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Show 1867.] MR. SCLATER ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 817 History'* a note respecting this scarce bird, which he believed to be the true Tribonyx mortieri of D u Bus, while the bird figured under that name by Mr. Gould (B. Austr. vi. pl. 71) appeared to be different, and had been proposed to be called Tribonyx gouldi. 3. Seven Ground-squirrels (Xerus getulus), from the province of Haha in Morocco, presented to the Society by Sir John Drummond- Hay, K.C.B., C.M.Z.S.f 4. A young Hornbill from West Africa (Buceros elatus, Temm. Pl. Col. p. 521), purchased August 19th. 5. A pair of Sommerring's Antelopes (Gazella scemmerringi, Cretzschm. Riipp. Zool. Atlas, tab. 19), purchased August 21st. A drawing by Mr. Wolf (Plate XXXVII.) was exhibited representing this beautiful species, which had not been previously exhibited in the Society's Menagerie. 6. A fine example of the black variety of the Leopard (Felis leopardus, var. nigra), presented to the Society by Major James Langford Pearse, Madras Staff Corps, August 30th. This animal was stated to have been formerly in the menagerie of the Rajah of Mysore. 7. A Bear, presented September 14th by Mr. William Scott Stone-hewer, of Ada Lodge, Old Shoreham, Sussex. Head of Ursus piscator. * Ser. 3. vol. xx. p. 122 (Aug. 1867). f This is the Xerus trivittatus of Dr. Gray (Ann. N. H. vol. x. p. 264, et ser. 3, vol. xx. p. 334), but is certainly the species known on the continent as the Sciurus getulus of Linnaeus. Dr. Peters and M. Milne-Edwards, to w h o m I have shown specimens, both recognize it as such. It is the only species of the group found in Northern Africa that I am acquainted with.-P. L. S. |
