Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London 1893

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ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 779 Oct. 18. 1 Black-headed Lemur (Lemur brunneus), 9. Presented bv Miss Hoare. J 1 Kite (Milvus ictinns). From the Canary Islands. Presented by E. G. Meade-Waldo, Esq., F.Z.S. 1 Dunlin (Trinya alpina). Purchased. 19. 2 Manatees (Manatus americanus), 2 et pull. From Manatee Bay, Jamaica, W . I. Presented by Sir Henry A. Blake. K.C.M.G. See P. Z.S. 1898, p. 691. 2 Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus). From Hayti, W . I. Pur­chased. 1 Chacma Baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius), 9. Presented bv Capt. F. Baker. J 2 Common Quails (Coturnix communis). Presented by Capt. F. Baker. 1 Rufous Rat-Kangaroo (Hypsiprymnus rufescens). Presented by Kenneth Crawley, Esq., R.N. 2 Purple Porphyrios (Porphyrio cceruleus). From Sicily. Pre­sented by Joseph S. Whitaker, Esq., F.Z.S. 20. 1 Macaque Monkey (Macacus cynomolyus), 3. Presented by John Cook, Esq. 1 Macaque Monkey (Macacus cynomolyus), 2 • Presented by Stanley Sinclair, Esq. 1 Kinkajou (Cercoleptes caudivolvulus). Purchased. 1 King Vulture (Gypaguspapa, jr.). Purchased. 1 Common Boa (Boa constrictor). Purchased. 1 Turtle-Dove (Turtur communis). Presented by Miss Alice L. West. 2 Rufous-necked Weaver-birds (Hyphantomis textor). Pur­chased. 5 Yellowish Weaver-birds (Sitagra luteola). Purchased. 21. 1 Wapiti Deer (Cervus canadensis), 2 • Born in the Menagerie. 23. 2 White-handed Gibbons (Hylobates lar), 2 3. Deposited. 1 Yellow-crowned Bulbul (Trachycomus ochrocephalus). Depo­sited. 1 Chestnut-eared Finch (Amadina castanotis). Presented by Mrs. Kemp-Welch. 1 De Filippi's Meadow-Starling (Sturnella defilippi), 3. Pre­sented by Mrs. Kemp-Welch. 5 Green Lizards (Lacerta viridis). Deposited. 2 Green Lizards (Lacerta viridis, var. schreiberi). From Spain. Deposited. 2 Wall-Lizards (Lacerta muralis). Deposited. 2 Slowworms (Anyuis fray His). Deposited. 1 Common Frog (Rana temporarid). Deposited. 1 Edible Frog (Rana esculenta). Deposited. 4 Schlagintweit's Frogs (Rana cyanophlyctis). From Ceylon. Deposited. 3 Black-spotted Toads (Bufo melanostictus). From Ceylon. Deposited. 2 Common Toads (Bufo vulyaris). Deposited. 3 Fire-bellied Toads (Bombinator igneus). Deposited. 25. 2 Laughing Kingfishers (Dacelo gigantea). Presented by the Executors of the late Fred Burgess. 1 Punctured Salamander (Amblystoma punctatuni). Presented by J. H. Thomson, Esq., Ph.D., C.M.Z.S. 26. 1 Macaque Monkey (Macacus cynomolgus), 3. Presented by Robert Gallon, Esq.