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LONDON. Zoological Society, December 20, 1887.—Prof. W. H. Flower, 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 November 1887.—Mr. Sclater read a letter from Dr. H. Burmeister containing a description of a supposed new Humming-bird from Tucuman. Mr. Sclater proposed to call this species, of which the type was in the National Museum of Buenos Ayres, Chætocercus burmeisteri.— The Secretary exhibited, on behalf of Major Yerbury, a pair of horns of the Oorial (Ovis cycloceros), which formerly belonged to the Royal Artillery Mess at Fort Attock, and were stated to have been originally obtained in the Chitta Pahar Range, a few miles south of Attock. These horns were apparently of the form lately described by Mr. A. O. Hume as Ovis blanfordi.— An extract was read from a letter received from Mr. H. M. Phipson, of the Bombay Natural History Saciety, offering some living Snakes for the Society's collection.—Mr. F. E. Beddard read a paper on Hooker's Sea-lion, Otaria (Arctocephalus) hookeri, based upon the specimens of this species recently received by the Society, one of which had lately died. The author called attention to the external features, visceral anatomy, and osteology of this Sea-lion, in comparison with the corresponding characters of other species of the group.—Mr. G. A. Boulenger read the description of a new genus of Lizards of the family Teiidæ, founded on a specimen presented to the British Museum by Mr. H. N..Ridley, who had obtained it in the forest of Iguarasse, Pernambuco. The author proposed to name this Lizard Stenolepis ridleyi.—A communication from the Rev. H. S. Gorham, entitled a “Revision of the Japanese species of Endomychidæ,” was read. In this paper three new genera and thirteen new species were characterized and described. Additional observations were made upon the species previously known to inhabit Japan. The new species were based on specimens obtained by Mr. George Lewis during his last journey to the islands in 1880-81.—Mr. G. A. Boulenger gave an account of the fishes obtained by Surgeon-Major A, S. G. Jayakar at Muscat, east coast of Arabia, which had been presented by him to the British Museum. The collection contained specimens of 172 species, many of which were unrepresented in the national collection, and fifteen of which were apparently new to science.—Mr. H. Druce read a paper containing descriptions of some new' species of Lepidoptera Heterocera, from Tropical Africa.
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Societies and Academies . Nature 37, 239–240 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/037239a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/037239a0