THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 



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EXHIBITIONS AND NOTICES. 



February 5th, 1918. 



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

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following Report on the Additions 

 made to the Society's Menagerie during the months of November 

 and December, 1917 : — 



November. 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of November were 38 in number. Of these 28 were 

 acquired by presentation and 10 were received on deposit. 



The number of departures during the same period, by death 

 and removals, was 88. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be directed 

 to :— 



1 Brindled Gnu {Gorgon taurinus) $ , from South Africa, 

 deposited on November 21st. 



1 Wilson's Bird of Paradise (Schlegelia wilsoni\ from Waigiou, 

 and 2 Himalayan Goldfinches (Carduelis caniceps), presented l>v 

 Alfred Ezra, F.Z.S. 



1 Lesser Vasa Parrot (Coracopsis nigra), from Madagascar, 

 presented by The Marquess of Tavistock, F.Z.S. 



December. 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of December were 17 in number. Of these 7 were 

 acquired by presentation and 10 were received on deposit. 



The number of departures during the same period, by death 

 and removals, was 81. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be directed 

 to:— 



1 Grey Seal (Halichcerus grypus), from the North Sea, presented 

 by T. Witherwick on December 24th. 



1 European Flamingo (Phcenicopterus roseus), from S. Europe; 

 2 South- American Flamingoes (Ph. chilensis), from S. America ; 

 2 Black-necked Swans (Cygnus rneJanocephalus) and 2 Coscoroba 

 Swans [Coscoroba coscoroba), from S. America : deposited on 

 December 31st. 



Mr. D. Seth Smith, F.Z.S., Curator of Birds, exhibited and 

 remarked on a series of lantern-slides made from photographs 



