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Show PROCEEDINGS OP THE SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. January 17, 1888. Dr. A. Giinther, 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 December 1887 :- The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of December was 35, of which 17 were by presentation, 2 by birth, 2 by purchase, 2 by exchange, and 12 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 117. Amongst these I may call attention to a small Fox from Afghanistan, presented by Lieut.-Col. Sir Oliver B. C. St. John, K.C.S.I., F.Z.S., which should probably be referred to the species shortly noticed by Blyth (Journal As. Soc. Bengal, vol. xxiii. p. 730, 1884) as Vulpes griffithi. It is, however, as Mr. Blanford informs me, somewhat doubtful whether the species is really distinct from Vulpes leucopus (Blyth), the small Desert-Fox of "Western India. This specimen has been lodged in the New Wolves' and Foxes' Dens lately finished, to which I wish to call special attention, as this is the first occasion on which our specimens of the genus Canis have been arranged in a connected series. I add a list of the specimens now living in the collection :- List of Specimens of the Genus Canis now living in the Society's Gardens. 1, 2. Canis lupus, 3 2 • Received in exchange, Dec. 5, 1887. 3. Canis lupus, 3 • Presented by C. S. Hardy, Esq., Dec. 14, 1887. This is a large animal of unknown origin, and may possibly be referable to Canis occidentalis of North America. PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1888, No. I. 1 |
