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Show 670 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO T H E MENAGERIE. [Nov. 1, two forms (Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3, vol. xx. p. 181) ; and, as will be allowed by every body, the comparison of the living specimens serves to confirm their distinctness. The chief noticeable differences in the living animals are the more hairy body, especially on the lower back and flanks, the shorter, thicker tail, and the shorter head and ears in the 0. capensis. The insides of the nostrils at their openings are thickly covered with hair in 0. capensis, which is not nearly so much the case in 0. cethiopicus. The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of August 1870 was 179; of these, 5 were by birth, 37 by presentation, 49 by purchase, and 88 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removal, was 96. The most noticeable of the additions were:- 1. A Pluto Monkey (Cercopithecus pinto) from West Africa, purchased August 3rd. This is a scarce species which was described and figured by Dr. Gray in the Society's ' Proceedings' as long ago as 1848 (cf. P. Z. S. 1848, p. 56, M a m m . pl. in.). I am not aware that there has ever been a second living example in the Society's Menagerie. The Pluto Monkey is perhaps most closely allied to C. albogularis, Sykes. 2. Two Pheasants of a species allied to Phasianus colchicus, deposited by Mr. J.J. Stone on the 14th of August. These Pheasants had arrived from one of Mr. Stone's Chinese collectors in company with specimens of Thaumalea amherstice, and were doubtless from the same locality-that is, from the slopes of the Yung-ling mountains beyond Ta-kien-leu, on the Chinese confines of Thibet. Mr. Elliot has lately described this species (Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. vi. p. 312), and proposed to call it Phasianus elegans. 3. Three Roseate Spoonbills (Platalea ajaja), purchased August 14th, being the first examples of this species ever received alive by the Society. The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of September 1870 was 76 ; of these, 4 were bv birth, 53 by presentation, 10 by purchase, 3 by exchange, and 6 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removal was 133. Amongst the additions the most remarkable were:- J. A Red-necked Bustard (Eupodotis ruficollis), purchased September 1st, having been imported from Natal by Capt. A. Davis. This large Bustard has never been previously exhibited alive in the Society's Gardens. 2. Two female Dorsal Squirrels (Sciurus dorsalis, Gray), received from the Jardin d'Acclimatation of Paris on the 7th of September, and making with the two males already in the Society's Gardens two pairs of this beautiful Squirrel. Sciurus dorsalis was first described by Dr. Gray in the Society's ' Proceedings' in 1848, from specimens obtained by M . Salic in Nicaragua (cf. P. Z. S. 1848, p. 148, M a m m. |
