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Show 734 DR. GUNTHER ON SCHEDOPHILUS MEDUSOPHAGUS. [June 21, river Umsengaisi, North-eastern Mashuna land, September 1880. (Plate LXII. fig. 6.) , , , e ,, (7) Black Rhinoceros, 6 • Shot by myself on the bank of the river Chobe, August 1874. (Plate LXII. fig. 7.) (8) Black Rhinoceros, $ . Shot by one of m y hunters between the Umfule and Umzweswe rivers, North-eastern Mashuna land, August 1880. (Plate LXII. fig. 8.) (9.) Black Rhinoceros, $ . Shot by one of my hunters between the Umfule and Umzweswe rivers, North-eastern Mashuna land, September 1880. (Plate LXII. fig. 9.) June 21, 1881. Prof. Flower, LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of M a y 1881 :- The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of May was 130, of which 25 were by birth, 53 by presentation, 35 by purchase, 13 were received on deposit, and 4 by exchange. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 124. The most noticeable additions during the month of M a y were as follows :•- An African Wild Ass {Equus ta?niopus) from Upper Nubia, purchased May 26th, being the second example of this form of Wild Ass which we have received. A White-marked Duck (Anas specularis) from Antarctic America, purchased M a y 26th, being the first specimen of this fine species which has been obtained for the Collection. Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe, F.Z.S., exhibited a specimen of Podi-lymbus podiceps of North America, stated to have been killed at Radipole near Weymouth in January 1881, and belonging to the collection of Mr. R. W . Monro. Dr. A. Gunther exhibited a specimen of a Mediterranean fish (Schedophilus medusophagus) which had been captured in August 1878 at Portrush in Ireland, and read a description of it. This description, together with a figure coloured from a drawing of the fish taken in a fresh state, will be published in the Society's ' Transactions.' The following papers were read;- |