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Show PROCEEDINGS OP THE SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. • January 2, 1877. Prof. Newton, F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. The following report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of December 1876 was read by the Secretary :- The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of December 1876 was 68, of which 36 were obtained by presentation, 10 by purchase, 1 by exchange, and 21 were received ou deposit. The total number of departures during the same period by death and removals was 85. The most noticeable additions during the month were :- 1. A Snowy Owl (Nyctea nivea) captured in the west of Ireland, and presented to the Society by Mr. John Kendall, December 4th. I take this opportunity of calling the attention of the Society to the abundance of specimens of the Snowy Owl during the present winter. One of the dealers in Liverpool writes that he has received at least thirty specimens from vessels crossing the Atlantic to that port. Besides the present bird two other recently acquired examples are living in the Society's collection. Letters from America also speak of the unusual abundance of this bird in the Northern States, and in the adjoining districts of Canada. 2. Three Mexican Jays (Cyanocorax luxuosus), purchased December 9th, being the first specimens of this handsome bird that have reached us alive. P R O C . Z O O L . S o c - 1 8 7 7 , No. I. 1 |