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Show 418 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [May 15, in sequence as members of the Limicolae1; and such being the case, their intimate affinities with the Thinocorinse scarcely need further notice. The bifid vomer of Numenius arquatus, as shown in fig. 3, p. 417, closely resembles that of most of the Limicolae proper. The vomer is always sharp-pointed in the Larinee, as in Sterna hirundo (fig. 1, p. 417), with which Chionis generally agrees. In Cursorius and Glareola the vomer is not expanded laterally. In them, however, there is an absence of pterygoid facets for articulation with the basisphenoid rostrum, together with a general resemblance between their palates and those of the Thinocorinae. In their myology these genera do not differ in any essential points from Thinocorus and Attagis; and it is with these that I cannot help thinking that Thinocorus and Attagis are most allied. Not in any of these genera are the pair of supraoccipital foramina to be found, which are present in nearly all the Charadriidse and the Gruidae. May 15, 1877. Prof. A. Newton, F.R.S., V..P, in the Chair. The following report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of April 1877 was read by the Secretary: - The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of April 1877 was 74, of which 28 were by presentation, 16 by purchase, 5 by exchange, 8 by birth, and 17 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period by death and removals was 105. The most noticeable additions during the month were:- 1. A Ceylon Fish-Owl (Ketupa ceylonensis), from Ceylon, presented April 4th by Capt. H. B. Turner. This fine Owl is new to our published list, and has not been represented in the Gardens for many years, though I believe we formerly had a living example of it. 2. A female Bohor Antelope ( Cervicapra bohor), transmitted by the Sultan of Zanzibar, along with other animals, to the Prince of Wales, and deposited by His Royal Highness in the Gardens on April 24th. This Antelope is new to the Society's collection. 3. A Pygmy Marmoset (Hapale pygmcea), purchased April 27th, and stated to have been obtained at Pebas, on the Upper Amazons. No previous living example of this beautiful little Marmoset has, so far as I am aware, reached Europe alive. The iris is of a clear reddish brown. 1 Vide P.Z. S. 1874, p. 123. I m ay here mention that Dr. Coues's account, in the above-quoted paper, of the myology of Chionis minor is incomplete as far as the varying muscles are concerned; and I m a y add that in both species the ambiens muscle is of fair size, the external vastus covers the biceps cruris, the femoro-caudal with its accessories and the semitendinosus with its accessories are well developed. The internal obturator is oval; and there is a slip from the biceps humeri to the patagium. There are two carotid arteries, and intestinal cteca 5 inches long in C. alba, {, inches in C. minor. |