary read a report on the additions that had been made to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of March, 1894. 



Dr. Gunther exhibited and made remarks on some specimens of the 

 American Lepidosiren, Lepidosiren paradoxa, from the Upper Rio Paraguay, 

 collected by Dr. Bohls. 



Capt. H. G. C. Swayne, R.E., gave a description of the physical features 

 of Somaliland, and an account of the expeditions he had made into the 

 interior of that country duriug the past nine years, pointing out the localities 

 in which the larger mammals were usually met with. The paper was 

 illustrated by the exhibition of a large series of well-mounted heads of the 

 various species of Antelopes and other animals of Somaliland. 



Mr. 0. Thomas read a paper on the Dwarf Antelopes of the genus 

 Madoqua, in which three species from Somaliland were described as new, and 

 named M. sivaynei, M.phillipsi, and M. guentheri. A revised classification 

 of the six known species of this genus of Antelopes was added. 



Mr. R. T. Coryndon gave an account of his pursuit of the White or 

 Burchell's Rhinoceros, Rhinoceros simus, in Mashonaland, and of the way 

 he had obtained the specimens, which would shortly be placed in the British 

 Museum, the Tring Museum, and the Cambridge University Museum. 



A communication was read from Miss E. M. Sharpe, containing a list 





