No. 95. 



ABSTRACt OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.* 



April 35tli, 1911. 



Dr. S. F. Harmer, M.A., F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Oliair. 



The Minutes of the last Scientific Meeting were confirmed. 



The Secretary read a Report on the additions that liad been 

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

 1911. 



Mr, D. Seth-Smith, F.Z.S. the Society's Curator of Birds, 

 exhibited : — 



(1) A nest of the Grey Struthidea or Apostle Bird {Siruthidea 

 cinerea), composed entirely of mud, and built on a branch in the 

 Western Aviary. 



(2) Lantern-slides from photographs of the King Penguin 

 {Aptenod7/tes pennanti) and Black-footed Penguins {Spheiiisciis 

 demersus) showing the method of moulting. 



(3) Lantern-slides fi'om photographs of a number of wild 

 Swainson's Lorikeets (Trichoglossics novce-hoUandice), kindly sent 

 by Mrs, Innes, of Mackay, North Queensland. These birds came 

 in large numbers to feed daily at a table, on syrup pi-ovided, 

 settling without fear upon the head, shoulders, and arms of the 

 lady who fed them, 



Mr. 0. Tate Regan, M.A., F.Z,S., exhibited a series of lantern- 

 slides of scales of the Salmon {Salmo salar), and showed hoAv the 

 life-history of the fish could be read from its scales. 



* This Abstract is publisLed by the Society at iis offices, Zoological Gardens, 

 Eegent's Park, N.W., ou the Tuesday following the date of Meeting to which 

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 to all Fellows who subscribe to the Publications ; but it may be obtained on the 

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