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Show 1870.] THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 127 seems not quite decided about the distinctness of Macropus major and M. melanops. W e have now pairs of both these species living and breeding in the Society's Gardens ; and if, as I believe, the latter are rightly named, I think there can be little doubt as to these two animals being distinct. Besides its much smaller size, black face, &c., M. melanops is readily distinguishable by its nearly naked ears, which are merely sparingly covered with short blackish hairs. In this latter character M. erubescens closely resembles it. 5. A Collared Fruit-bat (Cynonycteris collaris), born in the Gardens February 27th. Cynonycteris collaris, fern, c u m catulo. |