PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



GENTERAL MEETINGS FOR SCIENTIFIC BUSIxVESS 



OP Tiiii 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



(Apm to June, 1910.) 



April 5, 1910. 



Prof. E. A. MmcHiN, M.A., Vice-I're.sident, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary exhibited a series of photogrnplis taken in the 

 South Orkneys in 1908 by a correspondent of 'The Times,' and 

 kindly sent to him by the Editor of ' The Times.' Tlie plioto- 

 grajihs included views of scenery and an interesting series of 

 studies of living Seals, such as the Sea-Leo|Jar<l {^itenorhpichns 

 lepUnii/.r), Weddell's Seal {LcpiGni) chutes iveddelli), the White, 

 or Crab-eating Seal {Lobddou carcinOphdcjds), find Ross's Seal 

 [Ominato2)haya rossi). 



Mr. R. I. Pocock, F.L.S., F.Z.S., exhibitc^d a living spednieh 

 of a Mole-Rat {Georychds) recently j]ti-'esented to the Society by 

 Capt. C. H. Armitage, who brdnght it frcfm Asha.nti. Mr. Podock 

 remarked that the animal possibly belonged to' the species from 

 Togoland described by Matschie as G. zecM, and ce'rtiiinly repre- 

 sented a form never previously exhibited in the Gardens. 



pRoc. ZooL. Soc — 1910, Xo. XXXIX. 39 



