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Show 1901.] ON THE MAMMALS OF THE BALEARIC ISLANDS. 35 February 5, 1901. H O W A R D S A U N D E R S , Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. Before proceeding with the ordinary business of the Meeting the Chairman made the following remarks :- This being the first meeting of the Zoological Society of London since the sad event which has placed the British Empire and the whole civilized world in mourning, it seems befitting that, even at a Scientific Meeting, allusion should be made to the great loss which this Society has sustained by the death of our beloved Queen, who was not merely our Patroness, but also a generous benefactor of the Society. Inasmuch, however, as an Address of Condolence to His Majesty the King on this sad event will be prepared by the Council tomorrow, it seems unnecessary to say more upon the present occasion. The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of January 1901:- The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of January was 92, of which 31 were by presentation, 8 by purchase, 50 were received on deposit, and 3 were born in the Menagerie. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 165. Amongst these special attention may be called to the three examples of the Open-bill (Anastomus oscitans) purchased on January 4th, being the first examples of this anomalous Stork received by the Society. Mr. Sclater called attention to the fine specimen of Prejevalsky's Horse (Equus prejevalskii) now mounted and exhibited in the large Gallery of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle of Paris. A recent letter from Mons. Oustalet had assured Mr. Sclater (in answer to enquiries) that there were, without doubt, callosities ("chestnuts") on the hind as well as on the fore legs of this animal, so that it would have to be placed in the typical section of the genus Equus, and was, in Mr. Sclater's opinion, in all probability a descendant of the original stock whence the Horse of domesticity (Equus caballus) had been derived. M. Oustalet would prepare a figure and description of this specimen very shortly. The following papers were read:- 1. On the Mammals of the Balearic Islands. B y O L D F I E L D T H O M A S , F.Z.S. [Eeceived December 18, 1900.] In the spring of last year Mr. E. I. Pocock and I made a trip to the Balearic Islands in order to procure zoological specimens 3* |