No. 190. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON/ 



March ISth, 1919. 



Alfred Ezra, Esq., in the Chair. 



The Secretary read a Report on the Additions to the Society's 

 Menagerie in the month of February 1919. 



Mr. H. R. A. Mallock, F.R.S., F.Z.S,, gave an account of his 

 investigations on " Some Points in Insect Mechanics," ilhistrating 

 his remarks with lantern-slides and diagrams. 



Ml". R. I. PococK, F.R.S., F.Z.S. , communicated a paper by 

 Mr. F. E. Blaauw, C.M.Z.S., " On the Breeding of Oryx gazelta 

 at Gooilust." 



Mr. F. Martin Duncan, F.R.M.S., exhibited a series of photo- 

 graphs and lantern-slides of Marine Zoology, and drew attention 

 to the economic importance of marine biological investigation. 



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