SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 183 



EXHIBITIONS AND NOTICES. 



February 8th, 1921. 



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

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following Report on the Additions 

 to the Society's Menagerie during the months of November and 

 December 1920. 



November. 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of November were 102 in number. Of these 48 were 

 acquired by presentation, 25 were deposited, 21 were purchased, 

 6 were received in exchange, and 2 were born in the Menagerie. 



The following may be specially mentioned : — 



1 Common Otter {Lutra liUra), from Lincolnshire, purchased 

 on November 16th. 



1 Japanese Deer {Sika sika), bred in England, presented by 

 Ernest J. Gripper on November 4th. 



3 Alpine Marmots (Marmota marmotta), from St. Moritz 

 presented by the Curverein, St. Moi-itz, on November 29th. 



December. 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of December were 66 in number. Of these 33 were 

 acquired by presentation, 25 wei^e deposited, and 8 were 

 purchased. 



The following may be specially mentioned :■ — 



2 Beech-Martens (Maries foina), from Denmark, purchased on 

 December 7th. 



1 Timber-Wolf (Canis ocoidentalis), from N. America, presented 

 by Capt. E,. A. Angie on December 3rd. 



Mr. E. G. BouLENGER, F.Z.S., exhibited, and made remarks 

 upon, a Black Salamander (b'alaniaiidra atra), which, in the course 

 of its captivity in the Gardens, had developed yellow spots on 

 the body. 



Prof. J. P. Hill, F.R.S., exhibited, and made remarks upon, 

 a series of lantern-slides of the Fcetus of a Three-toed Sloth 

 {Bradypus tridactylus).. 



