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5. Zoological Lectures. 



The arrangements for the Davis Lectures on zoological 

 subjects for the present year are as follows : — 



A course of six Lectures will be delivered in the Lecture- 

 room in the Society's Gardens, Regent's Park, on Thurs- 

 days, at 5 P.M., commencing May 2nd, by Mr. F. E. 

 Beddard, M.A., Prosector to the Society and Davis Lec- 

 turer. Subject: Some of the more Interesting 

 Animals in the Society's Collection. 



The Fee for the Course (including admission to the 

 Gardens on the days of Lecture) is 5*. The Course is 

 free to Fellows of the Society. Tickets for it may be 

 obtained from Mr. F. E. Beddard, Zoological Society's 

 Gardens, Regent's Park, N.W. 



6. Menagerie. 



a. Additions to the Menagerie in 1888. 



The number of animals belonging to the first three 

 classes of Vertebrates living in the Society's Menagerie at 

 the close of 1888 was 2290. The corresponding number 

 on the 31st of December, 1887, was 2525, as will be seen 

 by the subjoined Table : — 



The total number of registered additions to the Mena- 

 gerie in 1888 was 1121, of which 5/2 were acquired by 

 presentation, 143 by purchase, 158 were bred in the 

 Gardens, 216 were received on deposit, and 32 obtained 

 in exchange. 



The mode in which these figures compare with those of 

 previous years is shown in the subjoined table : — 



