178 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 



Hab. North Queensland. Type from the Black Mountain, 

 16 miles S.W. of Oooktown. 



^^2^6. Adult male. B.M. No. 23.1.5,19. Original number 196. 

 Collected July 20th, 1922, by T. V. Sherrin. Two specimens, 

 adult and young. 



This Rock Kangaroo was readily distinguishable from P. assi- 

 milis by its whitish tail, broader nasals, and larger secator. 



Mr. Thomas expressed his pleasure at being able to bring 

 forward so fine a discovery as one of the first-fruits of the 

 Godman Exploration Fund, which had been recently founded by 

 Dame Alice Godman in memory of her husband, Dr. F. Ducane 

 Godman, F.R.S., the well-known naturalist. 



The Trustees of the Fund were now to be a permanent body, 

 with their headquarters at the British Museum (Natural History), 

 and would be glad to take charge of any further funds which 

 persons wishing to benefit the National Museum might give or 

 bequeath to them. Such funds would always be administered 

 under the names of, and in accordance with the wishes of, the 

 donors. 



Mr. Thomas also exhibited the skull of a Pygmy Fruit-Bat 

 from Sumatra, upon whicii he had i-ecently founded a new 

 genus (Ann. Mag. N. H. (9) xi. p. 251, Feb. 1923). The generic 

 name had since proved to be preoccupied, and he therefore 

 now proposed to substitute for it that of uEthalops. The type- 

 species would thus bear the name of ^Ethalojjs alecto. 



Mr. J. B. ScRiVENOR, M.A., exhibited, and made remarks 

 upon, a photograph showing the method adopted by Malay 

 natives in breaking in recently-captured Elephants. 



Mr. E. G. BouLENGER, F.Z.S., gave an account of his recent 

 visit to Vienna, aiid of the experiments carried on thex^e by 

 Dr. Kammerer and others upon Amphibians and Insects. 



February 20th, 1923. 



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

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following Report on the Additions to 

 the Society's Menagerie during the month of January, 1923 : — 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of January were 156 in number. Of these 55 were 

 acquired by presentation, 15 were deposited, 85 were purchased, 

 and 1 was born in the Menagerie. 



The following may be specially mentioned : — 



1 Takin {Budorcas taxicolor), 5 > from Bhutan, presented by 

 Major F. M. Bailey, C.I.E., F.Z.S., on January 25th. 



