No. 217. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OP THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



May 10th, 1921. 



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

 in the Chair. 



Sir S. F. Harmer, K.B.E., F.R.S., exhibited, and made re- 

 marks upon, a mounted specimen of Rhinoceros sondaicus. 



Mr. Thos. Gerrard, F.Z.S., exhibited, and made remarks 

 upon, a series of photographs of the skeleton of an old male Kivu 

 Gorilla {Gorilla gorilla heringei^i Matschie), the jDroperty of Lord 

 Rothschild, and also a series of photographs showing the milk- 

 dentition in the skull of a young African Elephant. 



On behalf of Lord Rothschild, Mr. Gerrard exhibited the 

 mounted specimen of the Kivu Gorilla (mounted by Messrs. 

 Rowland Ward), and stated that it difiered from the other races 

 of Gorilla externally by its long thick pelage, intense black 

 colouring, and large fleshy protuberance on the top of the head. 



Mr. D. Seth-Smith, F.Z.S., exhibited a series of skins and 

 photographs of some polyandrous Birds, and described their 

 mating habits. 



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