No. 193. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.^ 



May 13th, 1919. 



Prof. Ernest W. MacBride, D.Sc, LL.D., F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary exhibited two photographs of a living Okapi, 

 and stated that the animal had been in the possession of its 

 present owners for a period of over three years. The photographs 

 showed that it was a young animal, and that prcbably, as in the 

 case of the Giraffe, the Okapi does not reach its adult stage until 

 five or six years of age. 



Mr. E. G. BoULENGER, F.Z.S., exhibited a series of living 

 specimens of the British Bats and their varieties, and stated that 

 during the past four years there was evidence that the so-called 

 Old English Black Rat had inci'eased in numbers. 



Prof. J. P. Hill, F.B.S., F.Z.S., gave a resume of Mr. Noel 

 Tayler's communication on "A unique Case of Asymmetrical 

 Duplicity in the Chick," and illustiated his remarks by a series 

 of lantern-slides. 



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