No. 199. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.* 



Feljruary lOth, 1920. 



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

 in the Chair. 



Mr. R. I. PococK, F.R.S., read a report on the Additions made 

 to the Society's Menagerie during the months of November and 

 December, 1919. 



Mr. A. J. Elwes, F.R.S,, communicated a letter relative to 

 the condition of the herds of Moose in Yellowstone Park. 



Mr. D. Seth-Smith, F.Z.S., read a letter from Messrs. TuUis, 

 Russell & Co., drawing attention to an interesting case of 

 response of Sparrows to colour. 



Mr. R. I. PococK, F.R.S., exhibited and made remarks on 

 two photographs of a Chinese Serow (Capricornis arc/yi'ochcetes). 



Mr. E. G. BouLENGER, F.Z.S., Curator of Reptiles, exhibited 

 living specimens of a remarkable new Land-Tortoise, Teshodo 

 loveridgii, recently discovered by Mr. A. Loveiidge in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Dodoma, East Africa, and described by Dr. G. A. 

 Boulenger, F.R.S. This Toi'toise differs from all previously 



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