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Show 1878.] THE S E C R E T A R Y O N A D D I T I O N S T O T H E M E N A G E R I E . 115 part of throat pure lemon-yellow; crown of the head black; postoccipital plumes yellow; nape yellowish green tipped with black ; a lengthened tuft of plumes springing from above the eye bright orange ; a line immediately below this tuft black ; a tuft of stiff decomposed feathers springing from below the eye and extending over the ears white or greyish white ; an irregular band across the throat black; dorsal feathers grey with light olive-green tips and white shafts; uropygium yellowish green ; upper tail-coverts the same, tinged with rufous; lower throat and upper breast bright yellow, most of the feathers with black terminal drops ; lower breast and rest of under plumage duller yellow tinged with green on the flanks ; quills brown margined with yellowish olive-green, inner margin of quills pale yellow; wing-coverts dull olive-green, carpal edge and wing-lining yellow; tail dull rufous. Wing 2*62, tail 2*37, tarsus 0*87, culmen 0*75. Hab. Valencia, Island of Negros, 3, August. Iris crimson; bill orange-yellow. (Everett.) The hereditary affinity of this new form with Macronus striaticeps and Mixornis capitalis is betrayed by the colouring and markings of the dorsal plumage. February 5, 1878. Prof. St. George Mivart., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of January 1878. The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of January was 91, of which 43 were by presentation, I by birth, 41 by purchase, and 6 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 78. The most remarkable additions during the month of January were as follows:- 1. A Japanese Wild Dog, presented by Harry Pryer, Esq., of Yokohama, January 1st-an animal apparently allied to the "Dhole " of India and the " Dingo" of Australia. Mr. E. W . Janson has kindly favoured m e with the following extracts from two letters which he has received from Mr. Pryer on this subject. " Yokohama, Oct. 8th, 1877. " I have sent by the ' Loudoun Castle,' via, N e w York, a fine specimen of the Japanese Wild Dog. This is an animal quite new, and is neither a Wolf nor an ordinary Dog. Its principal distinguishing features are its long narrow feet and its head ; it most resembles the dog used by the hunters here, one of which is figured in Siebold. Its habits are totally different from those of any domesticated Dog. When pleased it has a most extraordinary way of laughing, and also, when pleased or very angry, has a curious dancing gait. This specimen |