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two forms. The female skulls being more or less in all mammals, 

 but especially in Ruminants, more conservative than the skulls of 

 males, the resemblance of the Siwalik skull to a more generalized 

 type, as represented by the Helladotlierium skull of Pikermi, is not 

 more than we might have anticipated. 



June 2, 1891. 

 Prof. Flower, C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of May 1891 : — 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of May 1891 were 163 in number. Of these, 9Q were 

 acquired by presentation, 41 by purchase, 4 by exchange, 10 were 

 born in the Gardens, and 12 were received on deposit. The total 

 number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, 

 was 89. 



Amongst the former special attention may be called to the 

 following : — 



1. A female Water-buck Antelope (Cobus ellipsiprymnus) from 

 British East Africa, presented by George L. Mackenzie, Esq., F.Z.S. 

 This is a very acceptable arrival, as making a pair with the male of 

 the same xlntelope presented by Mr. Mackenzie in November last 

 (see P. Z. S. 1890, p. .589). 



2. Three Blanford's Rats {Mus blanfordi) from the Shevaroy 

 Hills, Madras, presented by Mr. W. L. Sclater, F.Z.S. , Deputy 

 Superintendent of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. This species is new 

 to the Collection. 



Mr. Sclater made some remarks on animals which he had noticed 

 during a recent visit to the Zoological Gardens of Paris, Ghent, 

 Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and The Hague. 



In the Jardin d'Acclimatation at Paris the colony of breeding 

 Penguins, which Mr. Sclater had also inspected in the summer of 

 1890, was of special interest to the ornithologist. Twenty-two 

 examples of the Black-footed Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) were 

 kept in an open wire enclosure. Many of these had paired and 

 nested in some wooden dog-kennels which had been placed in the 

 enclosure. Last year five birds had been bred, and only one of 

 these had been lost. 



Of the three Sea-Lions living in the Jardin d'Acclimatation, one 

 adult male appeared to be referable to Otaria stelleri and not to 

 O. gillespii, the species usually brought from the Pacific coast of 

 America, from which it seemed to be distinguishable externally by 

 the sudden elevation of the front part of the cranium. But this 

 determination would require confirmation after the death of the 

 specimen. 



A remarkable hybrid Pheasant in this Garden was said to have 



