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Show 118 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [Feb. 21, February 21, 1905. H oward Saunders, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. The Secretary read the following report 011 the additions that had been made to the Society's Menagerie in January 1905 :-- The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of January were 70 in number. Of these 24 were acquired by presentation, 3 by purchase, 31 were received on deposit, and 12 by exchange. The total number of departures dining the s.une period, by death and removals, was 158. Amongst the additions special attention may be directed to the following: - 1 A Red Teetse (Callithrix cuprea) from Brazil, deposited 011 Jan. 18th. This species is new to the Collection. 2. Representatives of two unknown specits of Lemur from Madagascar, deposited on Jan. 25th. 3. A pair of Mouflon (Ovis musimon) from Corsica, deposited 011 Jan. 21st. 4. A Prongbuck (Antilocapra americana) from North America, deposited 011 Jan. 14th. 5. A 11 Ethiopian Wart-Hog (Phacochverus wthiopicus) from Africa, deposited 011 Jan. 13tli. 6. Two Black-and-White Geese (Anseranas semipalmatci) from Australia, received in exchange on Jan. 23rd. Mr. Henry Scherren, F.Z.S., exhibited on behalf of Mr. Rowland Ward, F.Z.S., a mounted specimen of the Blackbuck (Antilope cervicaprci) shot by the Crown Prince of Bhopal in Sept. 1904. The animal was remarkable for the extent and depth of the dark coloration, which not only covered the body but the whole of the face, obliterating the usual white eye-patclies. No such case was mentioned by Mr, Lydekker in his ‘ Great and Small Game of India,' and the skin was by far the darkest which had passed through Mr. Ward's hands. The horns measured 243" in length, with a circumference of 5|" at the base. Mr. R. I. Pocock, F.Z.S., exhibited some specimens of the South- African Millipede (Spirostreptus pyrocephalus), presented by Mr. Guthrie, of Port Elizabeth, to the Society's Gardens. These Millipedes had bred in the Gardens. Mr. G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S., read a paper entitled " A Contribution to our Knowledge of the Varieties of Lacerta muralis in Western Europe and North Africa." This paper will be published entire in the Society's ‘Transactions.' The following papers were read :- |