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Show 780 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [Nov. 17 November 17, 1896. Dr. ST. GEORGE MIVART, F.R.S., V.P., 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, 1896 :- The registered additions to the Society's Meuagerie during the month of June were 163, of which 83 were by presentation, 28 by purchase, 21 by birth, and 31 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 93. The most noticeable additions during the month were:- 1. A n Occipital Vulture (Vultur occipitalis), from South Africa, obtained by purchase June 24th. This fine Vulture is rather scarce in collections ; no example of it has been in the Society's Gardens since 1865. 2. A Baer's Duck (Fuligula baeri), received from Mr. Frank Finn, F.Z.S., of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, and presented by him, along with other birds, to the Society's Collection. This is the first example of this eastern Asiatic Duck, which has recently been ascertained to occur in Iudia \ that has reached us. 3. A Temminck's Pangolin (Manls temmincki), said to have been procured in the Transvaal, and received on deposit June 29th. The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie duriug the month of July were 183 in number; of these 64 were acquired by presentation, 11 by purchase, 21 by birth, 68 were received on deposit, and 19 in exchange. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 96. Amongst these, attention may be called to the following :- 1. A pair of Lettered Aracaris (Pteroglossus Inscrlptus) (probably from Para), purchased July 7th, new to the Collection. 2. A n example of Brazza's Monkey (Cercopithecus brazzae) from French Congoland, purchased on July 17th, being tbe first specimen received alive of this rare and w'ell-marked species (see P. Z. S. 1893, pp. 255 and 443, pl. xxxiii.). The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of August were 100 ; of these 72 were acquired by presentation, 7 by purchase, 13 by birth, 1 by exchange, and 7 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 91. Among these, attention may be called to the following:- 1. A fine adult female of Loder's Gazelle (Gazella locleri), from the Western Desert of Egypt, presented by A. R.Birdwood, Esq., See Finn, Proc. A. S. B. 1896, p. 61. |