PROCEEDINGS 



OP THE 



GENERAL MEETINGS FOR SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS 



OP THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



(May to December, 1908.) 



May 12, 1908. 



F. Du Cane GoDxAian, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chau-. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions made 

 to the Society's Menagerie during the month of April 1908 : — 



The number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie 

 during the month of April was 135. Of these 75 were acquired 

 by presentation and 15 purchased, 43 were received on deposit, 

 and 2 were born in the Gardens. 



The number of departures during the same period, by death 

 and removals, was 145. 



Am.ong the additions special attention may be directed to : — 



A hybrid between a male Lion [Felis leo) and a female Jaguar- 

 Leopard [Felis onca X Felis 2)(irdiis), bred in the United States ; 

 deposited on April 14th. 



A Yaal Rehbok [Pelea capreolus) from the Drakensberg 

 Mountains, presented by Frederick Burgoyne, Esq., F.Z.S., on 

 April 3rd. 



Two Secretary Vultures {Serpentarius re2)tiUvorus) from South 

 Africa, purchased on April 21st. 



Two Australian Cassowaries {Casuarius ausircdis), presented by 

 ^ir William Ingram, Bt., on April 24th. 



Mr. W. Woodland, F.Z.S., exhibited preparations of a new 

 ■gland he had found in certain teleostean fishes, and made the 

 Piioc. ZooL. Soc— 1908, No. XXVIII. 28 



