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Show 1873.] THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 683 gerie during the month of June 1873 was 222; of which 58 were by birth, 75 by presentation, 42 by purchase, 2 by exchange, and 45 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 108. The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of July 1 873 was 189; of which 19 were by birth, 49 by presentation, 89 by purchase, 13 by exchange, and 19 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period by death and removals was 94. In the month of July the most noticeable additions were :- 1. A Rock-hopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) from the Falkland Islands, presented July 1st by J. M . Deane, Esq., being the first example of this species that has ever reached us. 2. A Tabuan Parrakeet (Pyrrhulopsis tabuensis), purchased July 7th, being the first living example of this scarce and beautiful species that I have ever seen alive. W e have now specimens of each of the three known species of this peculiar Feejeean form of Parrots living in the collection-namely, P. tabuensis, P. splendens, and P. personata. 3. T w o female Argus Pheasants (Argusgiganteus) from Malacca, presented by Sir Harry Ord, K.C.B., Governor of the Straits Settlements, August 14th. This welcome addition makes up two pairs of this bird now in the collection, two males having been previously presented (in M a y 1872) by J. G. Fanshawe, Esq., F.Z.S. The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of August 1873 was 108; of these 14 were by birth, 46 by presentation, 20 by purchase, 2 by exchange, and 26 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 104. The most noticeable of the additions were :- 1. A White-headed Saki (Pithecia leucocephala), purchased August 14th of Lieut. A. S. Bell, by whom it had been obtained from the Indians in the vicinity of the Kaieteur Falls in Demerara. One example only of this rare American Monkey has been previously living in the Society's Menagerie*. 2. Two Robben-lsland Snakes (Coronella phocarum), presented August 29th by the Rev. G. H . R. Fisk, Colonial Chaplain. Having heard of the death of the example of this Snake previously received, upon which the species was established by Dr. Gunther (P. Z. S. 1872, p. 837), M r. Fisk has kindly procured and forwarded two others from the same island, where they are stated by Mr. Fisk to grow to a large size. The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of September 1873 was 90 ; of these, 3 were by birth, 42 by presentation, 10 by purchase, 1 by exchange, and 34 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removal, was 1411. The most noticeable of the additions were:- 1. A pair of Ceylonese Jungle-fowls (Gallus Stanleyi), presented * See ' Revised List of Vertebrates,' p. 24. |