Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on two papers 'On fossil remains of Echidna Ramsayi (Ow.). Part II' and 'Description of a newly-excluded young of the Ornithorhynchus paradoxus' by Richard Owen First paper - Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Subject: Zoology, Palaeontology [Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1887] Second paper - Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', with a woodcut. Subject: Zoology [Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1887] 5 August 1887