No. 205. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.* 



May 11th, 1920. 



Prof. J. P. Hill, F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read a Report on the Additions to the Society's 

 Menagerie during the month of April, 1920. 



On behalf of Messrs. E. Gerrard & Sons, Mr. R. I. PocoCK, 

 F.R.S., exhibited a mounted specimen of a pale variety of the 

 White-Bearded Gnu {Connochcetes alhojuhatus), shot by Capt. 

 Keith Caldwell, R.A., F.Z.S.,in Masailand, and pointed out that 

 apart from the general pale yellowish-brown tint, the variation 

 affected different parts of the body in different ways, the neck- 

 mane, the long hairs on the face, and the tail-tuft, which are 

 normally black, being dirty white, whereas the bands on the 

 body, making the brindled pattern, which are also normally 

 black, were brownish red. 



Miss J. B. Proctor, F.Z.S., exhibited and made remarks on a 

 living specimen of the tailed Batrachian, Speler2)es fuscus Bona- 

 parte, born on May 8th, 1920. 



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