No. 171. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.* 



June 5th, 1917. 



,Dr. S. F. Harmer, M.A., F.R.S., \nce- President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Scientific Meeting were confirmed. 



Mr. R. I. PococK, F.R.S., Curator of Mammals, exhibited on 

 behalf of Messrs. Rowland Ward Ltd. the skins of two Zebras, 

 shot by Mr. David Mackenzie at Gil-Gil in British East Africa, 

 which showed remarkable evanescence of pattern affecting the 

 body, neck, and head and to a less extent the legs. The oblitera- 

 tion of pattern was carried to a much greater extent than in the 

 skin described by Prof. Ridgeway as representing a new variety 

 named Equus quagga goldfinchi. 



The two specimens were secured from a herd of normally 

 coloured Zebras of the East African race Equios qimgga grcmti. 



Mr. R. E. Holding exhibited and made remarks on a Cirriped 

 (Coromda diadema) which occurs in considerable numbers on the 

 Humpbacked Whale {Megaptera nodosa Bonn.). 



Mr. Holding also exhibited two curiously malformed eggs in 

 which the inner membrane only remained, the shell and yolk 

 beins: absent. 



Mr. D. Seth-Smith, F.Z.S., Curator of Birds, gave an account 

 of the Poulti-y Exhibition which the Society is now holding for 



* Tbis Abstract is published by the Society at its offices, Zoological Gardens, 

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