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5. Zoological Lectures. 



The Zoological Lectures, to which the proceeds of the 

 Davis Trust-fund have been devoted for several years, were 

 continued in 1884. They will likewise be given this year 

 in the Lecture-room in the Society's Gardens, on Thurs- 

 days at 5 P.M.J commencing June 4th. 



The following is a list of the lecturers and subjects for 

 the present year : — 



Date. 



Subject. 



Lecturer. 



1. Thursday, June 4 ... 



Rhinoceroses and their ex- 

 tinct Allies 



Apes and Lemurs 



The Structure of the Swan.. 



The Domestic Cat 



Recent Advances in Zoology 



The Ancestors of Birds 



The Animals of New Guinea 



Prof.Flower,LL.D.,V.P.R.S. 

 Dr. St. George Mivart.F.R.S. 

 Prof. W. K. Parker, P.R.S. 

 J. E. Harting, Esq., F.L.S. 

 Prof. F. Jeffrey Bell, M.A. 

 P. E. Beddard, Esq., M.A. 

 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. 



6. Menagerie. 



a. Additions to the Menagerie in 1884. 



The number of animals belonging to the first three 

 classes of Vertebrates living in the Society's Menagerie at 

 the close of 1884 was 2501. The corresponding number 

 on the 31st of December, 1883, was 2398, as will be seen 

 by the subjoined Table : — 



The total number of registered additions to the Mena- 

 gerie in 1884 was 1706, of which 646 were acquired by 

 presentation, 524 by purchase, 174 were bred in the 

 Gardens, 229 were received on deposit, and 133 obtained 

 in exchange. 



