ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 



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EXHIBITIONS AND NOTICES. 



February 10th, 1920. 



. Prof. E. W. MacBride, F.R.S., F.Z.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



Mr. R. I. PococK, F.R.S., read the following Report on the 

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

 November and December, 1919 : — 



November. 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of November were 1 70 in number. Of these 83 were 

 acquired by presentation, 37 were deposited, 11 were exchanged, 

 35 were purchased, and 4 were born in the Menagerie. 



The following may be specially mentioned — 



1 Mongolian Wild Horse {Equus prjevalskii), deposited on 

 November 5th. 



1 Lion (Felis leo), from Senegambia, purchased on November 8th. 



2 Cape Hyrax {Frocavia ccqyensis), from S. Africa, purchased 

 on November 10th. 



A collection from India, including 1 Axis Deer, 5 Indian 

 Porphyrios, 1 Sarus, 2 Common Cranes, 3 Burmese Peafowd, 

 presented by David Ezra, on November 4th. 



A collection of Rej^tiles from California, including a Desert 

 Iguana [Dipsosaurus dorscdis), a Red-Ringed Snake (CoroneUa 

 zonata), and a AVestern Ring-necked Snake {CoroneUa amabilis), 

 all new to the Collection, presented b}" Dr. Cecil E. Reynolds. 



December. 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during 

 the month of December were 96 in number. Of these 38 were 

 acquired by presentation, 36 were deposited, 18 were purchased, 

 and 4 were born in the Menagerie. 



The following may be specially mentioned : — 



2 Tigers (Felis tigris), J 2 ? ^^^^^ one Caracal (Felis cajYccal)^ 

 (S , from India, presented by Alfred Ezra, Esq., Y.P.Z.S., on 

 December 30th. 



1 Spotted-necked Otter (Lutra maculicollis), new to the 

 Collection, from Sierra Leone, purchased on December 23rd. 



4 Migratory Hamsters (Cricetulus migratoi'ius), new to the 

 Collection, from Kazvin, N. Persia, presented by P. A. Buxton 

 on December 1st. 



6 Mariqua Sun-birds (Cinnyris mariquensis), new to the 

 Collection, from S. Africa, deposited on December 21st. 



