PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



GENERAL MEETINGS FOR SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



1902, Vol. II. (May to December). 



May 6, 1902. 



Prof. G. B. HoAVES, LL.D., F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Oil air. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions made 

 to the Society's Menagerie in April 1902 : — 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of April were 208 in number. Of these 19 were acquired 

 by presentation, 45 by purchase, 19 were born in the Gardens, 

 and 125 were received on deposit. The total nvimber of depar- 

 tures during the same period, by death and I'emovals, was 139. 



Amongst the additions are the first examples that we have 

 received of the beautiful Grey Teal {^Querquedula versicolor) of 

 the Argentine Republic, obtained by purchase at the Antwei-p 

 sale. 



The Secretary called attention to a specimen of Moth of tlie 

 genus Cossus, which had been sent home in chrysalis by Mr. W. 

 L. Sdater, F.Z.S., from the Cape (Feb. 27th,' 1901), and had 

 emerged in the Insect-house, as mentioned by Mr. A. Thomson 

 in his Report (P. Z. S. 1902, vol. i. p. 204). Mr. Sclater had sub- 



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