1901.] ON" THE MAMMALS OF THE BALBAEIC ISLAJfDS. 35 



February 5, 1901. 

 Howard Saunders, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Before proceeding with the oi-dinarj business of the Meeting 

 the Chairman made the following remarks : — 



This being the first meeting oi" the Zoological Society of London 

 since the sad event which has placed the British Empire and the 

 whole civilized world in mourning, it seems befitting that, even at 

 a Scientific Meeting, allusion should be made to the great loss 

 which this Society has sustained by the death of our beloved 

 Queen, who was not merely our Patroness, but also a generous 

 benefactor of the Society. 



Inasmuch, however, as an Address of Condolence to His Majesty 

 the King on this sad event will be prepared by the Council to- 

 morrow, it seems unnecessary to say more upon the present 

 occasion. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of January 1901 : — 



The total number of registered additions to the Society's Mena- 

 gerie during the month of January was 92, of which 31 wei'e by 

 presentation, 8 by purchase, 50 were received on deposit, and 

 3 were born in the Menagerie. The total number of departures 

 during the same period, by death and removals, was 165. 



Amongst these special attention may be called to the three 

 examples of the Open-bill (Anastonms oscitans) purchased on 

 January 4th, being the first examples of this anomalous Stork 

 received by the Society. 



Mr. Sclater called attention to the fine specimen of Prejevalsky's 

 Horse (Equus prejevalsJcii) now mounted and exhibited in the 

 large Gallery of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle of Paris. 



A recent letter from Mons. Oustalet had assured Mr. Sclater 

 (in answer to enquiries) that there were, without doubt, callosities 

 ("chestnuts") on the hind as well as on the fore legs of this animal, 

 so that it would have to be placed in the typical section of the 

 genus Equus, and was, in Mr. Sclater's opinion, in all probability a 

 descendant of the original stock whence the Horse of domesticity 

 {Equus caballus) had been derived. M. Oustalet would prepare a 

 figure and description of this specimen very shortly. 



The following papers were read : — * 



1. On the Mammals of the Balearic Islands. 

 By Oldfield Thomas, F.Z.S. 



[Eeceived December 18, 1900.] 



In the spring of last year Mr. E. I. Pocock and I made a trip 

 to th^ Balearic Islands in order to procure zoological specimens 



