THE SECRETARY OX ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 95 



EXHIBITIONS AND NOTICES. 

 Fel3ruary 6tli, 1917. 



Prof. E. W. MacBride, 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 dnring the months of November 

 and December 1916 : — 



November. 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of November were 60 in number. Of these 50 were 

 acquired by presentation, 8 were received on deposit, and 2 by 

 purchase. 



The number of departures during the same period, by death 

 and removals, was 115. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be directed 

 to:— 



2 Grizzly Bears {Ursus horrihilis), from North America, 

 deposited on November 21st. 



December. 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of December were 27 in number. Of these 15 were 

 acquired by presentation, and 12 were received on deposit. 



The number of departures during the same period, by deaths 

 and removals, was 120. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be directed 

 to:— 



1 Sing-Sing Waterbuck (Cobus defassa) rj , from W. Africa, 

 deposited on December 8th. 



1 Kashmir Deer (Cervus hanglu) $ , from Kashmir, presented 

 by H.G. The Duke of Bedford, K.G. 



Mr. Edward Gerrard, on behalf of Mr. Orabb, exhibited a 

 mounted specimen of a bird bred and reared in captivity under 

 conditions in which it seemed certain that it was a hybrid 

 between a, male Thrush {Turdus musicus) and a female Black- 

 bird {Merula inerula). 



