230 THE PRINT OF A FORE FOOT OF AN INDIAN ELEPHANT, [Mar. 20, 



by the in-drawing of the ventral scales, and it fell to the ground 

 with the body rigidly held straight. DendropMs formosus Boie 

 and Dendrelaphis caudolineatus Gray also have hinged ventral 

 scales, but it has never been reported to me that either of these 

 species " flew," nor, indeed, can I claim to have satisfactorily 

 established the " flight " of B. picius; but it is certainly worthy of 

 note that an independent witness should assert it of a species 

 equipped with the same mechanism for a parachute flight as the 

 two species of Chrysopelea. 



March 20, 1906. 



Dr. Henry Woodward, F.E..S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions that 

 had been made to the Society's Menagerie in February 1906 : — 



The registered additions to the Society's Menageiie during the 

 month of Februaiy were 112 in number. Of these 33 were 

 acquired by presentation, 15 by purchase, 48 were received on 

 deposit, and 16 in exchange. The total number of departures 

 during the same period, by death and removals, was 197. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be directed to : — 



Three Red-handed Tamarins [Midas rufimanus) from Surinam, 

 deposited on Feb. 3rd. 



A Jaguar {Felis 07ica), ^ , from South America, purchased on 

 Feb. 22nd. 



A King Parrot {Aprosmictus cyanopygius)^ S , from Australia, 

 presented by Miss Jessie Capes on Feb. 16th. 



A Masked Parrakeet {Fyrrhidopsis personata) from the Fiji 

 Islands, purchased on Feb. 1st. 



A Red-throated Laughing-Thrush {lanthocincla rufigvlaris) 

 from British India, presented by Mr. R. Phillipps on Feb. 8th. 

 New to the Collection. 



The Secretary exhibited a paper cutting representing the print 

 of the fore foot of a very large wild Indian Elephant. The 

 measurement was sixty-six inches in circumference, and had been 

 taken by Mr. C. A. Sherring, Deputy Commissioner at Almora, 

 India. Mr. Sherring believed that the measurement was a 

 "record" and inferred that the Elephant, which was described as 

 enormous and had been seen by several persons, stood 1 1 feet high 

 at the withers. The Secretary mentioned that in the ' Records 

 of Big Game,' published by Mr. Rowland Ward, one larger 

 measurement had been given, that of a foot-circumference of 

 67;^ inches taken from a living Elephant under charge of 

 Lieut.-Col. G. W. Hanson. 



The Secretary also exhibited, on behalf of Mr. John Bowes, 



