No. 81. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.* 



March 15th, 1910. 

 E. T. Newton, Esq., F.R.S.,m 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 month of February 

 1910. 



The Secretary read an account of some post-mortem pheno- 

 mena observed by Mr. E. VV. Shann, B.Sc, in a specimen of 

 Lemur ful/ous rufifrons which died recently in the Zoological 

 Gardens at Giza, Egypt. 



Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., F.Z.S., exhibited the skin of a 

 new Potto from British East Africa, which was proposed to be 

 called 



Perodicticus ibeanus, sp. n. 



Fur very thick and soft. Colour of upper surface grizzled 

 hoary grey, except the shoulders and fore-back, which were 

 blackish. Teeth comparatively small. 



Head and body 339 mm.; tail 68; skull 64. 



Ilab. Kakamega Forest, British East Africa, 



Type. Male. B.M. no. 10.3.18.1. Presented by Messrs. 

 Matison and Brett. 



Mr. D. Seth-Smith, F.Z.S., Curator of Birds, gave an account 

 of some living examples, in the Society's Gardens, of the Black- 

 hooded Parrakeet {Psephotus cucullatus). 



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