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room in the Society's Gardens, on Thursdays at 5 v.u., 

 commencing May 8th. 



The following is a list of the subjects : — 



'<i' 



Date. 



1. Tliiirsday, May 8 ... 



2. „ ' „ 15... 



„ 29. 



June 5 . 



„ 12. 



„ 19. 



Subject. 



Birds that do not fly .. 

 The pleasures of Zool 



ogy- 



Tails 



Parrots 



Snakes 



Nocturnal Animals 



Eeptiles and their Dis- 

 tribution. 



Lecturer. 



Prof. Flower, P.Z.S., F.E.S. 

 Prof. J. Eeay Greene, M.D. 



Prof. Mivart, F.E.S. 



P. L. Sclater, Esq., F.E.S. 



Prof. Huxley, F.E.S. 



Dr. J. Murie, LL.D., F.L.S. 



P. L. Sclater, Esq., F.E.S. 



These Lectures will be free to Fellows of the Society 

 and their Friends, and to other Visitors to the Gardens. 



5. Menagerie. 



The number of animals belonging to the first three 

 classes of Vertebrates living in the Society's Menagerie at 

 the close of 1878 was 21/8. The corresponding number 

 on the 31st of December, 1877, ^vas 2200, as will be seen 

 by the subjoined Table : — 



The total number of registered additions to the Mena- 

 gerie in 1878 was 1182, of which 511 were acquired by 

 presentation, 272 by purchase, 150 were bred in the 

 Gardens, l78 were received on deposit, and 71 obtained 

 in exchange. 



The mode in which these figures compare with those of 

 previous years is shown in the subjoined table : — 



