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Show 358 DB. PEBCY BENDALL ON THE [May 7, The hinder part of the pelvis is bent downwards upon the fore part in Palamedea ; it is nearly straight in G. derbiana ; the angle of inclination is intermediate in G. chavaria. In all three, the pubes do not extend far behind the ischia, and the forwardly turned processes, which in so many Anatidce, nearly meet in the middle line and recall the median ventral symphysis of the Ostrich, are absent. T H E S K U L L in its general proportions resembles that of Palamedea more than that of G. derbiana. It has most of the features given in our table (2) as common to Palamedea and C. derbiana. The foramen magnum is relatively smaller than in Palamedea, as in C. derbiana. The outer long edge of the palatine is not sharply angular, as in Palamedea and G. derbiana. The width of the middle superior ramus of the premaxilla is nearly uniform, as in Palamedea, not wider at its origin than posteriorly, as in C. derbiana. The angular process of the lower jaw is not so straight as in Palamedea, nor so sharply upturned as in G. derbiana and Geese. The hyoid. The basihyal is unlike that of Palamedea, being short and roughly triangular, the apex being anterior. The urohyal is long and cartilaginous at its extremity, as in Palamedea; but it is anchylosed to the basihyal, instead of being freely movable upon that. The entoglossum consists of two completely separate paired ossifications. The ceratohyals are stouter than in Palamedea, but, as in that bird, consist of two bony pieces with an intermediate cartilaginous segment. PAPEES QUOTED. (1) GARROD. " On the Anatomy of Chauna derbiana." P. Z. S. 1876, p. 189. (2) BEDDARD and MITCHELL. " On the Anatomy of Palamedea cornuta." P. Z. S. 1894, p. 536. (3) BEDDARD. " On the Anatomy of Chauna chavaria." P. Z. S. 1886, p. 178. 3. Field-Notes on the Antelopes of the Transvaal. By Dr. PERCY RENDALL, F.Z.S.1 [Received February 25, 1895.] THE REEDBUCK. Cervicapra arunclinum. Zulu : Imsigi or Umsagoko. Swazi: Ihlangu. This animal is to be found in tbe damp and reedy places along the banks of the Lompangwana River, but it is hard to get a clear shot, in tall rank grass and reeds that are much higher than your head, the stems of which are the thickness of a cedar pencil. Its 1 [Dr. Rendall has at m y request kindly put together these notes, which he made on the Antelopes met with in the Transvaal in 1893 aud 1894.-P.L.S.J |