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Show 1884.] THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 475 November 4, 1884. Prof. Flower, LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The Secretary read the following reports on the additions made to the Society's Menagerie during the months of June, July, August, and September, 1884:- The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of June was 223, of which 56 were by birth, 64 by presentation, 75 by purchase, 3 by exchange, and 25 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period by death and removals was 92. The following are of special interest:- 1. Two Red-cheeked Colies (Colius erythromelon), purchased June 12th. W e have only once ' before received living examples of this peculiar African type, and the present species is new to the collection. Mr. Keulemans's figure (Plate XLV. figs. 2, 3) will give an idea of the form of this species and of the remarkable colour of the naked skin round the beak. 2. Two Chaplain Crows ( Corvus capellanus) from Fao (near Busrih), at the head of the Persian Gulf, presented June 25th by B. T. Ffinch, Esq. W e are glad to receive fresh examples of this interesting Crow, which was first described from living specimens in the Society's Gardens in 1876 (see P.Z.S. 1876, p. 693, pi. lxvi.). The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of July were 195 in number ; of these 74 were acquired by presentation, 50 by purchase, 2 by exchange, 35 by birth, and 34 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period by death and removals was 117. The most noticeable additions during the month were:- 1. A second2 specimen of the Heloderm Lizard (Heloderma suspectum), received in exchange from the Central-Park Menagerie, New York, U.S.A., July 3rd. 2. A Collection of Snakes from Japan and North America, brought home and presented to the Society by Gerald Waller, Esq., F.Z.S., July 22nd, amongst which are representatives of five species new to the Collection, viz.:-The Four-banded Snake (Elaphis quadrivirgata), and Blomhoff's Snake (Trigonocephaly blomhoffi), from Japan ; the American Black Snake (Coluber constrictor), the Mexican Snake (Pituophis mexicanus), and the Cyclopion Snake (Tropidonotus cyclopion), from North America. 3. A young female Cape Sea-Lion (Otaria pusilla), from South Africa, presented to the Society by Capt. John Hewat, Superintendent of the Docks, Cape Town, July 25th. This Seal forms a particularly 1 See P. Z. S. 1876, p. 413, pi. xxxv. 2 See P. Z. S. 1882, p. 630. PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1884, No. XXXIII. 33 |