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ABSTRACT OF THE PHOCEEDINGS 



OP THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.^ 



April 22nd, 1913. 

 E. T. Newton, Esq., F.R.S., in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Scientific Meeting were confirmed. 



Mr. R. H. BuRNE, M.A., F.Z.S., exhibited two pairs of 

 deformed antlers of an Axis Deer (Cervus axis), lately presented 

 to the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons by Capt. Stanley 

 S. Flower, F.Z.S. The deer was born in the Giza Zoological Gardens 

 in 1899, the deformed antlers being shed in 1905 and 1906. The 

 second pair showed a common malformation, i. e. duplicity of the 

 brow tine, but the first pair suggested rather an injury during 

 growth than a congenital malformation. At a similar point in 

 each antler the beam was abruptly bent inwards upon itself at a 

 very acute angle. The apical tines also were stunted, probably 

 owing to an interference with the blood-supply brought about by 

 the sharp i»end in the beam. 



Mr. E. G. BouLENGER, F.Z.S., Curator of Reptiles, exhibited a 

 number of living specimens of the Leaf -Insect [Phyllmm cruri- 

 folium), presented to the Society by Dr. Alfred Russell, which 

 had been reared from eggs laid in captivity, and which showed 

 various stages of development. 



Dr. S. F. Harmer, F.R.S., F.Z.S., read a paper on "The 

 Polyzoa of Waterworks." He gave some account of the serious 

 trouble which had been caused by the occtu-rence of a rich and 



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