798 A LETTER FROM PROF. RIDGEWAY. [Nov. 23, 



mentioned by Mr. de Winton, agi-ee with httrtoni in having the 

 large teeth as well as in the external characters mentioned above, 

 so that I have no hesitation in separating hurtoni from ruficeps. 



P. syriaca from Palestine and Sinai also has the large teeth ; 

 the series available, however, is too small to allow a comparison 

 between the Egyptian and Palestine species to be made. The 

 latter appear to be darker and more washed with fulvous. 



The measurements of an adult female of hurtoni taken in the 

 flesh are : — Head and body 460 mm. ; hind-foot 72 ; ear 30. 



I have since received from Capt. Flower the fresh skin of a 

 specimen of P. syriaca from Sinai, which died in the Giza Gai^dens. 

 It agrees well with skins of P. syriaca in the Museum. There 

 is a clear yellow patch round the dorsal gland and a median 

 dorsal stinpe of the same colour runs towards the tail. In my 

 opinion, therefore, this species is quite distinct from P. burtoni. 



November 23, 1909. 



Dr. A. Smith Woodward, F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions 

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

 1909:— 



The number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie 

 during the month of October last was 148. Of these 94 were 

 acquired by presentation, 16 by purchase, 16 were received on 

 deposit, 2 in exchange, and 20 were born in the Gardens. 



The number of departures during the same period, by deaths 

 and removals, was 161. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be directed 

 to:— 



A "Walrus [Odobcenus rosmarus), from the Arctic Seas, 

 purchased on October 1st. 



A Grey Seal {Halichoerii,s grypus), from the North of Ireland, 

 deposited on October 23rd. 



A Brazilian Tapir (Tapiirus terrestris), born in the Menagerie 

 on October 6th. 



The Secretary read the following letter addressed to him by 

 Prof. William Ridgeway, M.A., D.Sc. :— 



In my paper on " The Difierentiation of the Three Species 

 of Zebras" in the last volume of the P. Z. S., p. 556, when 

 writing about Ward's Zebra, I mentioned the doubts respect- 

 ing the provenance of the type specimen presented to Prof. 

 Cossar Ewart, F.R.S., by Mr. Rowland Ward. It was originally 

 said to have been " traded out of Somaliland." But later 

 Prof. Ewart gave me the information that its habitat was 



