534 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 



May 25, 1915. 



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

 in the Chair. 



_ Mr. K. I. PococK, F.R.S., F.Z.S., Curator of Mammals, ex- 

 hibited two pieces of skin cut from the shoulder of a wild boar 

 and a wild sow (Sus scrofa) to show the difference in thickness 

 between the two, the skin of that area in the boar being about 

 four times as thick as in the sow. 



Mr. Pocock also exhibited some skins of Asiatic and African 

 Porcupines, and pointed out the gradation that could be traced 

 from the Bornean Trichus through Atheriora to Hystrix in the 

 shortening of the tail, the evolution of the rattle, the growth of 

 the crest on the head, and the elaboration of the spine-armature. 

 He also showed a piece of the skin of a Javan Porcupine with 

 some of the quills cut short to illustrate their definite arrange- 

 ment in short, regular transverse rows. 



June 8, 1915. 



Dr. S. F. Harmer, M.A., F.R.S., Yice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The (Secretary read the following report on the Additions 

 to the Society's Menagerie during the month of May, 1915 : — 



The number of registered additions to the Societj^'s Menagerie 

 during the month of May was 136. Of these 66 were 

 acquired by presentation, 9 by purchase, 14 were received on 

 deposit, 35 in exchange, and 12 were born in the Gardens. 



The number of departures during the same period, by death 

 and removals, was 123. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be directed to : — 



1 Feline Douroucouli [Aotes felimos), 2 White-browed Hares 

 {^Sylvilagus superciliaris), and 1 Collared Peccary {Tayassu 

 taja^u), from Banco, Colombia, presented by W. K. Pomeroy, 

 F.Z.S., on May 3rd. 



4 Patagonian Cavies (Dolickotis magella7iicus) and 2 Golden 

 Agoutis {Dasyj)7-octa agouti)^ from Argentina, received in ex- 

 change on May 4th. 



1 Reindeer {Ranglfer tarandus), boi-n in the Menagerie on 

 May 9th. 



1 Leojmrd Cub {Felis pardtis), from Kongwe, Nj^asaland, 

 presented by Miss A. Winch on May 3rd. 



1 de Winton's Mouse [Mus sylvaticus tvintoni), from Horsham, 

 new to the Collection, presented by Sir E. G. Loder, Bart., 

 Y.P.Z.S., on May 21st. 



4 Siamese Fighting- Fish {Betta pugnax:), from. Siam, new to the 

 Collection, presented by C. Lament Groundwater on May 3i-d. 



