PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS 
OF TITE 
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 

January 2, 1877. 
Prof. Newton, F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. 
The following report on the additions to the Society’s Menagerie 
during the month of December 1876 was read by the Secretary :— 
The total number of registered additions to the Society’s Mena- 
gerie during the month of December 1876 was 68, of which 36 were 
obtained by presentation, 10 by purchase, 1 by exchange, and 21 
were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the 
same period by death and removals was 85. 
The most noticeable additions during the month were :— 
1. A Snowy Owl (Nyctea nivea) captured in the west of Ireland, 
and presented to the Society by Mr. John Kendall, December 4th. 
I take this opportunity of calling the attention of the Society to 
the abundance of specimens of the Snowy Owl during the present 
winter. One of the dealers in Liverpool writes that he has received 
at least thirty specimens from vessels crossing the Atlantic to that 
port. Besides the present bird two other recently acquired examples 
are living in the Society’s collection. Letters from America also 
speak of the unusual abundance of this bird in the Northern States, 
and in the adjoining districts of Canada. 
2. Three Mexican Jays (Cyanocoraz luxuosus), purchased Decem- 
ber 9th, being the first specimens of this handsome bird that have 
reached us alive. 
Proc. Zoou. Soc.—1877, No. I. 1 
