No. 223. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.* 



February 7th, 1922. 



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

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read a Report upon the Additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie diunng the months of November and 

 December, 1921. 



Mr. A. H. Evans, F.Z.S., exhibited, and made remarks upon, 

 a series of Cuckoos' eggs ta.ken near Cambridge. 



Mr. C. W. HoBLEY, C.M.G., G.M.Z.S., gave a resume of his 

 paper on " The Fauna of East Africa and its Future," and drew 

 special attention to the urgent need for immediate action being 

 taken, if the rapidly disappearing herds of Big Game are to be 

 preserved from total extinction. 



Lord Clifford of Chudleigh, F.Z.S., exhibited, and made 

 remarks upon, a series of photographs of Nototherium mitclielli. 



Miss L. E. CHEESMAisr, F.E.S., gave an account of the position 

 and function of the Siphon in the Amphibious Mollusc A7)ipid- 

 laria vermiformis. 



Mr. G. C. RoBsoN, F.Z.S., exhibited, and made remarks upon, 

 a series of models demonstrating the respiratory mechanism of 

 A tnpullaria vermiforinis. 



* This Abstract is published by the Society at its oiRces, Zoological Gardens, 

 Regent's Park, N.W., on the Tuesday following the date of Meeting to which 

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