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Show 1893.] THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 729 14. TRAGELAPHUS ANGASI, Gray. Mr. Crawshay sends a skull of this species, which extends its range still further northward. See P. Z. S. 1892, p. 98. 15. TRAGELAPHUS SPEKII, Sci. A frontlet of this Antelope is in Mr. Crawshay's series. Mr. Sharpe (above) speaks of its occurrence in the swamps of Mweru. 16. POTAMOCHOSRUS AFRICANUS (Schreb.). Both Mr. Sharpe and Mr. Crawshay have sent home heads, apparently of this species, from the Mweru district. 17. PHAC0CH03RUS iETHIOPIOUS (Pall.). The Wart-hog, Mr. Sharpe tells us, is plentiful round Lake Mweru. He sends two skulls and Mr. Crawshay also sends one. December 5, 1893. 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 Society's Menagerie during the month of November 1893 :- The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of November was 71, of which 44 were by presentation, 4 were by birth, 10 by purchase, and 13 received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 99. The most noticeable additions during the month were:- 1. A Cunning Bassaris (Bassaris astuta), purchased November 15th. No example of this interesting carnivorous animal has been exhibited in the Society's collection for many years. The only individual previously received was in the Gardens in 1853, and was the subject of one of Mr. Wolf's Zoological Sketches. (See Wolf and Sci., Zoological Sketches, vol. i. pi. xiv.). 2. Two Jerboas, presented by Capt. R. A. Ogilby, F.Z.S., November 17th, and believed to be referable to one of the Persian Jerboas (Alactaga decumana), but the locality of these specimens is not quite certain. 3. A fine adrlt female of the Caucasian Goat (Capra caucasica), presented by H. H. P. Deasy, Esq., 16th Queen's Lancers, Nov. 20th. Mr. Deasy informs me that he obtained a pair of these animals (the " Tur " of the Caucasus) at a village called Ruzbef on the river Backsan, lat. 43° 20' 0" N., long. 20° 43' 35" E., and had every reason to believe that they were caught on the neighbouring mountains. Unfortunately the male died on the passage home. 49* |