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Show 1888.] PROF. J. B. STEERE ON THE "TAMARON." 413 November 20, 1888. Prof. Flower, CB., 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, September, and October, 1888:- The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of June was 107, of which 9 were by birth, 29 by presentation, 6 by purchase, 3 by exchange, and 60 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period by death and removals was 85. The most noticeable additions during the month were:- Three specimens of Pallas's Sand-Grouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus), captured out of the many flocks of this Asiatic bird that have lately visited the British Islands. One of these (received June 2nd) was taken near Berwick-on-Tweed, and presented by Mr. Howat Crane, the two others were obtained on the Island of Tiree, Argyllshire, and presented (June 16th) by Lieut.-Col. Irby and Capt. Saville Reid. The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of July were 148 in number ; of these 64 were acquired by presentation, 18 by purchase, 3 by exchange, 37 by birth, and 26 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period by death and removals was 122. The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of August were 145 ; of these b0 were acquired by presentation, 12 by purchase, 20 by birth, 6 by exchange, and* 27 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period by death and removals was 106. The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of September were 81 ; of these 54 were acquired by presentation, 9 by purchase, 3 by exchange, 9 were bred in the Gardens, and 6 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period by death and removals was 92. The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of October were 93, of which 12 were by birth, 43 by presentation, 8 by purchase, 3 by exchange, and 27 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period by death and removals was 144. The following extracts were read from a letter addressed to the Secretary by Prof. J. B. Steere, C.M.Z.S., dated Manilla, Philippines, June 25th, 1888 :- " Since the receipt of your letter I have been in the interior of the little-known island of Mindoro, and have had the satisfaction of procuring specimens of a strange animal there, which, though generally talked of throughout the Philippines, is little known to ' PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1888, No. XXIX. 29 |
