542 MR. H. J. ELWES ON THE 



EXHIBITIONS AND NOTICES. 



April 8, 1913. 



Sir John Rose Bradford, K.C.M.G., M.D., D.Sc, F.R.S., 

 Vice-Pi'esident, in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions tliat 

 had been made to the Society's Menagerie daring the month of 

 March, 1913 : — 



The number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie 

 during the month of March last was 133. Of these 45 were 

 4icquired b}' presentation, 58 by purchase, 11 were received on 

 deposit, 6 in exchange, and 13 were born in the Gardens. 



The number of departures during the same period, by deaths 

 and removals, was 167. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be directed to : — 



1 Kandt's Cercopitheque {Cercopithecus kandti), from Lake 

 Kivu, new to the Collection, deposited on March 7th. 



2 Canadian Porcupines (Bt'ithizooi dorsatus), from North 

 America, presented by W. O. Danckwerts, Esq., K.C., F.Z.S., 

 on March 19th. 



1 Kordofan Giraffe (Girqffa camelopardcdis anUquorum) J , 

 born in the Menagerie on March 13th, 



1 Greenland Falcon {Hierofalco candicans), captured in Mid- 

 Atlantic, and presented by Lt.-Col. F. B. Drage, R.H.G., and 

 the Hon. John Hubert Ward, C.V.O., on March''30th. 



2 Purple Kaleege Pheasants (Gennceus horsfieldi), from the 

 Himalayas, presented by the Marquess of Tavistock, F.Z.S., on 

 March 3rd. 



2 Keysser's Cassowaries {Casuarius keysseri), from German 

 New Guinea, received on dejjosit in immature plumage last 

 September, but identified as new to the Collection on March 

 12th. 



4 Banded Trichogaster {Tricliogaster fasciatus), fi'om India, new 

 to the Collection, pui-chased on March 14th. 



1 Central- African Mud-fish {Protopterus athiopicus), from 

 Uganda, new to the Collection, presented by C. W. Woodhouse, 

 Esq., on March 1st. 



2 Gibbous Scoi'pions {Bitthus gibbosns), from Sai'dis, Asia Miuoi', 

 new to the Collection, presented by Miss Flora Russell on 

 March 11th. 



Mr. H. J. Elwes, F.R.S., F.Z.S., exhibited the head of an 

 Asiatic Wapiti (text-figs. 83 &, 84), remai-kable for the outward 

 extension of the bay or bez tines, and made the following 

 i-emarks : — 



" The antlers I exhibit were bought in Moscow on my return 

 from Formosa in May 1912 of Mr. Lorenz, who informed me that 



