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Show PROCEEDINGS OF THE GENERAL MEETINGS FOR SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON 1904, Vol. I. (January to April). January 19, 1904. G. A. BOULENGER, Esq., F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. The Secretary read the following report on the additions marie to the Society's Menagerie in November 1903 :- The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of November were 40 in number. Of these 9 were acquired by presentation, 2 by purchase, and 29 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 130. Amongst the additions special attention may be directed to a fine young male Orang-Utan, obtained by purchase on Nov. 27. The animal is probably about six years old, and had been tamed by sailors. It is very active and lively, much more so than Orangs usually are in captivity, when they are very liable to mope and refuse food. This Orang had been placed in a compartment of the Ape House along with the Gibbon. It was chained at first and kept under observation. The Gibbon and the Orang, however, soon made friends, and although the latter is still, as a precaution, chained at night, the experiment seems to be a success and the two apes are much more lively and in better condition because of their association. The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of December 1903 :- The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the PEOC. ZOOL. SOC-1904, VOL. I. No. I. 1 |
