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Nov<^iiil)ei- 27. 190G. 



Hon'ARD SAi'XJjKits, Enq., F.L.8., A'ice-Presideut, 

 ill the Clifiir, 



The Secretrtiy i-ead the followiii;,'- j-ejjort on the !Kl<litioiis tliat 

 hiul been made to the .Srjciety's jVIeruigerie in October 1900 : — 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie dining 

 the niontii of (Jctober were 159 in number. Of tliese 55 were 

 acquired by presentation and 2/5 by purchase, 63 were received 

 on (le])fjsit, and 18 were born in tlie Gardens. Tlie total number 

 of departures during the same period, by deatli an<l removals, 

 was lf)4. 



Amongst the additions special attention maybe directed to : — 



A spHcimeii of Jamrach's Mangabey {Cercocehns jo/iaracli.l) from 

 Lake Mweru, new to the Collectirni. depo.sited on Oct. 31st. 



A .specimen of iSharpe's Wood-Owl {Syrniwia nuehalf) from 

 Lagos, presented by Dr. Strachan, C.M.G., on Oct. 11th. 



Two specimens of Mayer's Pigeon {NeH(X:n(iH mayeri) from 

 Mauritius, new to the Collection, presented Vjv Lt.-Col. Manders, 

 R.A.M.C., F.Z.8., on Oct. 13th. 



Mr. E. 'V. Xewton, F.R.8., exhibited the leg-bones of two Foxes 

 that had been caught in snares. The Avire in each case had cut 

 through the skin and wiis di-awn tight round tlie bone whi(;h in 

 course of development had grown f)ver the wire and enveloped it. 



Tlie following papers were i-ead : — 



1. Oil -oiiie Habits of ilie Le.s-^er Horseslioe Jjat ( /!/i'/nnloj,hii.< 

 li'rjiposidenia). By T. A. (Jowamd, F.Z S. 



[Received Julj- 23, 190*;. 



On several occasions I have visited the limestone caves at Cefn 

 in DenVjighshire and Tremeirchion in Flint, in order to oVjserve 

 the haljits and obtain specimens of the Lessei- Horseshoe Bat, 

 Mhhtoloplhus hipposlderns (Bechstein), or lihinolophns hipposiderus 

 'iiiinutus (Montagu) as segi-egated by Mr. Kniid Andersen (1). 

 Always a delicate bat when removed from its natural haunts, the 

 Lesser Horseshoe seldom lives in captivity for more than a few days, 

 and this is especially the case when it is taken from hibernacula. 

 The species in many cases appears to occupy different retreats 

 in summer aiid winter, and even if the same caves are used 

 during the months in which the animal is active and those in 

 which it is usually suppose<l to be donnant. the pai-ts of the 

 cave.'-: tenanted may differ. Pi-ofessor J. R. Kiiuilian (2) found 



