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Show 1890.] THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 411 EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. (All the figures are drawn of the natural size.) PLATE XXXV. Fig. 1. Anterior aspect of the proximal portion of the right tibio-tarsus of Gyps melitensis. 2, 2 a. Anterior and distal aspects of the distal portion of the right tibio-tarsus of Gyps melitensis. a, extensor bridge. 3. Anterior aspect of the distal portion of the right tibio-tarsus of Vultur monachus. a, extensor bridge ; c, lateral foramen. 4, 4 a. Anterior and distal aspects of the distal extremity of the right femur of Gyps melitensis. a, ectocondyle ; b, entocondyle; c, fibular ridge; d, fossa for muscular or ligamental attachment. 5, 5 a. Anterior and distal aspects of the distal extremity of the right femur of Vultur monachus. Letters as in figs. 4, 4 a. 6. Distal extremity of the left tarso-metatarsus of Gyps melitensis. 7. Distal extremity of the left tarso-metatarsus of Vultur monachus. 8. Proximal phalangeal of the third digit of the pes of Gyps melitensis. 9. Terminal phalangeal of the pes of Gyps melitensis. PLATE XXXVI. Fig. 1. Distal portion of the left tarso-metatarsus of Grus antigone. 2, 2 a. Anterior and distal aspects of the distal extremity of the left tarso-metatarsus of Grus melitensis. 3. Ventral aspect of the right coracoid of Grus antigone. a, head; b, border of glenoid surface; c, subclavicular process. 4. Ventral aspect of the proximal portion of the right coracoid of Grus melitensis. Letters as in fig. 3. 5, 5 a, 5 b. Anterior, distal, and posterior aspects of the distal extremity of the left tibio-tarsus of Grus melitensis. a, extensor bridge ; b, tubercle on same. 6. Anterior aspect of the distal portion of the left tibio-tarsus of Grus antigone. Letters as in fig. 5. 7,7 a, 7 b. Imperfect cervical vertebra of Gyps melitensis. prz, prezyga-pophysis; ptz, postzygapopbysis. June 3, 1890. Prof. Flower, C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of May 1890 : - The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of May was 152, of which 96 were by presentation, 19 by birth, 24 by purchase, 2 were received in exchange, and 11 on deposit, The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 86. Amongst these special attention may be called to the following : - 1. A pair of the Hartebeest Antelope (Alcelaphus caama), obtained by purchase May 5. Like most of the South-African Antelopes, this species is now becoming very scarce and is seldom imported. W e have had no specimens of it in the Society's Gardens for the past ten years. 2. A pair of Beatrix Antelopes (Oryx beatrix), presented by Col. E. C. Ross, C.S.I., H.B.M.'s Consul-General at Bushire. This Arabian representative of the Antelopes of the genus Oryx is a |