No. 111. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.* 



June 4th, 1912. 

 E. G. B. Meade- Waldo, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Scientific Meeting were confirmed. 



Mr. E. G. BoULENGER, Curator of Reptiles, exhibited a clay- 

 ball containing a cocoon of the African Lung-fish {Protopterus 

 annectens) presented to the Society by Capt. J. A. M. Yipan, F.Z.S. 

 He briefly alluded to the habits of the fish and the formation of 

 the cocoon, and gave an account of the method to be employed in 

 order to release the fish. 



The Preservation of the Native Fauna of Great Britaiii. 

 Mr. E. G. B. Meade-Waldo, Vice-President of the Society, 

 ntroduced a discussion on the Preservation of our Kative Fauna, 

 in which Mr. A. Heneage Cocks, Dr. F. G. Dawtrey Drewitt, and 

 Mr. Stewart Blakeney (who sent a written contribution) joined. 

 Ihe necessity of creating public opinion on the matter was urged. 

 It was agreed that the laws with regard to birds were sufficient, 

 if administered strictly. With regard to mammals, it was the 

 opinion of those present that the use of steel traps, instead of 

 snares, for catching rabbits was chiefly responsible for the ex- 

 termination of wild cats, martens, and polecats in many parts of 

 the country, and ought to be suppressed. 



Mr. R. Lydekker, F.R.S., F.Z.S. , communicated a short paper 

 describing a new local race of Giraflfe from the Petauke district 

 of North east Rhodesia. 



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