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fourth Tuesdays of the month in their own house, No. 11, 

 Hanover Square. 



In 1867 the undated tickets issued to Fellows for the 

 admission of their friends on Saturdays and Sundays were 

 abolished, and dated books of tickets for these days substituted. 



The Davis bequest was received in 1870. Under the will 

 of the late Mr. Alfred Davis, F.Z.S., there was bequeathed — 



To the Zoological Society of London the sum of Two Thousand pounds, 

 such sum to form a Perpetual Fund, the Income from which is to be 

 applied to or the creation of Annual Prizes, or any other purpose which 

 may seem to the Council or governing body of the Society most con- 

 ducive to its interests. 



The legacy duty of ten per cent, reduced the amount to £1,800, 

 which was at once invested. 



A new series of Proceedings was commenced in 1861,"^ and 

 continued, with little alteration, down to 1890. The recognised 

 abbreviation in the " Zoological Record " is P. Zool. Soc. London, 

 but an alternative [P. Z. S.] is allowed. The latter form seems 

 preferable, and has the merit of priority, besides being uni- 

 versally known. " Our Proceedings," Dr. Sclater was wont to 

 say, " are quoted as P. Z. S. all the world over." In 1862 the 

 bye-law entitling Fellows to receive a copy of the letterpress 

 of the Proceedings was repealed, and the publication subscrip- 

 tion was introduced. Every Fellow and Foreign and Corre- 

 sponding Member who paid a guinea before the Anniversary 

 Meeting received all the publications for the current year. Of 

 this date was Louis Fraser's " List of Vertebrated Animals " ; 

 other editions, containing species subsequently added to the 

 Menagerie, appeared in 1863, 1865, and 1866. The "Index" to 

 the Proceedings for the years 1848-60 was issued in 1863, and 

 that for 1830-47 in 1866. In 1864 a supplement to the 

 Library Catalogue was published; this contained nearly 1,000 

 titles, making 1,550 in all. 



The Proceedings contained many valuable papers, but un- 

 doubtedly that which has left the greatest mark was Huxley's 



* The title was then altered from Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London to 

 Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London. The cheap 

 edition, without plates, was discontinued in 1866, and one with uncoloured plates 

 was issued. 



