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SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS 



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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



January 6, 1874. 

 Dr. A. Giinther, F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of December 1873 : — 



The total number of registered additions to the Society's Mena- 

 gerie during the month of December was 54, of which 4 were by 

 birth, 27 by presentation, 10 by purchase, 4 received in exchange, 

 and 9 received on deposit. The total number of departures during 

 the same period by death and removals was 108. 



Amongst the additions two only are of sufficient interest to call 

 for special remarks. These are : — 



1 . A female Onager, or Wild Ass of Cutch (Equus onager), pre- 

 sented December 23rd by Captain Henry Lowther Nutt, Acting 

 Assistant Political Agent in Kattagwar. The following extract from 

 a letter of Captain Nutt relates to this animal : — 



"I think I told you that I ran it down on the Runn of Kutch. 

 I was riding hard after it for 3 hours and 5 minutes ; and the esti- 

 mated length of the chase was 40 miles. I rode two horses, as I 

 discovered from the ' puggies,' or watchers near the Runn, that if 

 the animals were disturbed from where they were they would pro- 

 bably make for another place some 12 or 13 miles distant. I was 

 therefore able to post a fresh party of horsemen and a fresh horse 

 for myself at the place further on ; and true enough the herd did 

 make for the spot indicated, so that the running was taken up and 

 continued with the fresh horses ; and in this way the capture was 

 effected, but even then not until both my horses, which were in good 

 order at the time, had been ridden to a standstill. This will give 

 you an idea of the speed and endurance of these animals. 



" I wrote an account of the chase ; and it appeared in the June 

 number, I think, of the 'Oriental Sporting Magazine,' under the 

 head of ' Donkey-Hunting on the Runn of Kutch.' " 



Proc. Zool. Soc— 1874, No. I. 1 



