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Zoological Society, November 16.—Prof. W. H. Flower, F.R.S., President, in the chair.—An extract was read from a letter addressed to the President by Dr. Emin Bey, dated Wadilai, Eastern Equatorial Africa, January 1, 1886, and containing some notes on the distribution of the Anthropoid Apes in Eastern Africa.—A letter was read, addressed to the Secretary by Dr. Chr. Lütken, of Copenhagen, F.M.Z.S., containing some information as to the locality of Chiropodomys penicillatus.—A letter was read from Dr. A. B. Meyer, C.M.Z.S., communicating some remarks by Mr. K. G. Henke on a specimen of a hybrid Grouse in the Dresden Museum.—Prof. Flower, F.R. S., exhibited and made remarks on a specimen of a rare Armadillo (Tatusia pilosa) belonging to the Scarborough Museum.—Prof. Bell exhibited, and made remarks on, an object (apparently of the nature of an amulet) made from a portion of the skin of some mammal, and received from Moreton Bay, Australia.—Mr. H. Seebohm, F.Z.S., exhibited a skin of what he considered to be a young individual of the Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons minutus), shot in September last on Holy Island, off the coast of Northumberland, and observed that it was the first recorded example of the small form of the White-fronted Goose which had been obtained on the coasts of our islands.—Mr. Blanford, F.R.S., exhibited, and made remarks on, a mounted specimen of a scarce Paradoxure (Paradoxurus jerdoni) from the Neilgherry Hills in Southern India.—A communication was read from Colonel Charles Swinhoe, F.Z.S., containing an account of the species of Lepidopterous insects which he had obtained at Mhow, in Central India.—A communication was read from Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, C.M.Z.S., containing an account of the anatomy of Geococcyx californianus.—Mr. Lydekker described three crania and other remains of Scelidotherium, two of the former being from the Argentine Republic, and the third from Tarapaca, in Chili. One of the crania from the first locality he referred to the typical S. leptocephalum of Owen, while the second, which had been described by Sir R. Owen under the same name, he regarded as distinct, and proposed to call S. bravardi. The Tarapaca form, which was characterised by the extremely short nasals, was also regarded as indicating a new species, for which the name of S. chilense was proposed. The author concluded that there were not sufficient grounds for separating Lund's proposed genus Platyonyx from Scelidotherium.—Mr. G. A. Boulenger pointed out that two distinct forms of the Batrachian genus Bombinator occur in Central Europe, and read notes on their distinctive characters and geographical distribution.—A communication was read from Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, containing a correction, with additional notes, upon the anatomy of the Trockili, Caprimulgi, and Cypselidæ.—A communication was read from Dr. R. A. Philippi, C.M.Z.S., containing a preliminary notice of some of the Tortoises and Fishes of the coast of Chili.—Mr. Sclater exhibited the head of, and made remarks upon, an apparently undescribed species of Gazelle from Somali Land.
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Societies and Academies . Nature 35, 93–96 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/035093b0
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