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Show 1886.] THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 417 November 16, 1886. Prof. W. H. Flower, LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The Secretary read the following reports on the additions made to the Society's Menagerie during the months of June, July, August, September, and October, 1886:- The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of June was 226, of which 24 were by birth, 129 by presentation, 52 by purchase, and 21 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period by death and removals was 120. The following are of special interest:- 1. A Glaucous Macaw (Ara glauca), purchased of the Zoological Gardens, Antwerp, June 3rd. Of this near ally of Lear's Macaw1 we have not previously possessed a living specimen. The present species is of nearly the same size and general coloration as A. leari, but is at once distinguishable by the glaucous blue of the body. 2. T w o young Tcheli Monkeys (Macacus tcheliensis), presented by Dr. S. W . Bushell, C.M.Z.S., of Pekin, June 17th, obtained from the mountains near the "Jung-ling," or Eastern Mausoleum of the reigning dynasty of China, which is situated some 70 miles east of Pekin. The animals are covered with a thick fur, which fits them to endure the bitterly cold winter of this part of Northern China, where the thermometer frequently goes below zero of Fahrenheit. W e are also indebted to Dr. Bushell for former examples of this Monkey. 3. A Bald Ouakari (Brachyurus calvus), d > purchased 12th June, of a dealer in Liverpool, new to the Society's collection. Of the curious Monkeys of the genus Brachyurus, on which our late Prosector, M r . Forbes, wrote an excellent paper in 1880 (see P. Z. S. 1880, p. 627), we have already had specimens of B. melanocephalus and B. rubicundus, and we have now for the first time an example of the perhaps still more curious B. calvus, which, according to Castlenau, is confined to the forests on the north bank of the Amazons, between the rivers Putumayo and Japura. The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of July were 166 in number ; of these 82 were acquired by presentation, 44 by purchase, 33 by birth, and 6 were received on deposit. One young Pheasant, received during the month, was bred from some eggs laid in the Society's Gardens and sent into the country to be hatched. The total number of departures during the same period by death and removals was 105. Among the additions may be specially noticed two rare American Parrots-a Lear's Macaw (Ara leari) and a Lineolated Parrakeet (Bolborhynchus lineolatus), acquired by purchase. 1 See P. Z. S. 1879, p. 551 PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1886, No. XXVIII. 28 |
