No. 214. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON 



March 23nd, 1921. 



SirS. F. Harmer, K.B.E., F.R.S., Yice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



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

 Menagerie during the month of Februaiy 1921. 



Prof. J. OossAR EwART, M.D., F.R.S., F.Z.S., delivered his 

 lecture on " The Nestling Feathers of the Mallard, with Obser- 

 vations on the Composition, Origin, and History of Feathers," 

 and illustrated his remarks with a series of specimens and 

 lantern -slides. 



Mr. E, T. ISTewton, F.R.S., F.Z.S., gave a.n account of the 

 fossil bones of Birds which had been collected by Dr. Forsyth 

 Major from Caves in Sardinia, Corsica, and Greece. 



Mr. G. C. RoBSON, B.A., gave a resume of his paper " On the 

 Molluscan Genus Cochlitoma and its Anatomy, with Remarks 

 upon the Variation of Two closely-allied Forms." 



* This Abstract is published by the Society at its offices, Zoological Gardens, 

 Regent's Park, N.W., on the Tuesday following the date of Meeting to which 

 it refers. It will be issued, along with the 'Proceedings,' free of extra charge, 

 to all Fellows who subscribe to the Publications ; but it may be obtained on the 

 day of publication at the price of Sixpence, or, if desired, sent post-free for 

 the sum of Six Shillings per annum, payable in advance. 



