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Show No. 26. ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON* February 6th, 1906. G. A. BOULENGER, Esq., F.R.S., Yice-President, in the Chair. Mr. FREDERICK GILLETT, F.Z.S., exhibited a case of mounted cubs of the Timber-Wolf (Cants occidentalis) which he had obtained in the Province of Keewatin, Canada. He remarked that this wplf was scarce in that district, being seen only occasionally in the winter and scarcely ever in the summer. Dr. C. W. ANDREWS, F.Z.S., exhibited and made remarks upon some restored models of the skulls and mandibles of Mceritherium and Palceomastodon. The models were prepared by Mr. F. O. Barlow from the original specimens collected from the Upper and Middle Eocene beds of the Fayum, Egypt, and now preserved in the British Museum and the Geological Museum, Cairo. Dr. WALTER KIDD, F.Z.S., exhibited lantern-slides of sections of skin from the palmar and plantar surfaces of twenty-four species of Mammals, and the plantar surfaces of seven species of Birds. The functions of the papillary ridges and the papillary layer of the corium in connection with the sense of touch were alluded to. Dr. J. W. JENKINSON read a paper on the Histology and Physiology of the Placenta in the IXngulata, and made the following remarks :- A recent examination of the histological structure of the placenta in the Sheep and Cow has shown : (1) That in the formation of the accessory cotyledons of the Cow the epithelium lining the cotyledonary crypts arises by simple modification of the uterine epithelium. * This Abstract is published by the Society at 3 Hanover Square, London, W., on the Tuesday following the date of Meeting to which it refers. It will be issued, free of extra charge, to all Fellows who subscribe to the Publications, along with the ' Proceedings'; but it may be obtained on the day of publication at the price of Sixpence, or, if desired, sent post-free for the sum of Six Shillings per annum, payable in advance. |