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of the Giraffe, chiefly relating to the intestinal tract and the heart ; the 
young has the heart-hone not developed, whilst it is nearly an inch long in 
old individuals. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 269. . 
V Kohus sing-sing (Benn.). Dr. Sclater considers two heads of Antelopes 
brought by Speke from Uganda as probably belonging to this species ] the 
head and foot are figured. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1864, p. 102. 
A Tragelaphus spekii, sp. n., Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 103, pi. 12, 
from Eastern tropical Africa. 
'^Oreas livingstonii, sp. n,, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 105, from tro- 
pical Africa. No specimen of this species has hitherto reached Europe ; but 
Livingstone, Kirk, and Speke, who have observed it, agree that it is distin- 
guished from the common Eland by having white cross stripes on the flanks. 
— Dr. Kirk is, for the present, inclined to regard it as a variety of Oreas 
canna. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 659. 
'■ff Nesotragus livingstoniamis, sp. n., Kirk, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 657, from 
the Zambesi ; probably identical with the Antelope mentioned by Prof. Peters 
under the name of N. moschatus. 
^Antilope picta. Dr. Crisp mentions a large glandular patch near to the 
caecum, and makes some further observations on the intestinal tract of this 
and other Antelopes. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 270. 
Dr. Blyth makes some remarks on the Unicorn Goat of Tibet f Proc. 
Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 485. 
Ovis mmimon. His Highness Prince P. N. Bonaparte has read before the 
Society of Acclimatization of Paris, observations on the Mouflon of Corsica, 
and on the different methods of its chase. He does not consider it to be the 
progenitor of the domestic Sheep, but thinks it more nearly allied to the 
Antelope, to the Chamois. It can be crossed with the Sheep and Goat, and 
the cross breeds are fertile. The Prince has no doubt that it could be also 
crossed with the Gazelle. Bull. mens. Soc. Acclim. 1864, p. 389. 
A Bos taurus. Messrs. Mennell and Perkins have collected the evidence in 
favour of the opinion that the wild cattle of Chillingham are the descendants 
of the aboriginal British race, and that they were not introduced by the Ro- 
mans. Trans. Tyneside Nat. Field Club, 1864, p. 140. , 
CETACEA. 
SiRENIA. 
Manatu^, Prof. Brandt (Bull. Acad. Sc. St. Petersb. v. p. 7) 
was inclined to regard the seventh vertebra as belonging to the 
cervical series, so that its relation to the first rib must be inter- 
preted as a simple anomaly. Against this opinion Mr. Flower, 
who has compared the vertebrae of Manatus americanus with 
those of Halicore indica, urges that morphologically the third, 
fourth, and fifth vertebrae in both animals agree, that the sixth 
and seventh of Manatus may be clearly recognized in the seventh 
and eighth of Halicore, but that there is no vertebra in Manatus 
which would correspond to the sixth of Halicore. Therefore he 
prefers to adopt De Blainville’s view that this vertebra is lost in 
Manatus, although he is not prepared to explain its absence in 
the same way. Nat. Hist. Rev. 1864, p. 259. 
