No. 63. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON* 



December 15th, 1908. 



Dr. Henr\ Woodward, F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read a Report on the additions that had been 

 made to the Society's Menagerie during the month of JSTovember 

 1908. 



Mr. Frederick Gillett, Y.P.Z.S., gave an account of his 

 recent Hunting Trip to the Thian Shan, illustrated by lantern- 

 slides. 



Mr. R. I. PococK, F.L.S., F.Z.S., Superintendent of the Society's 

 Gardens, exhibited photographs of a male Sumatran Tiger recently 

 purchased by the Society, remarking that the Society has at 

 present, living in the Gardens, examples of three out of four 

 known races of Tigers. 



Mr. F. E. Beddard, M.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S., Prosector to the 

 Society, communicated a paper entitled " Some Notes on the 

 Muscular and Visceral Anatomy of the Batrachian Genus 

 ffemisus, with Notes on the Lymph Hearts of this and other 

 Genera." 



Mr. G. A BouLENaER, F.Z.S., V.P.Z.S., described a "New 

 Species of Lacerta from Persia." 



A communication was received from Dr. Einar Lonnberg, 

 C.M.Z.S., " On some Wart-Hog Skulls in the British Museum." 



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