No. 126. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON/ 



November 25th, 1913. 



Prof. E. W. MacBride, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Scientific Meeting were confirmed. 



The Secretary read a Report on the Additions made to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of October, 1913. 



Mr. R. H. BuRNE, M.A., F.Z.S., showed some specimens of foetal 

 skeletons prepared by the Beale-Schultze method. The fcetus 

 after being dehydrated is soaked in 1-3 per cent, caustic potash 

 and finally mounted in glycerine. By this procedure the soft 

 parts become almost completely transparent, leaving any calcareous 

 deposit opaque. 



The specimens shoAvn were foetuses of the Fowl, Horse, and 

 Man. In the Fowl attention was drawn to the three separate 

 metatarsals that at an older stage fuse to form the single tarso- 

 metatarsus. In the same way in the Horse, the ossifying shafts 

 of the ulna, fibula, and splint-bones could be clearly distinguished. 



A specimen of the skeleton of a Starfish {Asterias rubens), 

 prepared by the same method, was also exhibited. 



Prof. H. Maxwell Leproy, F.Z.S., Hon. Curator of the Insect 

 House, briefly described the arrangement of this new building, 

 the progress made with the fitting-up of the interior, and the 

 installation of and method of displaying the exhibits. 



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