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Show 138 MR. G. T. BETHUNE-BAKER ON [Mar. 4, well acquainted with their nurses and then follow easily up to Kobdo. I exhibit a water-colour drawing (Plate XIII.) by Mr. Smit, taken from two of the specimens now in the Gardens, which gives a good idea of the general appearance of Prjevalsky's Horse in its winter dress. Mr. B. Tegetmeier, F.Z.S., exhibited a series of photographs of Prjevalsky's Horse, taken on different occasions, and stated that further information on the subject would be found in ' The Field ' of January 11th (vol. xcix. p. 69, 1902). Mr. E. N. Buxton, F.Z.S., exhibited a series of photographic slides illustrative of bird- and animal-life on the White Nile, which he had lately visited. H e called attention to the enormous abundance of aquatic birds and waders which resort to the mud-banks of the Nile south of Khartoum and to the numerous lagoons in the marshes in the neighbourhood of Fashoda. Portraits were shown of Pelicans, Sacred Ibises (worshipped by the Egyptians of the early dynasties, but not now found in Lower Egypt), and many other birds-such as White Ibises, Black Ibises, Buff-backed Herons, Jabirus, Cranes, Stilts, Fish-Eagles, Goliath Herons, and Marabous. These had been secured by the use of a telephone-lens (by Dallmeyer), as also portraits of the Water-buck, the White-eared Cob (Cobus leucotis), the Tiang (Damaliscus tiang), and the Hippopotamus. The difficulties of making an approach to these wild animals for photographic purposes were described. Some characteristics of the Roan Antelope (Hippotragus leuco-p> hceus) were pointed out, and the habits of the Buffalo of the Nile and of the Reed-buck (Cervicapra bohor) were explained. Mr. Buxton expressed the opinion that the habit of the natives of burning the grass on the marshes affected the coloration of the White-eared Cob. The variation in colour of individuals of this species was illustrated by two heads of old males, and a skin of another individual was exhibited showing a white spot on the withers resembling that found in Mrs. Gray's Water-buck (Cobus maria). Pictures were also shown of village-life among the Dinkas-a race of remarkable stature which inhabit the southern part, of the Ghezireh. Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, F.Z.S., presented a paper, entitled " A Revision of the Amblypodian Group of the Butterflies of the Family Lyca?nicla?," and made the following remarks :- This important section of the Lyca?nida? is broadly confined to the Indo-Malayan region, though a few species are found in China, Japan, and Queensland, and a few have also been recorded |
