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Show 877.] THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 531 Manis tricuspis, from a drawing by Mr. Wood, F.Z.S., published in the 'Illustrated London News ' for July 28th, 1877. the o , was in a very rufous or rather ochreous-red phase of plumage; this one, I regret to say, died the day before we reached Liverpool. The one that has been placed in the Gardens is of a brown colour, and I should say is a $ bird. The four specimens I examined in life varied considerably in plumage, as much so as Buteo ferox does. 4. A Guianan crested Eagle (Morphnus guianensis), purchased May 23rd, and said to have been received from the Upper Amazons. This is the first example of this remarkable bird of prey that we have received alive. 5. A one-wattled Cassowary (Casuarius uniappendiculatus), obtained from the Royal Zoological Society of Amsterdam on the 24th May. This is a not quite adult example of this fine Cassowary, of which we have previously had but a single young specimen in the collection1. 6. A male of the new Mesopotamiau Fallow Deer, lately described and figured by Sir Victor Brooke in the Society's Proceedings (see P.Z.S. 1875, p. 261, pl. xxxviii., and 1876, p. 298). This fine animal was obtained for the Society through the exertions of Mr. Robertson, H.B.M. Vice-Consul at Bussorah, and brought to this country (very appropriately!) by the S.S. ** Mesopotamia,' Capt. Phillips, of w h o m it was purchased for the sum of £5Q. It is a 1 See P. Z. S. 1875, p. 85, pl. xx. 34* |