Journal of the Fauna Preservation Society December 1968

Peru's Endangered Mammals A Javan Rhino Calf New Plan for Ngorongoro The Spectacled Bear

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Patron HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

President The Marquess of Willlngdon

Vice-Presidents Syed W. Ameer All, CIE, ICS (Retd.) Professor J. G. Baer (Switzerland) Colonel Mervyn Cowie, CBE, EO The Lord Hurcomb, GCB, KBE Sir Julian Huxley, FRS HH The Maharajah of Mysore, 6CB, GCSI (India) Falrfleld Osborn, ScD, LLD (USA) Captain C. R. S. Pitman, CBE, DSO, MC Sir Landsborough Thomson, CB, DSc Professor Sir Solly Zuckerman, OM, KCB, DSc, FRS

Hon. Treasurer Ian D. Malcoimson, TD Hon. Secretary Richard Fitter

Council Peter Scott, CBE, DSC Chairman Sir Terence Morrison-Scott, DSC, DSc Vice-Chairman Sir Henry Abel Smith, KCMG Ian Macphail KCVO, DSO Lady Medway Lt. Col. C. L. Boyle, OBE Guy Mountfort The Earl of Cranbrook, CBE Anthony Smith F. Fraser Darling, DSc, FRSE Mrs Diana Spearman James Fisher Major W. N. Scott Sir Dudley Forwood, Bt W. H. Thorpe, ScD, FRS Sir Berkeley Gage, KCMG G. K. Whitehead Marcus Kimball, MP Dr E. B. Worthington

Editor of Oryx Mrs Maisie Fitter

Administrative Miss Elizabeth Giles Secretary

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Address c/o Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London NW1 Tel.: 01-586 0872

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The FPS Annual General Meeting will be held on June 11th, 1969. There will be a wine and cheese supper, and members will be able to visit the Zoo which is having one of its late openings.

FPS TOURS Galapagos Islands: we have made arrangements for FPS members to join the Lindblad cruise ship to the Galapagos Islands, leaving London on April 29th; cabins range from £850 per person, including the air- fare from London. If sufficient FPS members wish to go on this tour, arrangements will be made to appoint a leader and for the party to travel together. India: there are still places on the tour of India, in February 1969, which will include Periyar Sanctuary in South India, Kanha National Park in Central India, the Sariska and Keoladeo Ghana Sanctuaries and the Gir Forest in northern India, the Taj Mahal, Akbar's Tomb and Delhi. East Africa: the East African tour covering sanctuaries and parks in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, led by our Vice-President, Colonel Mervyn Cowie, also has a few vacancies. This leaves on June 29th and lasts 20 days. In June also there is a guided 12-day tour to Iceland and a 15-day coach and minibus tour of northern England and Scotland, starting from Newcastle and including the Fame Islands, the Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth, Handa and the Cairngorm Mountains. For all Tour enquiries, please consult Miss Giles at the FPS office.

JUMBLE SALE Mrs J. E. Jessup, a member of the Society, has very kindly offered to hold a Jumble Sale in aid of the FPS/WWF Revolving Fund. This will be in St Philip's Church Hall, Earls Court Road, London SW5, on Saturday, February 22nd, at 2.00 p.m. Mrs Jessup needs some help (both male and female please) in the organising and setting up of the sale. If you can help her or send goods for sale, please write or ring Mrs Jessup at 17 Kensington Church Street, W8; Tel: 937 4937. The success of the sale depends on the help that Mrs Jessup receives.

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CONTENTS Page

Notes and News 383 Appeal for Linnean Collections 391 News in Brief 393

Research Station in the Jordan Desert by J. B. Nelson 394 Death of E. P. Gee 396 First Javan Rhino Calf 397

Management Policy for Tanzania's National Parks 398 Elephant Problem in the Serengeti 404 New Plan for Ngorongoro by J. D. Lockie 407

Endangered Mammals in Peru by Ian Grimwood 411 The Spectacled Bear 421 Brazil's Endangered Mammals 422

Education Officer for Galapagos 424 Water for Animals - Some Unexpected Results 425 Conservation in the Transvaal by R. Bigalke 426

Book Reviews 431 Reports and Journals 442

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