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3 Great Eagle Owls {Bubo htibo), from Mongolia, presented by 

 A. L. Hall on December 10th. 



January. 



The number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie 

 during the month of Januaiy was 57. Of these 43 wei-e acquired 

 by presentation, 8 were received on deposit, 3 in exchange, and 

 3 were born in the Gardens. 



The niTmber of departures during the same period, by death 

 and removals, was 123. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be directed 

 to:— 



1 Anoa [Anoa depressicornis) $ fi'om Celebes, and 1 Pei-e 

 David's Deer {Elaphttrus davklianus) 6 from Northern China, 

 presented by H.G. The Duke of Bedford, K.G., Pres.Z.S., on 

 January 20th and 26th. 



2 Argentine Frogs {Leptodactylus mystachiMs) and 6 South- 

 American Sand-Toads {Bufo arenariiin) from Cordova-, Argentina, 

 new to the Collection, presented by Wilfred A. SmitherSj 

 C.M.Z.S., on January 31st. 



Mr. R. E. Holding exhibited the skull of a Roebuck, showing 

 an unusual deviation in the direction of the suture of the right 

 frontal bone, which extended considerably beyond the median 

 line towards the left. 



Mr. C. Tate Regan, M.A., F.Z.S., exhibited, by means of 

 lantern-slides, a series of drawings of larval Fishes from the 

 Antarctic. 



The development of Myctophum antarcticum was compared 

 with that of the northern M. glaciale, and larval iSTototheniidee 

 were described. 



A new Sable Antelope from Angola'^. 



Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., F.Z.S., exhibited the scalp and 

 frontlet, with horns, of a male Sable Antelope from the Luando 

 River, Angola, which had been presented to the National 

 Museum, together with a female mask and horns, by Mr. H. 

 F. Varian. 



This magnificent animal differed widely from the ordinary 

 Sable, both by its immensely finer horns, and by the characters 



* [The complete account of the new subspecies described in this communication 

 appears here ; but since the name and a preliminarj^ diagnosis were published in the 

 ' Abstract,' No. 151, 1916, it is distinguished by the name being underlined. — 

 Edixoe.] 



