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Show 1893.] ON THE ANATOMY OF PARROTS. 507 5. CONNOCH^ETES TAURINA. The Gnu is stated by the natives to have been formerly plentiful on the plains between Milanji and Zomba. It is now very scarce, but Mr. B. L. Sclater saw it once on the Tochila plains, and obtained a tail of it from the natives in that district. 6. TRAGELAPHUS SCRIPTUS ROUALEYNI. Three flat skins of this Bush-bok belonging to the subspecies, as described by Mr. Thomas, P. Z. S. 1891, p. 389. My son informs me that this is one of the commonest Antelopes in the Shire Highlands, being found in all parts of the country. It is excellent eating. 7. TRAGELAPHUS ANGASI. A flat skin of a female of this species obtained on the Moanza River, Lower Shire, and presented to Mr. Johnston by Messrs. Buchanan, Bros. I have already recorded the occurrence of this Antelope on the Moanza, from a skin procured by Mr. Sharpe (see P. Z. S. 1892, p. 98), but it is interesting to have confirmation of it. Mr. B. L. Sclater, who was on the Moanza in September 1892, learned that the females of this Antelope (the " Bo " of the natives) congregate in large herds on the hilly country to the south of the river, while the males go about singly and are not easily met with. 8. TAUROTRAGUS OREAS LIVINGSTONII. The Striped Eland, my son tells me, is still common all over Southern Nyasaland, occurring in small herds of from 4 to 8, principally in the hills, but descending to the rivers to drink at early morning and evening. I exhibit two imperfect skins of it, which, like all those observed, are distinctly striped on the neck and withers. The following papers were read:- 1. On certain Points in the Anatomy of Parrots bearing on their Classification. By F R A N K E. B E D D A R D , M.A., F.R.S., and F. G. PARSONS, F.R.C.S. [Received June 6, 1893.] (Plate XL.) In the present paper we desire to direct the attention of Society to certain points in the structure of the Parrots to which either little or no attention w^as paid by Garrod in his well-known essay on the systematic arrangement of this group1. Garrod 1 P. Z. S. 1874, p. 586. |