No. 112. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON* 



October 29tli, 1912. 

 Prof. E. A. MiNCHiN, M.A., F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Scientific Meeting were confirmed. 



The Secretary read a Report on the Additions that had been 

 made to the Society's Menagerie during the months May to 

 September, 1912. 



Mrs, Rose Haig Thomas, F.Z.S., exhibited the eggs of 

 Phasianus versicolor, P. formosus, and of the F^ and F., offspring of 

 an experimental cross between a male P. versicolor and a female 

 P. formosus. She drew attention to the resemblance in size of 

 the eggs of the oflfepring and of the male parent species, whereas 

 the expectation was a likeness to those of P. formosus, thus 

 showing the descent through the male to his female offspring of 

 the small Qgg of his species. 



Mr. R. Lydekker, F.R.S., F.Z.S., contributed a note pointing 

 out that, owing to an unfortunate mistake in labelling, the 

 Gazelle he described in the Society's ' Proceedings ' for 1911 as a 

 new species, Gazella hayi, was really G.fuscifrons. 



Mr. Lydekker also described the Bornean Bantin as a new 

 race to be distinguished from the typical Javan Bantin by the 



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