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ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



February 20th, 1933. 



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

 in the Chair. 



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

 Menagerie during the month of January 1923. 



Mr. D. Seth-Smith, F.Z.S., exhibited a number of skins of 

 Birds-of-Paradise and gave an account of the various forms 

 of sexual display, drawing special attention to the display of the 

 Magnificent Bird-of-Paradise [Diphyllodes magnifica himsteini), 

 a living specimen being now in the Society's collection of tropical 

 birds. 



A Cinematograph record of the life-history of the House-fly, 

 taken under the direction of Prof. H. M. Lefroy, F.Z.S., was 

 exhibited. 



The Secretary exhibited a photograph of the Polar Bears 

 " Sam and Barbara." 



Mr. E. I. PococK, F.R.S., F.Z.S., exhibited, and made remarks 

 upon, a series of drawings of the feet and nose of the Polar Bear. 



Dr. N. S. Lucas, F.Z.S., communicated his Report on the 

 Deaths which occurred in the Society's Gardens during 1922, 



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