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Show 1884.] THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGEBIE. 561 males of the latter. But when alive, II. cinerascens, with its dark brown iris and naked reddish-pink upper eyelid, may be distinguished at a glance from B. maculosus, in which the normal colour of the iris is yellow and the upper eyelid closely clad with short feathers that usually entirely cover it, though occasionally the covering is slightly imperfect towards the anterior corner of the eye, showing the colour of the eyelid to be black. Two other African Owls must here be mentioned. One of these is that very fine and scarce species from the Fantee Country in Western Africa, which was described by Messrs. Sharpe and Ussher in the 'Ibis,' 1872, p. 182, under the name of "Huhua shellyi," and was subsequently figured by Mr. Sharpe in his Catalogue of Striges, pi. 2, under that of "Bubo shellyi." This noble Owl has the bill yellow, which is unfortunately not shown in the figure, but the colour of the irides has not, so far as I am aware, been yet ascertained. The other species to which I propose to allude, " Bubo leucostictus" of Hartlaub, is also West-African, its range extending from the Gold Coast to the River Gaboon. This Owl has a yellow bill, but its irides are also yellow, as recorded by the late Professor Schlegel in his work on the 'Museum des Pays-Bas,' Oti, p. 16. I am indebted to Dr. F. A. Jentink, of the Leyden Museum, for obligingly calling m y attention to the circumstance of Professor Schlegel's accuracy in this statement having been subsequently confirmed by Dr. Anton Reichenow's record of a young Owl of this species which he obtained in the Camaroon mountains, and described as having the iris pale yellow, and the bill, cere, and claws yellow (vide Journ. fiir Orn. 1874, p. 387). This interesting species is, I believe, still unfigured. December 2, 1884. Prof. Flower, LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The Secretary made the following report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of November 1884 :- The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of November was 82. Of these 4 were obtained by birth, 39 by presentation, 28 by purchase, 3 by exchange, and 8 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 105. The most noticeable additions during the month were:- 1. A pair of Tasmanian Wolves (Thylacinus cynocephalus), obtained by purchase from Mr. B. Crowther of Launceston, Tasmania, and received November 14th, being the first specimens of this animal received since the pair presented by Mr. Ronald Gunn in 1863. I have already alluded (see P. Z. S. 1883, p. 252) to the exertions |