PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



GENERAL MEETINGS FOR SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



(January to April, 1910.) 



January 18th, 1910, 



Prof. J. Rose Bradford, M.D., D.Sc, F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions made 

 to the Society's Menagerie during the month of December 1909 : — 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of December were 90 in number. Of these 61 were 

 acquired by presentation, 9 by purchase, 11 were received on 

 deposit, 1 in exchange, and 8 were born in the Gardens. 



The total number of departures during the month, by death 

 and removals, was 171. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be called to the 

 following : — 



One Long-eared Fox (Otocyon megalolis), from the Transvaal, 

 presented by R. Y. Doherty-Holwell, Esq., R.E., on December 

 22nd. 



One iElian's Wart-Hog {Phacochmrtis africanus), from Nigeria, 

 presented by Capt. H. Lloyd on December 22nd. 



Eight Chestnut-breasted Ducks (Querquedula castanea), hatched 

 in the Menagerie on December 11th. 



One Green Viper (Atheris chlorechis), new to the Collection, 

 from the Gold Coast, presented by Dr. H. G. F. Spurrell on 

 December 23rd. 



Mr. C. W. Beebe, Curator of Birds of the New York Zoological 

 Proc. Zool. Soc— 1910, No. I. 1 



