No. 174. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.* 



November 20th, 1917. 



E. G, B. Meade- Waldo, Esq., Yioe-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Scientific Meeting were' confirmed. 



The Secretary read a Eeport on the Additions made to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of October, 1917. 



Mr. R. I. PococK, F.R.S., F.Z.S., Curator of Mammals, ex- 

 hibited : — 



1. The head of a castrated Bushbuck {Tragelaphus) to show 

 the efi'ects of the operation on the horns. The horns differed 

 from those of a normal Bushbuck in being slender, subcylindrical, 

 untwisted, unkeeled, with a backward curvature like that of the 

 horns of a Goral {Ncemorheclus) or Serow {Capricornis). The 

 Bushbvick had lived several years in the Zoological Gardens at 

 Clifton, and the head was lent for exhibition by Mr. Edward 

 Gerrard. 



2. Three successive pairs of antlers of a fully adult Pere 

 David's Deer (^Zap/iwrMs), showing progressive increase in length. 

 The first pair shed on Feb. 5th, 1916, measured 15 inches ; the 

 second pair shed on Oct. 22nd, 1916, 25 inches; and the third 

 pair, unshed at the time of the stag's death 40 inches. 



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