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Show CONTENTS (continued). May 28' Page Mr. P. L. Sclater. Remarks on living examples of Owen's Apteryx 319 Dr. Gunther. Exhibition of Specimens of the Ova and Young of the Axolotl (Siredon mexi-canum) 3P3 Mr. E. L. Layard. Letter from, containing a description and drawings of a Gymnetrus in Table Bay 319 1. Descriptions of New or little-known American Birds of the Families Fringillidce, Bucconidce, and Strigidce. By P. L. SCLATER, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., and OSBERT SALVIN, M.A., F.L.S., &c. (Plate XXIX.) 322 2. On tbe Incubation of the Apteryx. By A. D. BARTLETT, Superintendent of the Society's Gardens 329 3. On the Mammalian Fauna of Greenland. By ROBERT BROWN, F.R.G.S. &c. Communicated by Dr. JAMES M U R I E 330 4. On a New Genus, with four New Species, of Freshwater Prawns. Bv C. SPENCE BATE, F.R.S. (Plates X X X . & XXXI.) 363 5. On a Supposed New Species of Galeocerdo from the Southern Seas. By J. D. MACDONALD, M.D..F.R.S., and Mr. CHARLES BARRON, Curator of the Haslar Museum. (Plate XXXII.) 368 6. Notes on Heptranchus indicus, chiefly as regards Sexual Characters. By J. D. MACDONALD, M.D., F.R.S., and Mr. CHARLES BARRON, of the Haslar Museum. With drawings from nature by Dr. MACDONALD. (Plate XXXIII.) 371 7. A Review of some of the Species of the Genera Melo and Cymba of Broderip. By THOMAS G R A H A M PONTON, F.Z.S 374 June 11. Mr. P. L. Sclater. Exhibition of and remarks upon a skin of the Australian Cassowary.... 376 Dr. A. Gunther. Observations on the British species of Clupea 377 Mr. Tegetmeier. Remarks on the progress of Salmon-breeding in the Stormontfield ponds.. Mr. E. T. Higgins. Exhibition of the skin of a Puma 377 1. On the Development and Succession of the Teeth in the Armadillos {Basypodidce). WILLIAM H E N R Y FLOWER, F.R.S. &c, Conservator of the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons 378 2. On certain New and Rare Species of Birds found at Rockingham Bay, Queensland. By E. P. RAMSAY, C.M.Z.S 381 3. Descriptions of Four New Species of Birds from Veragua. By P. L. SCLATER, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., and OSBERT SALVJN, M.A., F.L.S., &c 388 4. Sundry Notes on Indian Raptores. By R. C. BEAVAN, Bengal Staff Corps, C.M.Z.S. &c. (Plate XXXIV.) 390 5. Notes upon the Birth of a Ringed Seal in the Society's Gardens. By A. D. BARTLETT, Superintendent of the Society's Gardens 402 June 25. Mr. P. L. Sclater. Exhibition of heads of the Spanish Ibex (Capra pyrenaica) 403 Mr. P. L. Sclater. Notices of recent additions to the Society's Menagerie 404 Professor R. Owen. Notice of the thirteenth part of a series of memoirs on the extinct of the genus Dinornis 404 1. Description of a New Species of the genus Ceyx. By JOHN GOULD, F.R.S. &c. J 404 |