No^l89. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON/ 



February 9th, 1915. 



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

 in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Scientific Meeting were confirmed. 



The Secretary read a Report on the Additions to the Society's 

 Menagerie during the months of November and December, 1914, 

 and January, 1915. 



Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bt., F.Z.S., exhibited the tanned skin 

 of a large Capybara (Hydrochoerus hi/drochcerus), which he sug- 

 gested might be identical with the " pigskin " of commerce, and 

 the skull of a Walrus (Trichechus rosmams) from Kamschatka, 

 with record tusks. The weight of the skull and tusks was about 

 40 lbs. The tusks alone weighed 21 1 lbs,, and measured 

 36| inches in length, 29| inches from outside the gum, and 

 9| inches in girth. 



Dr. P. Chalmers Mitchell, F.R.S., F.Z.S., Secretary to the 

 Society, exhibited preparations of the stomach and intestines 

 of the Open-bill (Anastomus osciians) and described the elaborate 

 sifting apparatus in the stomach and the presence of only a single 

 colic ccscum. 



Mr. E. Heron-Allen, F.L.S., F.Z.S., exhibited a series of 

 skiagraphs of Foraminifera, revealing their internal structure 

 without transparent mounting or section-cutting, or other 

 interference with the specimens, and illustrating the application 

 of X-rays to microscopical research. 



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