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Show referable to Capra cegagrus), which had been sent to him by- Mr. B. T. Ffinch. It was said to have been taken on board the s.s. ‘ Scharlachberger ' in Karachee Harbour, and was the individual referred to by Mr. J. Strip in his letter to ‘ The Field ' of Aug. 6th, 1898 (vol. xcii. p. 274). The length of the left horn was said to be no less than 55| inches, and the right, which was slightly broken, 50| inches. Mr. Sclater exhibited some photographs of the Rocky Mountain Goats in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of Philadelphia, and read the following extracts from Mr. A. E. Brown's letter concerning them :- " When I saw you in April, you expressed a desire to have a photograph of our Rocky Mountain Goat (Haplocerus montanus). I now send you one, taken a few days ago by Mr. Carson of this Society. " The male was born about May 15th, 1901, in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, near Field, British Columbia, on the Canadian Pacific Railway. The mother was killed on May 29th by a Swiss guide, who captured the kid, raised it by hand, and brought it to the Gardens October 1st. At that time it was 2 feet in height at the shoulder, and weighed 55 lbs. Its horns were 1 \ inches long on the anterior face. It now weighs 96 lbs., height 30 inches, length of horns 6| inches, circumference at base 4 inches. " The female was presented to the Society on Dec. 22, 1901. It came from Central Idaho and was evidently bred in the previous year, but I was not able to secure any exact information about it. It is now 28 inches in height; weight 74 pounds; length of horns 7| inches, which are more slender than in the male. Both these animals have remained in uniformly good health, but have not yet had to encounter a long period of great heat, the effects of which I fear ; but on Saturday last the thermometer rose to 93° Falir., from which they did not seem to suffer distress.'' 1 9 0 2 .] SIR H. H. HOWORTH ON MALFORMED DEER'S ANTLERS. 2 2 7 Dr. Gunther exhibited living tadpoles of the North-American Bull-frog (Rana mugiens) bred in Surrey. They were the offspring of specimens introduced by the Hon. Charles Ellis, F.Z.S. Although a great number of these tadpoles had been reared this year in the ponds near Mr. Ellis's residence, the majority attaining to their full size, none of them had been observed to complete their metamorphosis. They were therefore obliged to hibernate, like many of the tadpoles of Rana esculenta var. ridibunda, which have been acclimatized in the same locality. Sir Henry H. Howorth, K.C.I.E., F.R.S., exhibited and made remarks upon the head of a Virginian Deer ( Cariacus virginianus) shot by an experienced old hunter in the mountains of New 15* |