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Show 418 DR. L17TKEN ON CHIROPODOMYS PENICILLATUS. [NOV. 16 The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of August was 98 ; of these 50 were acquired by presentation, 14 by purchase, 15 by birth, 6 were received on deposit, and 5 in exchange. Eight Elliot's Pheasants, received during the month, were bred from some eggs laid in the Society's Gardens and sent into the country to be hatched. The total number of departures during the same period by death and removals was 104. The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of September was 80; of these 42 were acquired by presentation, 4 by purchase, 2 by exchange, 19 were bred in the Gardens, and 13 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period by death and removals was 84. The following are of special interest:- A Spot-ringed Snake (Liophis pcecilogyrus) from Brazil, presented by Edgell Hunt, Esq., September 9th, new to the collection. Two Elegant Galidias (Galidia elegans) from Madagascar, presented by Burt C. Miiller, Esq., September 16th. The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of October was 77, of which 11 were by birth, 45 by presentation, 5 by purchase, 6 by exchange, and 10 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period by death and removals was 112. An extract was read from a letter addressed to the President by Dr. Emin Bey, dated Wadilai, Eastern Equatorial Africa, Jan. 1st, 1886. After speaking of the skull of a Chimpanzee and of some skins and skeletons of other Mammals and Birds obtained in Monbottu, which he proposed to send to the Society, Dr. Emin Bey continued as follows :- " It may be interesting for you to hear that an anthropoid Ape exists in Uganda and Unyoro. I cannot say whether it is identical with the Monbottu Chimpanzee or not. While staying in these countries the negroes told m e much about this animal, and in a M S . map which I forwarded to Dr. Petermann I fixed its northern limit at 2° N. lat. Now I hear that this Ape is frequent in the thick forests near Ugoma, and I hasten to beg my friend King Kabrega for some specimens." A letter was read addressed to the Secretary by Dr. Chr. Liitken, of Copenhagen, F.M.Z.S. Referring to Mr. O. Thomas's statement (P. Z. S. 1886, p. 78) that Chiropodomys penicillatus was a rare animal in Museums and that its distribution was not certainly known, Dr. Liitken announced |
