PEOCEEDINGS 



OP THE 



GENERAL MEETINGS FOR SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS 



OP THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



(January to April, 1908.) 



January U, 1908. 

 Prof. J. Rose Bradford, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Seci^etary read the following report on the additions made to 

 iAie Society's Menagerie during the month of December 1907 : — 



The number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie 

 during the month of December was 175. Of these 89 were 

 acquired by presentation and 4 by purchase, 50 were received on 

 deposit, 1 by exchange, and 31 were bred in the Gardens. The 

 number of departures during the same period, by death and 

 removals, was 174. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be directed to : — 



One Hainan Gibbon [Hylohates hccmanus), c? , from Hainan, 

 presented by R. Douglas, Esq., on December 6th, 



One Grevy's Zebra {Eqims grevyi), c? , from Abyssinia, received 

 in exchange on December 9th. 



One Ethiopian Aard Yark [Orycteropus oethiopicus) from Nai- 

 vasha, British East Africa, presented by the Marquess Gandolfi 

 Hornyold on December 17th. 



One Macqueen's Bustard {Soubara macqueeni), caught in the 

 Red Sea, presented by Mr. Jos. Vyskocel on Deceinber 9th. 



Two Royal Pythons {Python regius) and one Nose-horned PufF- 

 Adder {Bitis nasicornis), from S. Nigeria, presented by R. B. 

 Brooks, Esq., on December 20th. 



On behalf of Mr. Lydekker, an abnormally marked Leopard- 

 skin from the Deccan, India, was exhibited by Mr. Pycraft. The 

 specimen would shortly be presented to the British Museum by 



Proc. Zool. Soc— 1908, No. I. 1 



