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Show 5 2 0 THE SECRETARY O N ADDITIONS TO T H E MENAGERIE. [JUNE 18, 180. FRANCOLINUS CASTANEICOLLIS. Francolinus castaneicollis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. xxvi. p. (1888); Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 153 (1893). A. d ad. Sheik Mahomed, Nov. 2, 1894. Iris dark brown; feet brownish orange ; bill vermilion. b. 2 ad. Sheik Mahomed, Nov. 8, 1894. Iris brown ; feet salmon-colour; bill brown, lower mandible reddish. Discovered in Shoa at Lake Ciar-Ciar. 181. FRANCOLINUS GRANTI. Francolinus granti, Hartl.; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 891 (1873); Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 551; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 148 (1893); Salvad. Mem. R. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 562(1894: Odeuin Plains); Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 78 (1894). A. 2 ad. Sassabane, July 31, 1894. Iris brown; feet light red. Mr. Jackson procured examples of this species at Machako's and again on the Victoria Nyanza. Between the lake and the coast Dr. Reichenow gives many localities where it has occurred. June 18, 1895. Sir W. H. FLOWER, K.C.B., 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 May:- The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of May were 130 in number. Of these 67 were acquired by presentation, 24 by purchase, 3 by exchange, 15 were born in the Gardens, and 21 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 90. Among these, special attention may be called to the following:- 1. A Black-billed Sheathbill (Chionis minor), captured at sea, • in about 52° S., 55° W., and presented by Mr. John Gunn, of the German Barque ' Prof. Koch,' May 1st. W e have now specimens of both species of the Sheathbills (Chionis alba and C. minor) living in the Society's Gardens. 2. A female Grysbok (Neotragus melanotis), presented by J. E. Matcham, Esq., of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and received May 26. This is one of the smaller Cape Antelopes rarely seen in captivity; we have received no specimen of it for the last twenty years. 3. A young male Panolia Deer (Cervus eldi) from Southern China, presented by Julius Neumann, Esq., C.M.Z.S., and received May 29, 1895. So far as I know, the only specimen of this beautiful Deer |