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LONDON. Zoological Society, December 14.—Mr. G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S., vice-president, in the chair.—Dr. F. D. Welch: (1) Change of colour in a specimen of Mellivora ratel living in the society's gardens; (2) a comparative examination of three living specimens of Felis tigris sondaica, with notes on an. old Javan male.—Dr. E. Agar: The nesting habits of the tree-frog, Phyllomedusa sauvagii. This frog makes a nest suspended from bushes overhanging a pool, into which the tadpoles drop when they are hatched. The nest is constructed from a number of leaves, the lower ends of which are drawn together and:held so by a deposit of empty gelatinous egg-capsules, forming together a thick jelly., After oviposition the nest is closed with a similar; mass; of empty capsules, so that in a well-made nest not a single egg is exposed to the light and, air.—Miss Ruth M. Harrison and Miss Margaret Poole: Madreporaria; collected by Jas. J. Simpson and R. N. Rudmose-Brown from the Mergui Archipelago, Lower Burma, and from the Kerimba Archipelago, Portuguese, East Africa.—F. E. Beddard: (1) Some notes upon Boa occidentalis and Boa (Pelophilus) madagascariensis; (2) notes upon the anatomy of monkeys of the genus Pithecia.—G.: A. Boulenger: The ophidian genus Grayia. A contribution to the revision of the genus made necessary by an increased knowledge of African snakes.
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Societies and Academies . Nature 82, 269–270 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/082269a0
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