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Show 264 CAPT. R. CRAWSHAY ON THE [Nov. 29, Jimmie showed ridges as follows :- a 1st digit none, j 2nd ,, oblique. Right hand.......< 3rd ,, transverse at base of digit. J 4th ,, ,, ,, „ ^ 5th „ nearly longitudinal. r 1st digit none. 1 2nd ,, oblique. Left hand .......< 3rd „ „ 4th „ ^ 5 th ,, none. In these three specimens ridges were absent from the corresponding surfaces on the feet. The well-defined longitudinal direction of the ridges in Mickie is worth notice. It must be remembered in this connection that a Chimpanzee walks with the extensor surfaces of the phalanges touching the ground and the digits turned inwards, so that their long axes are at right angles to the line of progression of the animal, and accordingly the ridges of this part also occupy the same relative position. There is no correlation in this instance between the act of prehension and the direction of the ridges, though it agrees closely with the general rule which obtains in so many regions, that the ridges lie at right angles to the line of incidence of the predominating pressure on the part. The following papers were read :- 1. Some Observations on the Field Natural History of the Lion. By Capt. R i c h a r d C r a w s h a y , F .Z .S . [Received June 10, 1904.] In offering these observations I wish it understood at the outset that I do not pose as a great lion-hunter, nor as ha vino-made lion-hunting a special pursuit, but speak merely as one who, during a period covering at intervals some seventeen years of travel and residence in Central Africa, has had many experiences with Lions. From what I have read, and still more from the opinions I hear expressed from time to time, prevailing impressions seem so often at variance with my own observations that I have thought it worth while to record these latter. It has always seemed to me that, though much has been written respecting the habits of the Lion in his natural state, a great portion of it is more fiction than fact: this, at least, is my experience. For one thing, the common opinion of the Lion being an animal of almost exclusively nocturnal habit-rarely or never seen in the |