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EXHIBITIONS AND NOTICES. 

 February 10th, 1920. 



Prof. E. W. MacBridb, F.R.S., F.Z.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



Mr. R. I. PococK, F.R.S., read the following Eeport on the 

 Additions made to the Society's Menagerie during the months of 

 November and December, 1919 : — 



November. 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of November were ] 70 in number. Of these 83 were 

 acquired by presentation, 37 were deposited, 11 were exchanged, 

 35 were purchased, and 4 Avere born in the Menagerie. 



The following may be specially mentioned :' — 



1 Mongolian Wild Horse {Equus prjevcdahii), deposited on 

 November 5th. 



1 Lion [Felis leo), from Senegambia, purchased on November 8th. 



2 Cape Hyrax {Procavia ca2Jensis), from S. Africa, purchased 

 on November 10th. 



A collection from India, including 1 Axis Deer, 5 Indian 

 Porphyi'ios, 1 Sarus, 2 Common Cranes, 3 Burmese Peafowl, 

 presented by David Ezra, on November 4th. 



A collection of Reptiles from California, including a Desert 

 Iguana [Dijjsosaurios dorscdis), a Red-Ringed Snake {Coronella 

 zonata), and a Western Ring-necked Snake (Coronella amabilis), 

 all new to the Collection, presented by Dr. Cecil E. Reynolds. 



December. 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during 

 the month of December were 96 in number. Of these 38 were 

 acquired by presentation, 36 were deposited, 18 were purchased, 

 a.nd 4 were born in the Menagerie. 



The following may be specially mentioned : — 



2 Tigers {Felis tigris), cS ? , and one Caracal (Felis caracal)^ 

 (5 , from India, presented by Alfred Ezra, Esq., Y.P.Z.S., on 

 December 30th. 



1 Spotted-necked Otter {Luti-a tnacidicollis), new to the 

 Collection, from Sierra Leone, purchased on December 23i"d. 



4 Migratory Hamsters {Cricetidus onigratorius), new to the 

 Collection, from Kazvin, N. Pei'sia, presented by P. A. Buxton 

 on December 1st. 



6 Mariqua Sun-birds {Cinnyris onariquensis), new to the 

 Collection, from S. Africa, deposited on December 21st. 



