ON SNAKES FROM EAST AFRICA. 



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Mr. E. H. BuRNE, M.A., F.Z.S., exhibited a series of Pigs' 

 mandibles from the New Hebrides, showing overgrowth of the 

 lower tusk owing to removal of the maxillary tusk. 



April ISth, 1920. 



A. Smith Woodward, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



Mr. R. I. PooocK, F.R.S., exhibited and made remarks on two 

 specimens of Fournier's Hutia [Ca'promys pilovides)^ now living 

 in the Society's Menagerie. 



Mr. R. I. PococK, F.R.S., gave an exhibition, illustrated by 

 lantern-slides, to show the difierences in external characters 

 between the Ratel {Mellivora) and the Wolverene {Gnlo). He 

 pointed out that Mr. Gerrit Miller's suggestion that the two- 

 genera were related was unsupported by the facts. 



April 27th, 1920. 



A. Smith Woodward, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following Report on the Additions to 

 the Society's Menagerie during the month of March 1920 : — 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during 

 the month of March were 106 in number. Of these 20 were 

 acquired by presentation, 64 were deposited, 15 were purchased, 

 3 were received in exchange, and 4 were born in the Menagerie. 



The following may be specially mentioned : — 



1 Lion [Felis leo), from Sennar, presented by the 8th Battn. 

 of the Hampshire Regt., on March 24th. 



1 Eland {Taurotragus oryx)^ born in the Menagerie on 

 March 15th. 



2 Barbary Sheep {Ammotragus lervia), from Morocco, presented 

 by LI.M. The King, on March 16th. 



Mr. Arthur Loveridge exhibited and made remarks on a 

 collection of Snakes which he had obtained in East Africa during 

 the years 1915-1919. 



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