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Show PROCEEDINGS OF THE GENERAL MEETINGS FOR SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 1903, Vol. II. (May to December). • May 12, 1903. Dr, HENRY WOODWARD, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. The Secretary read the following report on the additions that had been made to the Society's Menagerie in April 1903:- The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of April were 200 in number. Of these 86 were acquired by presentation and 2 by purchase, 14 were born in the Gardens, 97 were received on deposit and 1 in exchange. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 94. Among the additions special attention may be called to the following:- A Bactrian Camel {Camelus bactrianus), born in the Menagerie April 1st. AJHeshok{Bamaliscitsalbifrons), received in exchange April 8th. Two Green Geckos {Phelsuma maclagascariense), deposited by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P., F.Z.S., April 11th. A large collection of South African animals presented by Col. A. T. Sloggett, C.M.G., April 25th. PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1903, V O L . II. No. I. 1 |