PKOCEEDINGS 



GENERAL MEETINGS FOR SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON 



EXHIBITIONS AND NOTICES. 



November 12, 1913. 



Dr. A. Smith Woodward, F.R.S., Yice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the Additions that 

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

 October, ^"12. 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of October were 259 in number. Of these, 120 were 

 acquired by presentation, 64 by purchase, 31 were received on 

 deposit, 33 in exchange, and 11 were born in the Gardens. 



The number of departures during the same period, by death 

 and removals, was 262. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be directed to : — 



1 African Buffalo (Bubahos caffei') $ , from the Sezibwa Swamp, 

 Uganda, presented by H. M. Birch, Esq., on October 22nd. 



1 Fossa {Cryptoproota ferox) S, from Madagascar, purchased 

 on October 23rd. 



1 Pampas Cat [Felis pajeros), 1 Pampas Cavy(CaCT'a rufescens), 

 3 Pampas Gerbilles [Reithrodon typicus)^ 2 Pampas Field-Mice 

 (Akodon arenicola), 1 Argentine Mocking-Bird {Mimus modu- 

 lator), and 3 Pelzeln's Saffron-Finches (Syccdis pelzelni), from 

 ■ Argentina, the five last-named new to the Collection, presented 

 by Wilfred A. Smithers, Esq., on October 16th. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc— 1913, No. I. 1 



