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Show PROCEEDINGS OF THE GENERAL MEETINGS FOR SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 1906, Vol. I. (January to April). January 16, 1906. HOWARD SAUNDERS. Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. The Secretary read the following report on the additions that had been made to the Society's Menagerie in December 1905:- The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of December were 203 in number. Of these 26 were acquired by presentation and 25 by purchase, 108 were received on deposit, 42 by exchange, and 2 were born in the Gardens. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 182. Amongst the additions special attention may be directed to :- An Agile Gibbon (Hylobates agilis), from Sumatra, deposited on Dec. 16th. A Cross's Guenon {Cercopithecus crossi), from the Cameroons, deposited on Dec. 29th. New to the Collection. A Grysbok {Nototragus melanotis), from South Africa, deposited on Dec. 18th. A Snowy Owl {jVyctea scandiaca), from Arctic Europe, purchased on Dec. 16th. A Madagascar Tree-Boa {Coralius madagascariensis), deposited on Dec. 19th. The Secretary also exhibited a series of photographs of the Red PROC: ZOOL. Soc-1906, V O L . I. No. I. 1 |