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Show 1901.] THE SECRETARY ON AUDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE, 165 March 5, 1901. W. T. BLANFORD, Esq., LL.D., F.E.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. The Secretary read the following report ou the additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of February 1901:- The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of February was 118, of which 38 were by presentation, 21 by purchase, 4 were received in exchange and 49 on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 139. Among the additions special attention may be called to :- (1) A n August Amazon (Chrysotis augusta) from Dominica, obtained by purchase on February 11th. Upon one occasion only have we previously received a living example of this fine bird, viz. on May 12th, 1865 (see P. Z. S. 1865, p.437). W e have now no less than three of these rare Antillean Parrots represented in the Society's Collection, viz., Chrysotis versicolor, from St. Lucia (received Oct. 2, 1900), C. bouqueii, from Dominica (obtained Oct. 31, 1900), and the present species C. augusta. (2) A Guinea-fowl obtained from Rabat, Morocco, and presented to the Society by G. E. Neroutsos, Esq., H.B.M. Vice-Consul at that Port, on February 15th. When staying at Tangier in October last I was informed of the occurrence of a wild Guinea-fowl in the vicinity of Rabat, and requested the assistance of Mr. H . E. White, C.M.Z.S., H.B.M. Consul, to obtain specimens for the Society. Mr. White kindly wrote to Mr. Neroutsos on the subject, and, after several ineffectual shipments, we have, through his kindness, received a single specimen. I was hoping that, from the locality, it would turn out to be something new, but so far as I can tell at present, it appears to be nothing more than the ordinary Nv.mida meleagris. However, the locality, so far as I know, is a new one for this bird, unless, as is possible, it may have been introduced, as has been the case in some of the Cape de Verde Islands. Several enquiries having been made as to the specimens of the Quagga (Equus quagga) that have lived in the Society's Menagerie, I may state that, on looking into the books, I can only discover records of three Quaggas having been received, as follows :- 1. Purchased Nov. 5th, 1831. There is no record as to the death of this animal, but it may probably be the same specimen that was afterwards in the Society's Museum. See Waterhouse's Cat, of M a m m . p. 37 (1838). 2. Fenude. Purchased March 15th, 1851. Died July 7th, 1872. The specimen was sold to Mr. E. Gerrard, and is now in tlie Zoological Museum at Tring. Of this animal I exhibit a photograph taken in the summer of 1870 by Messrs. York and Son (see text-fig. 47, p. 166). PROC ZOOL. Soc-1901, VOL. I. No. XII. 12 |
