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Show 298 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [Apr. 18, white; the fur of the other parts of the back and sides varied from dark red-brown to reddish white or even white; and the various intermediate shades, sometimes the pale reddish-white ones, were darker on the middle of the hinder part of the back. In most of the specimens the outer sides of the arms and shoulders were the same colour as the back ; but in the one that has the back nearly white the hairs of the shoulders and the outside of the fore and hind legs look white from their white tips, though they are deep black for two-thirds of their length ; and in one specimen the outside of the arm and the shoulder are as black as the hand, and the whole of the fur of the body has a black base to the hairs. The whiskers and sides of the neck are the same colour as the back. One of the specimens, of a pale foxy colour, is undoubtedly a male; the red and white specimens are probably males, but the skins do not bear any mark of the sex. April 18, 1871. Dr. E. Hamilton, F.Z.S., in the Chair. The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie duriug the month of March 1871. The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of March 1871 was 110, of which 6 were by birth, 52 by presentation, 45 by purchase, 2 by exchange, and 5 were animals received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period by death and removals was 94, showing a net addition of 16 individuals to the collection during the month. The most noticeable arrivals during the month were:- 1. A Squirrel from Acapulco, in Western Mexico, presented March 2 by Lieut. G. R. Bromley, R.N., which appears to agree best with Sciurus castanonotus oi Baird, described in the ' Report on the Mammals collected by the Mexican Boundary Survey,' p. 35, and figured pl. 5. 2. A young male Cape Hunting Dog (Lycaon pictus) purchased March 15. This peculiar Carnivore has not been represented in the Society's collection for many years. The last individuals exhibited were those that died in 1855*. 3. Two male Amherst's Pheasants (Thaumalea amherstice), purchased March 18, out of a collection of Chinese Pheasants deposited in the Society's Gardens some time previously. These birds are believed to have been received from the same collectors as those employed by Mr. J. J. Stone-concerning which I have made remarks P. Z. S. 1869, p. 468, and 1870, p. 128. Further details on the habits of this bird and the mode of its capture at Ta-tsien-lou * See P. Z.S. 1860, p. 180. |