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Show 1905.] MR. OLDFIELD THOMAS OX A NEW GOLDEN MOLE. 57 May 16, 1905. G. A. B o u l e n g e r , Esq., F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. The Secretary read the following report on the additions that had been made to the Society's Menagerie in April 1905 :- The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of April were 205 in number. Of these 67 were acquired by presentation and 19 by purchase, 104 were received on deposit, 9 by exchange, and 6 were born in the Gardens. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, wras 126. Amongst the additions special attention may be directed to :- A young female Chimpanzee (Anthropopithecus troglodytes), deposited on April 8th. A young female Giraffe from Northern Nigeria, probably belonging to the race known as Giraffa Camelopardalis peralta, purchased on April 7 th. A young male Huanaco (Lama liuanacos), from Punta Arenas, Tierra del Fuego, presented by Mr. Moritz Braun and Capt. R. Crawshay on April 10th. A pair of Concave-casqued Hornbills (Dichoceros bicornis) from India, purchased on April 4th. Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., exhibited examples of a new Golden Mole from Knysna, Cape Colony, which had been obtained by Mr. Grant in connection with Mr. C. I). Rudd's exploration of South Africa, and which he proposed to name in honour of Mrs. Rudd, who had taken much interest in the results of the exploration. A m b l y s o m u s c o r r l e Thos. *, A b s t r . P. Z. S. No. 20, p. 5, May 23, 1905. Rather smaller than A. hottevtottus. General colour dark smoky blackish, darker than in A. iris, with a beautiful iridescent sheen, greenish to coppery violet, over the whole upper surface. Sides and belly not or scarcely lighter, a slight brownish tone occasionally present along the centre of the abdomen. Hairs of back 8-9 mm. in length, their bases dark slaty grey, their ends lighter and more brownish grey subterminally and their tips iridescent blackish brown. Crown and forehead like back. Cheeks paler, greyish or yellowish, but not conspicuously contrasted. Limbs and upper surface of hind feet smoke-grey. Skull (PI. XYI. f fig. 3) in its general characters like that of * [Tlie complete account of the new species described in this communication appears bere ; but since the name and preliminary diagnosis were published in the ‘ Abstract,' the species is distinguished by the name being underlined.- E d i t o e . ] f P. Z. S. 1905, vol. i. p. 254. |