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OF THE 



SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS 



OP THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



January 4, 1876. 

 Prof. Newton, 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 1875 : — 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of December were 86 in number. Of these, 1 7 were acquired 

 by presentation, 54 by purchase, 1 by exchange, 1 by birth, and 13 

 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during 

 the same period, by death and removals, was 113. 



The most noticeable additions during the month of December 

 were as follows : — 



A Haast's Apteryx (Apteryx haasti) from New Zealand, pre- 

 sented by Baron F. von Mueller, C.M.Z.S., 18th December, 1875. 

 Two examples of this Apteryx were despatched by our esteemed 

 correspondent from Melbourne ; but only one reached us alive — the 

 first living individual of this recently determined species (assuming 

 that its distinctness from A. oweni is fairly established) that has 

 arrived in this country. 



A Night-Parrot {Stringops habroptilus) from New Zealand, pre- 

 sented by Mr. T. E. Featherston. 23rd December, 1875. 



Three male Moost {Alces machlis) from North America, deposited 

 28th December, 1875. 



Proc. Zool. Soc— 1876, No. I. 1 



