No. 113. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.^ 



Novemljer 12tli, 1912. 

 Dr. A. Smith Woodward, F.R.S., Yice-Piesident, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Scientific Meeting were confirmed. 



The Secretary read a report on the Additions that had been 

 made to the Society's Menageiie during the month of October, 

 1912. 



The Secretary exhibited a photograph of the Hainan Gibbon 

 {Hylohates hainanus) in natural colours, taken by Messrs. Elliott 

 & Fry, by the Lumiere process. 



Mr. G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S., F.Z.S., exhibited a specimen, 

 155 mm. long, of the African Cichlid VBvch{IIemichroniis himacu- 

 latus Gill), which had recently died in Capt. Yipan's aquarium. 

 The specimen was remarkable for its large size. Although the 

 species is common over a considerable part of Africa, and himdreds 

 of specimens have been collected in various localities, no wild 

 example is known to exceed a length of 100 mm. 



This Hemichromis is tinged with bright red about the head 

 and on the fins, and, as was noticed in the ' Fishes of the ISTile,' 

 p. 462, this red is soluble in spirit, which, a few hours after the 

 immersion of the fish, acquires a bright orange-red colour. 



Mr. Edward Gerrard exhibited the skull of an Indian 

 Rhinoceros {Rhinoceros ^inicornis) which had recently died in 

 the Society's Gardens. He pointed out that abscesses had been 

 formed at the base of the lower incisors, which had been much 



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