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Show 194 ON A RHINOCEROS FROM THE WHITE NILE. [Nov. 3, Esq., on September 21st. Amongst these the Abyssinian Duiker {Cephalophus abyssinicus) is exhibited for the first time. 4. Two Wagler's Pit-Vipers {Lachesis ivagleri), presented by A. Herbert, Esq., on September 30th. Dr. P. L. Sclater, F.R.S., exhibited the front horn of a Rhinoceros (text-fig. 21), lately obtained on the White Nile, and made the following remarks :- " So far as I know, the only specimen of the Square-nosed or White Rhinoceros {Rhinoceros simus) obtained anywhere north Text-fig. 21. (a) Lateral and (b) front views of horn of Rhinoceros from the White Nile. of the Zambesi, of which the locality is absolutely certain, is the skull of an individual shot by Major A. St. H. Gibbons, F.R.G.S., |