No. 235. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE' 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.* 



February 6th, 1923. 



Sir S. F. Harmer, K.B.E., F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read a Report on the Additions to the Society's 

 Menagerie during the months of November and December 1922. 



Lord Rothschild, F.R.S., F.Z.S., exhibited an adult male 

 Gorilla got^illa beringeri from near Lake Kivu, and further 

 illustrated his remarks by a series of lantern-slides. 



Mr. OiiDFiELD Thomas, F.R.S., F.Z.S., exhibited a new Rock- 

 Kangaroo, wliich he diagnosed as follows : — 



Petrogale gochnani, sp. n. 



Like P. assimilis, but with a whitish tail, broader nasals, and 

 larger secator. 



Hah. Black Mountain, near Cooktown, N. Queensland. 



Type. B.M. No. 23.1.5.19. Presented by the Trustees of 

 the Godman Exploration Fund. 



Mr. Thomas explained to the Meeting about the Godman 

 Exploration Trust, which had been founded in memory of her 

 husband by Dame Alice Godman, and from which it was hoped 

 much benefit would be gained by the Museum. 



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