No. 169. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.* 



May 1st, 1917. 



Dr. A. Smith Woodward, F.R.S., Vice-Presidont, 

 in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Scientific Meeting were confirmed. 



The Secretary, Dr. P. Chalmers Mitchell, F.R.S., announced 

 with the deepest regret that Mr. Henry Peavot, the Society's 

 Librarian and Clerk of Publications, had been killed in action. 

 Mr. Peavot had entered the service of the Society in 1896, and, 

 after passing through various departments, was appointed 

 Assistant Librarian and Clerk of Publications in 1908, and was 

 promoted to the post of Librarian and Clerk of Publications in 

 1912. In every way he had gained the esteem and regard of 

 the Scientific Fellows of the Society, and was one of the most 

 valuable and competent members of the Society's stafi". 



The Secretary exhibited a coloured sketch of an abnormal 

 Cape Lourie {Turacus corythaix Wagl,), kindly sent to him by 

 Mr. E. C. Chubb, F.Z.S., the Curator of the Durban Museum, 

 Natal. The specimen, which was the property of the Durban 

 Museum, was normally coloured on the head and neck, but the 

 rest of the plumage was pale grey or dirty white, with the 

 exception of a portion of the wings, which retained the normal 

 red colour. The example could not be exactly described as an 

 albino, inasmuch as the red colour was known to be due to a 



* This Abstract is published by the Society at itsoiBces, ZooJogical Gardens, 

 Regent's Park, N.W., on the Tuesday following the date of Meeting to which 

 if refers. It will be issued, along with the ' Proceedings,' free of extra charge, 

 to all Fellows who subscribe to tlie Publications; but it may be obtained on 

 tlje day of publication at the price of Sixpeiice, or, if desired, sent po3t-fre9 

 for the sum of Six Shillings per annum, payable in advance. 



