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Show 418 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [Nov. 22, you quote my letter; but the fact is still more extraordinary, since I find, now that the birds are in full plumage, that instead of Dendrocygna vagans, they are of a species never, I believe, before seen so far south (and these were captured near Port Macquarie), viz. the D. (Leptotarsis) eytoni. They are now in fine plumage in our Aviary in the Gardens, and I hope Broughton will be able to take them to you next time he leaves for England." The Secretary called the attention of the Meeting to several additions to the Society's Menagerie which had been made during the past summer, amongst which were particularly noticed as being of special interest the following :- 1. T w o Cocks of the Rock (Rupicola crocea) from Demerara, presented July 4th by J. Lncie Smith, Esq., R.W. I. M . S. S. ' Tamar.' 2. T w o males of the Pallas's Eared Pheasant, Crossoptilon auri-tum, presented July 13th by Dudley E. Saurin, Esq., recently attached to the British Embassy at Pekin. Mr. Saurin had unfortunately lost the females of this remarkable species of Pheasant during the journey home ; but the Society had more recently acquired two examples believed to be of the latter sex from the Jardin d'Acclimatation of Paris. 3. Six Australian Wild Ducks (Anas superciliosa, Gm.), two specimens of an Australian Artamus (A. superciliosus), and a Straw-necked Ibis (Geronticus spinicollis), presented bv the Acclimatation Society of Melbourne, July 20th, 1866. 4. Three Ruddy Flamingos (Pharnicopterus ruber) from North America, purchased August 3rd, 1866 ; not previously exhibited in the Society's Menagerie. 5. A White-necked Stork (Ciconia leucocephala, Gm.), presented by Mrs. D. Campbell, August 10th, from Western Africa; believed not to have been previously exhibited in the Society's Gardens. 6. A pair of the Markhore Goat (Capra megaceros), presented to the Menagerie by Major F. R. Pollock, and received August 24th last. The male had been obtained for Major Pollock by Lieut. Cavagnari from the hills north of Dera Ismail Khan, in February 1863, when about four or five days old. The female had been obtained in the same locality in M a y 1864, when it was apparently about a month old. 7. A Blue-cheeked Barbet (Megalarma asiatica) and four specimens of the Himalayan Leiothrix lutea imported from Calcutta, both species being new to the Society's collection. 8. A fine adult male example of the Jew-Monkey (Pithecia sa-tanas), purchased October 15th. 9. A Formosan Bear, purchased for the Society by Mr. R. Swinhoe, F.Z.S., as typical of his species Ursus formosanus (Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 380, and Gray, ibid. p. 689), and received October 25th. As far as could be told by external appearance of the living animal, this specimen appeared quite identical with the Himalayan Bear (Ursus tibetanus, F. Cuv.), of which two examples were in the Society's Menagerie. |
