No. 213. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 



March 8th, 1921. 



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

 in the Chair. 



In the absence of the donor, Dr. R. Y. Shufeldt, O.M.Z.S., 

 the photographs of the last of the Passenger- Pigeons (Ectopistes 

 migratorius) presented by him to the Society were exhibited and 

 remarked upon by Dr. P. Chalmers Mitchell, C.B.E., F.R.S., 



F.Z.S. 



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

 upon, the skull of a Sumatran Tiger. 



On behalf of Messrs. Gerrard & Sons, Mr. R. I. Pocock ex- 

 hibited, and made remarks upon, a Cheetah skin from Tanganyika 

 Territory, showing an interesting modification in the arrangement 

 of the markings on various parts of the coat. 



Mr. E. G. BouLENGER, P.Z.S., gave a resume of his paper on 

 " Experiments on Coloiir-changes of the Spotted Salamander 

 {Salamandra maculosa), conducted in the Society's Gardens." 



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