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EXHIBITIONS AND NOTICES. 



May 23, 1911. 



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

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following i-eport on the additions made 

 to the Society's Menagerie during the month of April, 1911 : — 



The number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie 

 during the month of April last was 274. Of these 75 were 

 acquired by presentation, 147 by purchase, 34 were received on 

 deposit, 5 in exchange, and 13 were born in the Gardens. 



The number of departures during the same period, by deaths 

 and removals, was 169. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be directed to : — 



1 Black Serval (Felis serval), from JSTaii-obi, presented by the 

 Marchioness of Donegal to H.M. The King's African Collection, 

 on April 25th. 



2 Bacti'ian Camels {Camelushactrianus), from Central Asia, and 

 1 Yak (Poep/mgus grunniens), from Tibet, presented on April 4th 

 and 29bli respectively, by H.G. The Duke of Bedford, K.G., 

 President of the Society. 



1 Js^Vipspvinger (Or eotrag us saltator), from Somaliland, presented 

 by R. E. Drake-Brockman, Esq., M.R.C.S., F.Z.S., to H.M. The 

 King's African Collection, on April 28th. 



1 Savannah Deer (^Dorcelaphus savannarum), from Iquique, 

 Chile, presented on April 24th by Miss Peggy Lomax, 



1 Black-tailed Oribi [Oarehia nigricaudata), from the Ivory 

 Coast, presented by F. W. F. Jackson, Esq., to H.M. The King's 

 African Collection, on April 4th. 



2 Australian Bee-eaters {Merops ornatus), from New South 

 Wales, new to the Collection, purchased on April 30th, 



2 Woodhouse's Jays (Aphelocoma woodhousei), from North 

 America, and 3 Pigmy Ground-Doves {Chamcepelia minuta), from 

 South America, new to the Collection, received in exchange on 

 April 1st. 



2 Shai-pe's Wood -Owls [Syrniumnuchale), 1 Eraser's Eagle-Owl 

 {Bubo poensis), 1 Beautiful Wood-Hawk {Dryotriorchis sjyeciabilis), 

 and 1 One-streaked Hawk {Melierax monograni'micus), from 

 Dunkwa, Gold Coast, presented by Dr. H. G. F. Spurrell to 

 H.M. The King's African Collection, on April 2nd. 



4 Gigantic Salamanders {Megalohatrachus maximus), from Japan, 

 purchased on April 28th. 



The Rev. A. Miles Moss, M.A., F.Z.S., F.E.S., gave a short 

 account of his memoir on the Sphingidse of Peru, based on studies 

 of Lepidopteva, with special reference to the larvfe, which he had 

 made during a three years' residence at Lima. 



This paper will be published in the ' Transactions ' in due 

 course. 



Proc. ZooL. See— 1911, No. LX. 60 



