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Show LIST OE CONTENTS. PART III.-1876. May 2, 1876. Page The Secretary. Report .on the additions to the Society's Menagerie in April, 1876, and remarks on the Cassowaries in the Society's Collection. (Plate X X X V . ) 413 The Secretary. Extracts from several letters addressed to him by Dr. Geo. Bennett, F.Z.S., referring to the proceedings of Mr. L. M . D'Albertis, C.M.Z.S 414 Mr. Osbert Salvin. Exhibition of a portion of a trunk of a pine from Guatemala, perforated by a Woodpecker 414 Mr. G. Dawson Rowley, F.Z.S. Exhibition of a specimen of Machcerirhynchus nigripectus 414 Mr. J. H. Gurney, Jun., F.Z.S. Exhibition of an example of the Lesser Whitefronted Goose (Anser erythropus) killed in Egypt 414 Mr. A. Grpte. Exhibition of and remarks upon the original drawing by Col. Gordon, from which the plate of Ovis polii in the ' Proceedings' (1874, plate liii.) was prepared.. 414 Mr. Geo. Busk, F.R.S. Notice of a Memoir on the Ancient or Quaternary Fauna of Gibraltar, to be published in the Society's ' Transactions' ." 415 1. Notes on the Anatomy of the Colies (Colius). By A. H. G A R R O D , M.A., F.Z.S., Prosector to the Society 416 2. Description of a N e w Thrush from Taviuni, one of the Fiji Islands. By E. L. LAYARD, C.M.G., F.Z.S., H.B.M. Consul for Fiji and Tonga .420 3. Note on the Discovery of the Roebuck (Cervus capreolus) in Palestine. By the Rev. Canon TRISTRAM 420 May 16, 1876. Mr. Sclater. Exhibition of a rare Pacific Parrot, Coriphilus kuhli, and remarks on its habitat 421 Dr. Gunther. Extract from a letter received from Commander W . E. Cookson, R.N., concerning two large Land-Tortoises from the Galapagos Islands 422 Dr. P. Comrie. Exhibition of, and remarks on, zoological specimens collected during the survey, by H.M.S. ' Basilisk,' of the S.E. coast of N e w Guinea 422 Prof. P. M . Duncan, F.R.S. Notice of the second part of his Memoir on the Madreporaria dredged up during the expedition of H.M.S. ' Porcupine' in 1869-70 424 1. Remarks on some Indian and, more especially, Bornean Mammals. By Dr. A. GUNTHER, V.P.Z.S., Keeper of the Zoological Department, British Museum. (Plates XXXVI. & XXXVII.) 424 2. Notices of some Deep-sea and Littoral Corals from the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Indian, New-Zealand, Persian Gulf, and Japanese &c. Seas. By Prof. P. MARTIN DUNCAN, F.R.S., Pres. Geol. Soc. (Plates XXXVIII.-XLI.) 428 8. O n some Cranial and Dental Characters of the existing Species of Rhinoceroses. By W I L L I A M H E N R Y FLOWER, F.R.S., V.P.Z.S 443 4. Further Notes on Oulodon, a new Genus of Ziphioid Whales from the New-Zealand Seas. By JULIUS VON H A A S T , Ph.D., F.R.S., Director of the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, N e w Zealand 457 5. O n the Birds collected by Dr. Comrie on the South-east Coast of N e w Guinea during the Survey of H.M.S. ' Basilisk.' By P. L. SCLATER, M.A., F.R.S., Secretary to the Society. (Plates XLII. & XLIII.) 459 6. Additional Notes on Bolichotis salinicola. By H E R M A N N BURMEISTER, Director of the National Museum, Buenos Aires, F.M.Z.S 461 June 6, 1876. The Secretary. Report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie in May, 1876, and list of Indian animals deposited by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales 462 Contents conMnii/>rl /•.*. /*/»«.. Q ~f.~»r>**Mr, |