No. 229. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



May 9th, 1922. 



Di\ A. Smith Woodward, F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary exhibited, and made remarks upon, a medal 

 struck to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Royal 

 Academy of Belgium. 



Mr. F. Martin Duncan, F.Z.S., exhibited, and made remarks 

 upon, a series of cinematograph-films illvistrating various stages 

 in the life-history of the Wood-Ant {Formica rufa) and of the 

 Common Wasp {Vesper gerinanica), and asked the Society to 

 accept the series for its Zoological Film Library. 



Dr. Ohas. F. Sonntag, F.Z.S., exhibited, and made remarks 

 upon, a series of specimens and lantern-slides illustrating some 

 points in the Anatomy and Physiology of Whales. 



Dr. Chas. F. Sonntag, F.Z.S., gave a resume of his paper 

 " The Comparative Anatomy of the Tongues of the Mammalia. — 

 VII. Cetacea, Sirenia, and Ungulata." 



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