No. 160. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINaS 



OF THK 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.* 



October 24th, 1916. 



Dr. A. Smith Woodward, 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 made to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the months of May, June, July, 

 August, and Septerrfber, 1916. 



Mr. Alfred Ezra, F.Z.S., exhibited living examples of three 

 rare lutino specimens of Alexandrine {Palceornis nepalensis), 

 Ring-neck (P. torquatus), and Plum-head (P. cyanocephalus) 

 Parrakeets recently received from India. In all these birds the 

 yellow is pure and perfect, being of a delicate sulphur shade. 

 The Alexandrine is the rarest of the three, and the first lutino 

 of this species Mr. Ezra has seen. 



Mr. D. Seth-Smith, F.Z.S., Curator of Birds, exhibited a 

 number of birds' eggs which had been laid in the Society's 

 Gardens during the last few years. The specimens shown in- 

 cluded eggs of Tinamous, Cassowaries, Cranes, Turnix, Apteryx, 

 and the Kagu, as well as species of Pheasants, Waterfowl, and 

 Passerine birds. 



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