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Show PROCEEDINGS OF TIIE GENERAL MEETINGS FOR SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS OF TIIE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON 1903, Vol. I. (January to April). January 20, 1903. Prof. G. B. H o w e s , D .S c., 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 December 1902 :- The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of December 1902 were 30 in number. Of these 15 were acquired by presentation, 1 was born in the Gardens, and 10 were received on deposit and 4 in exchange. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 141. Amongst the additions worthy of notice are two very fine specimens of the One-wattled Cassowary (Casuarius uniappendiculatus), from New Guinea, deposited by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P., F.Z.S., on Dec. 30th. Mr. P. L. Sclater read an extract from a letter from Messrs. Stagmann, Esselen & Roos, of Pretoria, dated Dec. 8th, 1902, and addressed to Major W . H. Birkbeck of the Remount Department, Joliannesberg, from which it appeared that the hybrid Zebra, placed under the Society's care by the King on July 19th, 1902 P roc. Z ool. Soc.- 1903, V ol. I. No. I. 1 |
