22 



In both these specimens the first dentition had perfectly erupted 

 and was as follows : — 



.5 1 2 3 ,_ 



« 4> c J-, pvi 2, m y = 42, 



the formula for the adult being 



.51 3 4 



* 4» c 1, i"'* 3, «* 4 = 50- 



The premolars were triangular, sharp-pointed, and flattened from 

 side to side ; the molars had numerous sharp cusps, and the 

 canines were large and curved. 



Mr. D. Seth-Smith, F.Z.S., Curator of Birds, exhibited, by- 

 means of lantern-slides, photographs of the male Peacock Pheasant 

 {Polyplectron chinquis) displaying to tiie female. 



The typical display, as depicted in the photographs, resembled 

 very closely that of the Argus Pheasant, the bird facing the 

 female while he lowered the breast to the ground a.nd expanded the 

 wings and tail like a shield, the head being held sideways against 

 one wing. 



Mr. Seth-Smith also exhibited photographs of the young 

 Cariama cristata hatched and reared in the Gardens in 1911, and 

 remarked that although young of this species had been hatched in 

 the Menagerie on previous occasions, he believed that this was the 

 first occasion on which the young had been reared to maturity. 



Mr. R. I. PococK, F.R.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S., exhibited a lantern- 

 slide of two Polar Bear cubs born in the Gardens in November 

 1911, and made some remarks upon the causes of the difficulty 

 experienced in all Zoological Gardens in reaiing the offspring of 

 this species. 



Mr. C. Tate Regan, M.A., F.Z.S., exhibited some lantern- 

 slides, prepared from photographs taken by Dr. F. B. Sumner, 

 of a Mediterranean Flatfish [Platophrys podas) on sand, gravel, 

 and various ai'tificial backgrounds, showing its power of changing 

 its colour and markings to resemble the ground on which it lies. 



Mr, R. I. PococK, F.R.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S., Superintendent of 

 the Gardens, read a paper " On a rare ^tug (Cervus ivallickii) from 

 Nepal, recently presented to the Zoological Societ}'- by His Majesty 

 King George." The author pointed out the distinctive pecu- 

 liarities of this species, which, on account of its great scarcity, 

 had never been satisfactorily classified since it v/as described by 

 G. Cuvier in 1825 from a coloured illustration of a specimen living 

 at that time in the Barrackpoor Menagerie. Some authors had 

 supposed this Stag to be identical with the Kashmir species, 

 or Hangul (Cervus hanglu) ; others had lef erred it to the Chumbi 

 Valley species, or Shou {Cervus affinis). From both of these, 

 however, it differed in having the rump-patch of large size, ex- 

 tending, that is to say, nearly to the summit of the croup, and 



