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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 
5th DECEMBER, 1871. 
JOHN GOULD, ESQ., F.R.S., V.P., IN THE CHAIR. 
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The Secrerary read a report on the additions that had been 
made to the Society’s Menagerie during the months of October 
and November, 1871; and called particular attention to a young 
female specimen of the Cape Fur-Seal ( Gtaria pusilla), presented 
by H.E. Sir Henry Barxty, Governor of the Cape Colony, 
being the first example of this interesting animal received alive 
in Europe. 
A letter was read from Dr. Burmetstrer, F.M.Z.S., of Buenos 
Ayres, contzining remarks on Messrs. Scrarer and SAtvin’s 
“Synopsis of the Cracide,’’ published in the Society’s ‘‘Pro- 
ceedings”? for 1870. 
Dr. E. Hamitron exhibited and made some remarks on an adult 
skull of the newly-discovered Chinese Deer (Hydropotes inermis), 
and compared it with an immature skull of the same species exhi- 
bited by Mr. R. Swryuoz at a meeting of the Society, 10th Feb., 
1870. Dr. Hamirrton also drew attention to the statement made 
by his correspondent respecting the wonderful fecundity: of this 
animal, which tended to corroborate the facts stated by Mr. 
SwINHoE on that occasion. 
