PROCEEDINGS 



GENERAL MEETINGS FOR SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



1901, Vol. II. (May to December). 



May 7, 1901. 



Prof. G. B. Howes, LL.D., F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions made 

 to the Society's Menagerie in April 1901: — 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of April were 200 in number. Of these 52 were acquired 

 by presentation, 51 by purchase, 2 were born in the Gardens, and 

 95 were received on deposit. The total number of departures 

 during the same period, by death and removals, was 156. 



His Majesty The King has ordered some animals, lately kept at 

 Windsor, to be transferred to the Society's Gardens and placed 

 under our care. Amongst these is the beautiful female Grevy's 

 Zebra (Equus grevyi) which was presented (along with a male of 

 the same animal) to Her late Majesty Queen Victoria in August 

 1899, and was subsequently removed from the Gardens (where 

 they were temporarily deposited) to Windsor. This animal is now 

 in must perfect health and condition, and through the kind efforts 

 of Lt.-Col. Harrington, H.B.M. Representative in Abyssinia, 

 we are hoping to obtain a young male of the same species. 



I may also call attention to two beautiful birds — a Rufous- 

 necked Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhimu rufiooUu) and a Golden- 

 backed Woodpecker [BrachyptemvA aurantivt) — presented on 



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