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Show 1868.] ON THE BREEDING OF MAMMALS IN THE GARDENS. 623 Memb., two specimens of Ampeliceps coronatus of Blyth (J. A. S. B. vol. xi. pt. 1, p. 195, figured in Gray and Mitchell's" Gen. of Birds, pl. 81). Mr. Blyth had originally described this bird from specimens from Tennasserim. The present examples were stated to be from the northern part of Cochin-China, where it inhabits the bushy plains in small flocks of seven or eight individuals. Its habits were stated by M . Verreaux's correspondents to resemble those of the genus Acridotheres, its food consisting of locusts, grasshoppers, and other insects, which are often sought for in the vicinity of cattle. Mr. Sclater also exhibited, and made remarks upon, the skin of a male Kaleege (Euplocamus cuvieri) from Arracan, which had been presented to the Society by Mr. John Squire, C.M.Z.S., on September 4th last. The specimen appeared to agree well with Temminck's figure (Pl. Col. i.) of Lophophorus cuvieri, and was clearly intermediate between E. lineatus and E. horsfieldi. Mr. Sclater had been informed that all the Kaleeges from Arracan were of this variety, which, if this were truly the case, might be held to constitute a good geographical species. Mr. E. Blyth exhibited, aud made remarks on, some horns of supposed hybrids between the Chamois (Rupicapra tragus) and the Domestic Goat. The following papers were read :- 1. On the Breeding of Mammals in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London during the past twenty years. By P. L. S C L A T E R , M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., Secretary to the Society. The first Table subjoined gives a list of the different species of Mammals that have bred in the Society's Gardens from the commencement of the year 1848 up to the end of 1867 (that is, during a period of twenty years), and the number of instances in which each species has produced living young during the same period. It has been compiled from the " Occurrences," the Annual Reports of the Council of the Society, and from other documents. The arrangement followed is that of the fourth edition of the 'List of Vertebrated Animals living in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London' (1866). The second Table gives the total number of species that have bred in each order of Mammals, and the number of species of the same order that are enumerated in the list of Vertebrates. By this a better idea may be formed of the comparative frequency of breeding in each order, which is indicated in the third column. |