PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



GENERAL MEETINGS FOR SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS 



OP THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON 



January 5, 1892. 

 Professor Newton, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the months of November and December 

 1891 :— 



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

 gerie during the month of November was 45, of which 20 were by 

 presentation, 1 by birth, 15 by purchase, and 9 on deposit. The 

 total number of departures during the same period, by death and 

 removals, was 91. 



Amongst these attention may be called to the four Spotted-billed 

 Pelicans (Pelecaniis mnnillensis), received from Calcutta. This 

 species, which is new to us, is a close ally of the African P. rufescens. 

 When the birds come into full plumage we shall, be able to see how 

 far they diifer from their African relative. 



The'registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of December 1891 were 82 in number. Of these 71 were 

 acquired by presentation, 8 by purchase, and 3 by exchange. The 

 total number of departures during the same period, by death and re- 

 movals, was 74. 



Amongst these special attention may be called to the second 

 specimen we have received of the Formosan Fruit-Bat (Pferopus 

 morsus), of which the original specimen was received in January, 

 1873 (see P. Z. S. 1873, p. 192, pi. xxii.'). The present example 



1 This specimen died Oct. 4, 1879, and was acquired by the British Museum. 

 —P. L. S. 



Proc. Zool. Soc— 1892, No. I. 1 



