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Show 682 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [Nov. 6, years in the Gardens under the name of Cervus duvaucelii1, appears to belong to the allied species Cervus schomburgki of Siam. The animal in question was received in exchange from the Zoological Gardens of Hamburg on the 1st of November, 1873. On in- Head of Cervus schomburgki. quiry, Dr. Bolau, the Secretary of the Zoological Society of Hamburg, has kindly informed me that it was born in the Gardens on July 15th of the same year, having been bred between a male, said to have come from Bangkok in 1862, and a female received from Berlin, which is also believed to have come from Siam. The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of September was 81 ; of these, 31 were acquired by presentation, 25 by purchase, 7 by birth, and 18 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period by death and removals was 101. 1 See ' List of Vert.' (sixth edition) p. 134. sp. 484/. |