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Show PROCEEDINGS OP THE SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS OP THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. ••• January 15, 1878. Robert Hudson, Esq., F.R.S., in the Chair. The following report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of December 1877 was read by the Secretary: - The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of December 1877 was 103, of which 17 were by birth, 28 by presentation, 24 by purchase, 21 by exchange, and 13 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 101. The most noticeable additions during the month were :- 1. A Family of Gelada Baboons (Cynocephalusgelada), deposited by Mr. C. Hagenbeck, December 7th, consisting of an adult male, three young males, and four females of this singular and little-known Monkey. A single example of it was once before exhibited for a short time in the Society's Menagerie ; but this is the first occasion on which we have had an opportunity of watching their curious habits and observing their grass-eating propensities. 2. A pair of Musk-deer (Moschus moschiferus), presented by Sir Richard Pollock, K.C.S.I., H.M.Z.S., Commissioner at Peshawur, N . W . P., and arrived December 15th. This is believed to be the first pair of Musk-deer that have reached Europe alive. They have been placed temporarily in one of the outer cages of the N e w Lion-house, and seem likely to do well. PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1878, No. I. 1 |