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Show 1869.] THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 467 November lith, 1869. George Busk, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. The Secretary read the list of additions to the Menagerie during the past four months, amongst which were particularly noticed : - 1. A Guacharo, or Oil-bird (Steatornis caripensis), taken frpm one of the caves inhabited by these birds in Trinidad, and presented to the Society by the Hon. Arthur Gordon, C.M.Z.S., Governor of the Island (received June 29th). Mr. Gordon had started from Trinidad with six of these singular birds alive ; but five of them had died upon the passage, and the present specimen had only survived a few days after reaching the Society's Gardens. Enough had been done, however, to show that it was quite possible, with care and precaution, to bring the Guacharo alive to this country. 2. A n example of a species of Macaque Monkey from the Anda- Macacus andamanensis. PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1869, No. XXXI. |
