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Show ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 1015 Oct. 22. 1 Bornean Fireback (Euplocamus nobilis), 2 • Presented by A, Dent, Esq. From Northern Borneo. 2 Mandarin Ducks (Aix galericulata), 3 and 2 • Presented by Edward Trelawny, Esq. 1 Collared Fruit-Bat (Cynonycteris collaris). Born in the Menagerie. 23. 1 Common Jackal (Canis aureus). Presented by Capt. Easson. 1 Common Roe ( Capreolus caprea), 3 • Presented by Edward Jones, Esq. 1 Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata), 2 • Purchased. 24. 1 Merrem's Snake (Liophis merremi). Purchased. 1 Plumbeous Snake (Oxgrrhopus plumbeus). Purchased. 1 Black-headed Snake (Homalocranion melanocephalum). Purchased. 1 D'Orbigny's Snake (Heterodon diorbignyi). Purchased. 1 Anaconda (Eunectes murinus). Purchased. 1 Tuberculated Lizard (Iguana tuberculata). Purchased. 1 Teguexin Lizard (Teius teguexin). Purchased. 1 Common Marmoset (Hapale jacchus). Purchased. 25. 2 Ruddy Sheldrakes (Tadorna rutila). Received in exchange. 27. 1 Wood-Owl (Syrnium aluco). Presented by F. W . Jaedecke. 28. 1 Grison (Galictis vittata), 2- Presented by H. Potier, Esq. 29. 1 Toque Monkey (Macacus pileatus), 3- Presented by Mrs. Tranchell. 1 Rhesus Monkey (Macacus erythrceus). Deposited. 1 Horse-shoe Snake (Zamenis hippocrepis). Presented by W. C. Verner, Esq. From Gibraltar. 30. 2 South-American Rat-Snakes (Spilotes variabilis). Presented by G. H. Hawtayne, Esq., C.M.Z.S. From Demerara. 1 Chequered Elaps (Elaps lemniscatus). Presented by G. H. Hawtayne, Esq., C.M.Z.S. From Demerara. 31. 1 Mesopotamian Fallow Deer (Dama mesopotamica), 2- Purchased. See P. Z. S. 1878, p. 790. 2 Small-scaled Mastigures (Uromastix microlepis). Presented by Capt. Phillips. 1 Green Monkey (Cercopithecus callitrichus), 3 • Presented by Henry Hands, Esq. 1 Common Boa (Boa constrictor). Presented by W . D. Bell, Esq. Nov. 1. 2 Japanese Pheasants (Phasianus versicolor), 3 and 9.. Purchased. 1 Gold Pheasant ( Thaumalea picta), 3. Purchased. 1 Lineated Pheasant (Euplocamus lineatus), 3. Purchased. 2 Barred-tailed Pheasants (Euplocamus reevesi), 3 and 2 • Purchased. 1 Siamese Pheasant (Euplocamus pradatus), 3. Purchased. 1 White-crested Kaleege (Euplocamus albocristatus), 2 • Pur- 2 Swinhoe's Pheasants (Euplocamus swinhoii), 3 and $. Pur- 1 Bewick's Swan (Cygnus bewicki), $ . Purchased. 2 Macaque Monkeys (Macacus cynomolgus), $ . Presented by Mr. C. Loveless. 1 Weasel (Mustela vulgaris). Purchased. 2 1 Three-quarter-bred Zebu (between Bos indicus 3, and hybrid B. frontalis $ ). Born in the Menagerie. 66* |