ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.^ 



February 16th, 1904. 

 Herbert Druce, Esq., F.L.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary read a report on the additions that had been 

 made to the Society's Menagerie in January 1904, and called 

 special attention to a Hainan Gibbon {Hylobates hainamts) 

 received on deposit on January 25th, and to a Philippine Hornbill 

 {Penelopides affinis) presented by Mrs. Johnstone on January 26th. 



The Secretary read a letter, addressed to Sir Harry Johnston, 

 K.C.M.G., from the late Mr. W. G. Doggett, from Uganda. It 

 contained information, gathered from natives of the Mbogo 

 country, on the Okapi and on a supposed new species of Antelope 

 known to the natives by the name of " Shaw-le." 



Prof. E. A. MiNCHix, F.Z.S., exhibited and made remarks upon 

 a specimen of the Spider Heteropoda regia (Fabr.) which had 

 been captured at University College, London. This Spider had 

 a very wide distribution, which was probably due to its being 

 carried by the wind duiing its younger stage and also by ships. 



Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.Pt.S., read a communication from the 

 Hon. "Walter Rothschild, M.P., F.Z.S., which contained a 

 description of a new subspecies of Cepkalophus nyasoi. It was 

 defined as follows: — 



CePHALOPHUS NYAS.'E defriesi. 



Differs from C. nyasce in the greater extent of red on the 

 flanks and thighs and more intense rufous legs. The belly is 

 much more extensively white; the greyish brown of the upper 



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