THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIOXS TO THE MENAGERIE. 491) 



that he was unable to investigate the matter as thoi'oughly as ho 

 would have desired. 



Mr. E. Heron- Allen, F.R.S., F.Z.S., exhibited a series of 

 Skiagraphs of the Foraminiferan genus Verneuilina from examples 

 grown in a hypertonic tank, and described some of the further 

 results that he and Mr. A. Earland, F.R.M.S., had obtained in 

 the course of their investigations, drawing particular attention 

 to the remarkable modifications produced in the morphology of 

 the " test " of the specimens exhibited. 



November 18th, 1919. 



Prof. E. W. MacBride, F.R.S., F.Z.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following Report on the Additions 

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

 1919 :— 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of October were 138 in number. Of these 64 were acquired 

 by presentation, 55 were deposited, 15 were purchased, and 4 

 were born in the Menageiie. 



The following may be specially mentioned : — 



2 Musk-Oxen (Ovihos moschatios), new to the Collection, from 

 Greenland, purchased on October 9th. 



2 Lions (Felis leo), S $ , from Africa ; 3 Leopards (Felis 

 pardus), S , 1 Nylghaie {Boselaphus tragocamelus), $ , from India : 

 presented by The Rajah of Payagpur on October 4th. 



1 Leopard (Felis pardus), 2 Striped Hysenas [Hycena hycena), 

 from India, presented by The Rani of Bansi Basti on October 4th. 



1 Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), $ , 1 Sambur (Btisa unicoloi-), 

 5 , fi-om India, presented by W. B. Cotton, Esq., I.C.S., on 

 October 4th. 



1 Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), S , from India, presented by 

 Dr. Gulzeri Lai on October 4th. 



A collection of Birds from New Guinea and the Malay Archi- 

 pelago, including four Lesser Birds of Paradise [Paradisea minor), 

 and containing several species new to the Collection, deposited on 

 October 27th. 



Sir Edmund Giles Loder, Bt., F.Z.S., exhibited and made 

 remarks on a series of skulls of the Beaver, showing a separate 

 ossicle between the parietals. 



Proc. Zool. Soc— 1919. No. XXXI V. 34 



