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Zoological Society, Match 17.—Dr. Henry Woodward, F.R.S., vice-president, in the chair.—Some observations on the effects of pressure upon the direction of hair ia mammals: Dr. W. Kidd. This paper was a sequel to other communications on the subject of the direction of hair, and 'consisted chiefly of the observed effects of the pressure of harness on certain regions of the coats of domestic horses. This pressure was shown to produce reversed areas of hair, and it was held that these results supported the view put forward in other papers that changes in the arrangement of hair are due to mechanical causes. Fifty-three cases were brought together, and eight different regions of the coats of the horse were shown in which the effects of pressure were found.—Mammals obtained by Mr. C. H. B. Grant in the Gorongoza Mountains, Portuguese S.E. Africa: O. Thomas and R. C. Wroughton. This was the ninth of the series of papers on the mammals of the Rudd Exploration of South Africa, One hundred and fifty specimens were dealt with, belonging to thirty-one species and subspecies, of which three were described as new.—Notes upon some species and geographical races of serows (Capricornis) and gprals (Nsemorhedus), based upon specimens exhibited in the society's gardens: R. I. Pocock. It was pointed out that the "grey "goral of the Himalayas was originally described by Hardwicke as Antilope goral, and that the "brown "goral, to which the specific title goral has been applied in recent literature, required a new name. The author proposed to call it Naemorhedus hodgsoni. Concerning the genus Capri-eornis, he stated that although only one form had been hitherto distinguished from the Himalayas, the available material pointed to the existence of at least four subspecies in that mountain range.
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Societies and Academies . Nature 77, 526–528 (1908). https://doi.org/10.1038/077526a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/077526a0