No. 53. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PllOCEEDINGS 



OP THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LOJVDON* 



February 18th, 1908. 



Dr. Henry Woodward, F.K..S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read a report on the additions that had been 

 made to the Society's Menagerie during the month of January 

 1908. 



Mr. R. I. PococK, Superintendent of the Gardens, exhibited, 

 on behalf of Mr. "W. Simpson Cross, F.Z.S., a photograph taken 

 from a living specimen of a very rare South-American Dog[Ganis 

 jiobatus), sometimes called the Maned Wolf, 



Mr. E,. H. BuRNE, F.Z.S., exhibited and remarked upon a 

 number of preparations of th e olfactory organs of Birds and 

 Fishes. 



Dr. L. W. Sambon, F.Z.S., exhibited a large series of specimens of 

 internal parasites obtained by him fi^om animals recently living in 

 the Society's Gardens. He laid stress on the important additions 

 to knowledge to be derived from an adequate investigation of 

 such material, and on the pi'actical results to the health of the 

 animals in the Gardens that might be expected. 



Mr. R. Staples-Browne, F.Z.S., read a paper " On the In- 

 heritance of Colour in Domestic Pigeons, with Special Reference 



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