No. 25. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.* 



January 16th, 1908. 

 Howard Saunders, Esq., Yice-Presiclent, in the Chair. 



The Secretary read a report on the additions that had been 

 made to the Society's Menagerie during the month of December 

 1905. 



The Secretary also exhibited a series of photographs of the 

 Red Deer illustiuting the growth of the antlers, which had been 

 presented to the Society by Mr. Walter Winans, F.Z.S. 



Prof. E. A. MiNCHiN, F.Z.S., exhibited a living specimen of a 

 Lemur [Gcdago) which he had brought home with him from 

 Entebbe, Uganda. 



Dr. F. G. D. Drewitt, F.Z.S. , exhibited, and made remarks 

 upon, a white variety of the Common Mole. 



Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., exhibited a skull of a Forest- 

 Pig {Hylochoirus) sent by Mr. G. L. Bates from the Oameroons, 

 thus confirming the report, already published, that Hylochoerus 

 occurred near the West Coast. The species, however, appeared 

 to be different from H. meinertzhageni, and was diagnosed as 

 follows : — 



Hylochcerus rimator, sp, n. 



General characters of skull as in H. meinertzhageni, but the 

 teeth, and especially the last molars, conspicuously narrower and 

 lighter, both above and below. 



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