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Show 694 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [Nov. 7, I propose to call this apparently new Crow the "Chaplain Crow (Corvus capellanus), with the following characters : - CORVUS CAPELLANUS, sp. nov. (Plate LXVI.) Albus : capite undique, cum gutture producto, alis, cauda et tibiis nigris : plumis dorsi et pectoris linea mediana tenuissima nigra ornatis : rostro et pedibus nigris: forma C. cornicis sed cras-sitie paulo majore et pedibus robustioribus. Hab. Arabia Turcica, ad ora Sinus Persici. 3. Two Tiger cubs (Felis tiyris), presented June 20th, by Dr. Marchant Jones. . Dr. Marchant Jones has, at m y request, most kindly procured this fine pair of Tiger cubs from the neighbourhood of Amoy, China, the Chinese form of this carnivore having been previously unrepresented in our series. Dr. Marchant Jones writes to me that these specimens were obtained at a place called Tang-wall, about 10 miles from Amoy, where the neighbourhood " abounds with tigers of a very large kind, bigger and with longer fur thaa the Indian variety." 4. A Gerrard's Squirrel (Sciurus gerrardi, Gray) from Cartagena, purchased June 24th. This Squirrel, which was described and figured by the late Dr. Gray, in the Society's 'Proceedings' in 1861 *, from specimens in the British Museum, is new to the Society's collection. 5. Four small Flying Phalangers of the genus Belideus, procured by Mr. Octaviiis C. Stone, F.R.G.S., during his recent expedition into the south of New Guinea, and received June 28th. These Phalangers are closely allied to Belideus breviceps and B. arid of Australia, and, if different, are probably new to science. But it is not possible to distinguish them in the living state. 6. The female Sumatran Rhinoceros (Bhinoceros sumatrensis) deposited in the Gardens by Mr. C. Jamrach,'on the 14th July 1875, and which has now been purchased for the sum of ^600. "We have therefore now five Rhinoceroses in the collection, belonging to five different species, forming a unique and unparalleled series of these animals. The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of July were 203 in number; of these 44 were acquired by presentation, 89 by purchase, 5 by exchange, 55 by birth, and 10 received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period by death and removals was 91. The most noticeable additions during the month were : - 1. A pair of the Black-backed Goose (Sarcidiornis melanonota) of India, purchased July 5th. The arrival of these birds has afforded us the much-wished-for opportunity of comparing the Indian and American forms of Sarcidiornis, concerning the distinctness of which there has been much controversy. Of the American form we have three examples, purchased at * See P. Z. S. 1861, p. 92, pl. xvi. |
