PEOCEEDINGS 



OP THE 



GENERAL MEETINGS FOR SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS 



OP THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



b 



January 18, 1898. 

 Dr. A. GiJNTHER, F.E.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the £ol]o\ring report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie duiing the month of December 1897 : — 



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

 gerie during the month of December was 79, of which 45 were by 

 presentation, 18 by purchase, 15 were received on deposit, and 

 one was born in the Menagerie. The total number of departures 

 during the same period, by death and removals, was 154. 



Amongst these attention may be called to : — 



1. Two White-naped "Weasels {Poecilogale alhinucha) * from 

 Natal, presented by Mr. William Champion, F.Z.S., Dec. 1st. 

 This curiously marked Weasel, which much resembles a Zorilla in 

 its markings (see P. Z. S. 1864, p. 69, pi. x.), is new to the 

 Collection. 



2. A specimen of an apparently new species of Wild Cat from 

 Foochow, China, presented by Messrs. Rickett and J. La Touche 

 of that Port, and received December 6th, for which I propose to 

 adopt (at all events for the present) Mr. La Touche's suggested 



1 Cf. Thomas, Ann. N. H. (5) xi. p. 370 (1883). 



Peoc. Zool. Soc— 1898, No. I. 1 



