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Show 108 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [June 10, The only example of this Eagle previously exhibited was believed to be the one acquired at the sale of Lord Derby's Knowsley collection in 1851. 5. An example of the Panda (Ailurus fulgens), presented by Dr. II. Simpson, M a y 22nd, being one of three specimens obtained in the neighbourhood of Darjeeling, as mentioned by the Secretary in a former communication to the Society (antea, p. 278). Two of the animals of this species, with which Dr. Simpson had started from Calcutta, had unfortunately died upon the voyage; the third Ailurus fulgens. had reached the Gardens iu a very exhausted state, but was gradually recovering under the care of the Superintendent. Its food appeared to be mainly of a vegetable nature. 6. A specimen of the West-Indian Brown Pelican (Pelecanus fuscus) in immature plumage, presented by Captain Dow, F.Z.S., of the Royal Pacific Steamship Company's ship ' Costa Rica,' and received May 30th. This bird had been captured by Captain Dow on Pedro Gonzalez Island, one of the group of Pearl Islands in the Bay of Panama, on the 4th of May. |
