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EXHIBITIONS AND NOTICES. 



February 7, 1911. 



Prof. E. A. MiNciiiN, M.A., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following repoi-t on the additions made 

 to the Society's Menagerie during the month of December, 

 1910:— 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during 

 the montli of Dacember were 133 in number. Of these 76 were 

 acquired by presentation, 27 by purchase, 12 were received on 

 deposit, 17 in exchange, and 1 was born in the Gardens. 



The total number of departures during the month, by death 

 and removals, was 216. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be called to the 

 following : — 



1 Viverrine Cat (Felts viverrina), from India, 1 Northern Lynx 

 (Felis lynx isabeUinus), from Tibet, 2 Binturongs (Arctictis hintu- 

 rong), from Malacca, and 1 Yellow-throated Marten (Ifitstela 

 Jlavigula), from India, purchased on Dec. 24th ; 4 Canadian 

 Skunks (Mephitis mephitica) and 2 Little Skunks {Spilogale 

 pittorius), fi'om IST. America, the latter new to the Collection, pur- 

 chased on Dec. 29th. 



1 Silver Fox (Vulj^es argentatus), from Hudson's Bay, received 

 in exchange on Dec. 12th. 



1 Feline Otter (Latra felina), new to the Collection, from La 

 Plata, presented by William Clyne, Esq., on Dec. 6th. 



1 Brindled Gnu (Connochcetes tmtrimts), horn in the Menageiie 

 on Dec. 1st. 



A collection of 15 Reptiles, including 1 Raddon's Lizard (Mahuia 

 raddonii), 1 Smyth's Snake {GQ^ayia smythii), and 1 Yellow- 

 throated Snake (Thrasops flavigidaris\ new to the Collection, 

 from Dunkwa, Gold Coast, presented by Dr. H. G. F. Spurrell 

 on Dec. 12th. _ 



Dr. C. W. Andrews, F.R.S., F.Z.S., exhibited the skull of a 

 Sabre-toothed Tiger (Smilodon californicus), from an asphalt 

 deposit in California, and pointed to anatomical characters which 

 tended to prove that the animal used its large canines for stabbing 

 and tearing, not for biting. 



The Secretary exhibited a mounted specimen of the Platypus 

 ( Orniihorhynchus jjaradoxus\ which had been lent for the purpose 

 by Mr. P. St. Michael Podmore, F.Z.S. 



Mr. Edward Gerrard, F.Z.S., exhibited the head of a Caribou 

 (Rangifer tarandns caribou) (text-fig. 52), shot by Sir John Rogers, 

 K.C.M.G., in British Columbia, which had a distinct forked third 

 antler over the centre of the orbital arch of the frontal bone just 



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