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Zoological Society, April 2.-Dr. A. Smith Woodward, F.R.S., vice-president, in the chair.-R. I. Pocock: A rare stag (Cerous wallichii) from Nepal, recently presented to the Zoological Society by his Majesty King George. The author pointed out the distinctive peculiarities of this species, which, on account of its great scarcity, had never been satisfactorily classified since it was described by G. Cuvier in 1825 from a coloured illustration of a specimen living at that time in the Barrackpoor Menagerie.- F. E. Beddard; Species of tapeworms of the genus Inermicapsifer obtained from the hyrax, with notes on the genera Zschokkeella and Thysanotaenia. An account of the structure and characters of the species was given, together with the description of a new genus and two new species.-Dr. Bashford Dean: Living specimens of the Australian lung-fish (Cera-todus forsteri) in the society's collection. This paper contained some further observations made by the author in June, 1911, supplementary to his previous communication published in 1906, and dealt with the coloration, size, and age of the specimens. Details of the rate of growth of this species were also given, with notes on their method of breathing, their food, and an account of the regeneration of a portion of the left ventral fin which had suffered an injury.
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Societies and Academies . Nature 89, 207–209 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/089207a0
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