No. 178. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.* 



March 19th, 1918. 



Dr. A. Smith Woodward, F.R.S., Yice-Presideut, 

 in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Scientific Meeting were confirmed. 



The Secretary read a Report on the Additions to the 

 Menagerie in the month of February, 1918. 



Dr. S. F. Harmer, F.R.S., V.P., gave an account, illustrated 

 by lantern-slides, on observations made on Cetacea stranded on 

 the British Coast during the last five years. 



A paper by Miss Maude L. W. Cleghorn, F.Z.S., entitled 

 " First Report on the Inheritance of Visible and Invisible 

 Characters in Silkworms," was communicated. 



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