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Zoological Society, January 3. - Professor Huxley, F.R.S., V.P., in the chair.-Prof. Flower exhibited and made remarks on a mounted skull of the Common Sturgeon (Acipenser sturio), from the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, in which the cartilaginous portions had been replaced by a wooden model. - Mr. Tegetmeier exhibited and made remarks on a specimen (in the flesh) of a female of the Great Bustard {Ot's tarda), which had been killed on the 29th ult. near Feltham, in Middlesex.-Mr. Gould exhibited and made remarks on a skin of Lady Rosse's Touraca {Musophaga rossice), just received in a collection of birds from Loanda.-Mr. Wallace read some extracts from letters received from his brother, Mr. J. Wallace, containing remarks on the habits of a species of Lizard {Phrynosoma) and Rattlesnake {Crotalus), as observed in California.-A tenth letter was read from Mr. W. H. Hudson, on the ornithology of Buenos Ayres. - A letter was read from Mr. E. P. Ramsay, giving particulars respecting the habits of the new Australian Mud-Fish (Ceratodus Forsteri).-The Secretary read extracts from some correspondence between himself and Mr. G. W. des Vceux, Administrator of the Government of Santa Lucia, as to the best method of destroying the Poisonous Serpents [Craspedoce-phalus lanceolatus) found in that island.-Mr. Sclater exhibited and made remarks on the horn of the male Rhinoceros, which that animal had torn off in the Gardens on the 10th August last. -Mr. Flower read some notes on the skeleton of the Australian Cassowary {Casuarius australis), in which the differences between the skull of that species and C. galeatus were pointed out. Mr. Flower's observations were based on the skeleton of this bird, transmitted to Mr. Sclater by the Messrs. Scott, of the Valley of the Lagoons, Queensland, aud now in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons. -A communication was read from Mr. Andrew Murray, containing some notes on the structure of the young of the Sterlit {Acipenser ruthenus).-A communication was read from Mr. George French Angas, containing descriptions of thirty-four new species of shells from Australia. -A joint communication was read from Dr. G. Hartlaub and Dr. O. Finsch, on two collections of birds from the islands of Savai (Navigator group) and Rarotonga (Hervey group). Several new species were described in this paper, the most remarkable of which was a new form, allied to Gallinula, from Savai, proposed to be called Pareudiastes pacificus.
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Societies and Academies . Nature 3, 217–220 (1871). https://doi.org/10.1038/003217a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/003217a0