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Show 1878.] ON BIRDS FROM DUKE-OF-YORK ISLAND, ETC. 289 March 5, 1878. Prof. Newton, F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of February 1878 :- The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of February was 63, of which 27 were acquired by presentation, 17 by purchase, 4 by exchange, 6 were bred in the Gardens, and 9 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 93. The most noticeable additions during the month of February were A pair of Leopards (Felis leopardus), obtained from Capt. Phillips, of the S.S. 'Mesopotamia,' February 18th. These Leopards, which were brought from the Persian Gulf by Capt. Phillips on his last voyage, are remarkable for their long hairy coats, bushy tails, and pale body-colour, which reminds one rather of the Ounce (Felis uncia). They are probably from some part of the mountainous district of Persia. Mr. Sclater exhibited a second collection of birds from Duke-of- York Island, New Britain, and New Ireland, which he had received from the Rev. G. Brown, C.M.Z.S. These were mostly duplicates of the collection brought before the Society on the 19th of February last year1, and consisted of examples of the following species:- 1. Rhipidura setosa. 12. Centropus ateralbus. 2. Monarcha alecto. 13. Eclectus polychlorus. 3. Dicranostreptus megarhyn- 14. Nasiterna pusio. chus. 15. Lorius hypcenochrous. 4. Nectarinia aspasia. 16. Carpophaga rubricera. 5. frenata. 17. van-wycki. 6. Philemon cockerelli. 18. GEdirhinus insolitus. 7. Calornis nitida. 19. Chalcophaps stephani. 8. Gracula krefifti. 20. Calcenas nicobarica. 9. Corvus orru. 21. Megapodius eremita. 10. Dendrochelidon mystacea. 22. Tringoides hypoleucos. 11. Halcyon sanctus. 23. Tringa acuminata. Mr. Sclater called special attention to the following specimens, read the subjoined notes on them :- 6. PHILEMON COCKERELLI (I. c. p. 104). Two additional examples of this Philemon, both from New Britain, are in the collection. The species is exactly of the same form as P. plumigenis (Tropidorhynchus plumigenys, G. R. Gray, P.Z.S. 1 See P. Z. S. 1877, p. 96; also Mr. Ramsay's notes on the same collection, Proc. Linn. Soc. New S. Wales, vol. i. p. 369. PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1878, No. XIX. 19 |