OCR Text |
Show C O N T E N T S {continued). Page January 18, 1881. The Secretary. Report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie in December 1880 1. On the Birds collected in Socotra by Prof. I. B. Balfour. By P. L. SCLATER, M.A., F.R.S., and Dr. G. H A R T L A U B , F.M.Z.S. (Plates XV.-XVII.) H>f> 2. On the Lepidoptera collected in Socotra by Prof. I. B. Balfour. By ARTHUR G. BUTLER, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. (Plate XVIII.). 175 3. On some Points in the Anatomy of the Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). By W. A. FORBES, B.A., F.L.S., Prosector to the Society 180 4. On a new Genus of Timeliida from Madagascar, with Remarks on some other Genera. By R. B O W D L E R SHAKPE, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. Department of Zoology, British Museum. (Plate XIX.) ; 195 5. On the Mammals of Gilgit. By JOHN SCULLY 197 February 1, 1881. 1. On the Evolution of the Placenta, and on the possibility of employing the characters the Placenta in the Classification of the Mammalia. By F. M . BALFOUR, M.A., F.R.S., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge 210 2. On some Birds collected by Mr. E. F. im Thurn in British Guiana. By P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., Secretary to the Society 21 3. On a Collection of Reptiles and Frogs, chiefly from Singapore. By W . T. Blanford, F.R.S., F.Z.S., &c. (Plates X X . & XXI.) 215 4. An Account of the Collection of Lizards made by Mr. Buckley in Ecuador, and now the British Museum, with Descriptions of the new Species. By the late A. W . E. O'SHAUGHNESSY, Esq., Assistant in the Natural-History Departments, British Museum. (Plates XXII.-XXV.) 227 5. Description of a new Species of Enyalius in the Brussels Museum. By G. A. BOULENGER. (Plate XXVI.) 246 6. Remarks upon the Habits of the Darter (Plotus anhinga). By A. D. BARTLETT, Superintendent of the Society's Gardens 247 7. Note on Mr. Bartlett's Communication on the Habits of the Darter. By W . A. FORBES, B.A., Prosector to the Society , ,. 248 |