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Show 790 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [Nov. 5, 25 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 73. The most noticeable additions during the month were as follows :- I. A n Oriental Eagle-Owl (Bubo orientalis), from Karennee, in the interior of Siam, presented September 16th by Charles Fowler, Esq., being the first specimen of this remarkable Owl that has been received by the Society. 2. Two fine Ostriches (Struthio camelus), presented by the Hon. H. C. Vivian, H.B.M. Consul-General for Egypt; and two Secretary Birds (Serpentarius reptilivorus), presented by C. Rivers Wilson, Esq., C B . ; received September 19th. These birds are from the collection of the Khedive of Egypt, at Cairo. The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of October 1878 was 93, of which 4 were by birth, 43 by presentation, 21 by purchase, 20 were received on deposit, and 5 by exchange. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 123. The most noticeable additions during the month of October were as follows:- 1. A female Sumatran Rhinoceros (Bhinoceros sumatrensis), deposited by Mr. C. Jamrach, October 4th. This Rhinoceros, which is full-grown, seems to agree in every respect with the two females of the same species previously purchased (in 1872 and 18751). 2. Two Leopard Tortoises (Testudo pardalis), presented by the Rev. G. H . R. Fisk, C.M.Z.S., of Capetown, October 9th. Mr. Fisk writes to me as follows respecting these Tortoises:- " I am informed by Mr. Foster, of Clanwilliam, that in the year 1846 two full-grown Leopard Tortoises were transferred from Kaffir-land to Clanwilliam, where they remained for many years without progeny, but that in the year 1857 these two young ones were hatched from the eggs of the female. W e arrive, then, at the interesting fact, speaking of a Tortoise after the manner of men, which, perhaps, we may do of a Vertebrate, that these Tortoises are now of age, having lived just twenty-one years, and yet, according to the nature of Tortoises, are only children; for I am assured that they are in size scarcely two thirds of that of their parents, which died early in the year 1877, and within three months of each other. " I wish to bestow on this Tortoise and its fellow the popular names of Kreli and Sandilli, in remembrance of the land inhabited by their ancestors, and of the war just ended between the Colony and those chiefs who will ever find a place in the history of the Cape." 3. A young male Tufted Deer (Elaphodus cephalophus2), purchased October 15th, being the second example of this rare and little-known animal received alive. Having been caught in a trap, it is unfortunately deficient in one of its fore feet. 4. A female of the new Fallow-deer lately described by Sir Victor Brooke in the Society's ' Proceedings' (P'. Z. S. 1875, p. 261) 1 See Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 659, et P.Z. S. 1876, p. 694. 2 See P. Z. S. 1876, p. 273 et pp. 757, 758. |