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out over several seconds and sounding somewhat like a human 

 being beginning to vomit. It follows rapidly after the " woe, 

 woe, woe," &c., as a rule, and the gular bag dilates to the greatest 

 size v/ith this sound, occasionally reaching a diameter of nearly 

 8 inches. The " moo " is made mostly during inspiration. 



(3) What I can best describe as a wailing-shriek like the word 

 " wair" shrieked out for twenty or thirty seconds and sometimes 

 longer, the voice being alternately raised and lowered a little. It 

 usually follows rapidly after the " woe, woe, woe," &c., and is about 

 as often heard as no. 2 — the gurgling " moo." It is, however, 

 louder than the " moo." 



(4; A " ho, ho, ho," &c., repeated, as a rule, foxn' or five times. 

 I have only heard it on a very few occasions and it is not nearly 

 so loud as the previous thx'ee sounds. 



(5) A squeal somewhat resembling the noise made by soane 

 Eagles. This is as rare as the " ho, ho, ho," &c., and not so loud 

 as the first three sounds. 



When at rest the gular bag is black in sunlight and slightly 

 wrinkled, but on dilatation it becomes dull red. In its walk 

 >S. syndactylus is bipedal like Hylobates. 



EXHIBITIONS AND NOTICES. 



March 7tli, 1911. 



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

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary exhibited a series of lantern- slides prepared 

 from photographs kindly given to him by Mr. Carl Hagenbeck, 

 Silver Medallist of the Society, and illustrating some of the most 

 remarkable features of Mr. Hagenbeck's new Tierpark at Stellingen 

 near Hamburg. 



Mr. R. I. PococK, F.L.S., F.Z.S., on behalf of Mr. Ernest 

 C. Oberholtzer, exhibited a large number of lantern-slides and 

 photographs illustrating the habits of Moose. Mr. Oberholtzer 

 had presented to the Society the series of enlargements exhibited 

 and communicated the following account of 



Some Observations on Moose. 



Of late it has become almost a heresy to associate big game 

 with any land but Africa. Like the bonneted old lady in the 

 corner, even America, humiliated, lives in the past ; the stride of 

 the elephant steadily lengthens ; and one would suppose that all 

 save the jungle folk must soon be content with their barn-j'ards 



