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Central and Eastern Asia, and may readily be distinguished from 

 the Common Partridge, P. perdix, by its paler colour, the 

 elongated feathers on the sides of the throat, and by the black 

 horseshoe patch on the breast. 



Miss Annie C. Jackson exhibited some living male specimens 

 of the Indian Stick-Insect, Caransius morosus, and remarked : — 

 " The male of this species was figured by Recltenbacher in his 

 monograph ' Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden ' without any 

 comment as to its rareness or otherwise. When, however, the 

 species is bred in captivity males are very rare, and I believe 

 I am right in saying that hitherto, though many insects have been 

 bred in this country, only one male has been observed. Last year 

 I reared about 3000 stick-insects and among them identified seven 

 males. The female stick -insect you are doubtless familiar with, 

 as there are many in the insect-house here. The male differs 

 from the female in its smaller size and more slender appearance, 

 and the antennas and legs are proportionately longer. The red 

 vermilion colour present in the adult female on the inner side of 

 the femur of the front legs is absent ; on the dorsal surface of the 

 thorax there are two small red marks, while on the ventral surface 

 both meso- and metathorax are streaked with red ; in some 

 females, however, the ventral surface of the thorax is similarly 

 marked. One of the males differed from the others in having 

 one of the front legs with a patch of red as in the adult female, 

 the other one being normal ; the leg with the red patch is 

 distinctly shorter than the other, which suggests that the insect 

 at an earlier stage lost the leg and developed this one in its 

 place, as it has the power of doing, but why it should have 

 grown one resembling that of an adult female I am unable to 

 explain." 



March 9, 1915. 



R. H. Burne, Esq., M.A., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the Additions made 

 to the Society's Menagerie during the month of February 1915 : — 



The number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie 

 during the month of February was 62. Of these 27 were 

 acquired by presentation, 5 by purchase, 25 were received on 

 deposit, 2 in exchange, and 3 were born in the Gardens. 



The number of departures during the same period, by death 

 and removals, was 129. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be directed to : — 



2 Azara's Dogs (Canis azarica), from Santa Fe, Argentina, 

 presented by George O'Donnel on February 10th. 



