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Show 296 A WHITE WATERBUCK AND HEADS OF RHINOCEROS. [Nov. 14, Among tlie additions special attention may be called to : 1. A Silky Marmoset ( Hapale chrysoleucos) from Brazil, deposited on Aug. 30th. 2. A pair of West-African Marsli-Bucks (Limnotrayus yratus) from the Congo, purchased on Aug. 31st. 3. A Spot-billed Toucanet (Selenidera maculirostris) from Santos, purchased on Aug. 19th. 4. A Black-and-White Cobra (Xaia melanoleuca) from West Africa, deposited on Aug. 31st. The number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of September was 313. Of these 106 were acquired by presentation, 26 by purchase, 124 were received on deposit, 15 by exchange, and 42 were bred in the Gardens. The number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 245. Among the additions special attention may be called to :- 1. A male Orang-utan (Simia satyrus) from Sumatra, presented by Mr. H. N. Ridley on Sept. 7th. 2. Five TalapoinGuenons(Cercopithecus talcipoin)fromUbanghi. Upper Congo, deposited on Sept. 19th & 21st. 3. A Jaguarondi (Felis jayuarondi) from S. America, purchased on Sept. lltli. 4. A Binturong (Arctictis binturong) from Singapore, presented by Mr. H. 1ST. Ridley on Sept. 7th. 5. A White-tailed Sea-Eagle (Hcdiaetus albicitta) from the Arctic, presented by the Duke of Orleans, F.Z.S., on Sept. 30th. 6. A Knob-nosed Lizard (Lyriocephcdus scutcitus) from Ceylon, presented by Mr. E. Ernest Green, F.E.S., on Sept. 26th. The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of October were 232 in number. Of these 74 were acquired by presentation and 79 by purchase, 3 were born in the Gardens, 53 were received on deposit and 23 in exchange. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 216. Among the additions special attention may be called to - 1. A White Oryx (Oryx leucoryx) frem Arabia, presented by Col. R. J. Scallon, C.B., D.S.O., on Oct. 30th. 2. A Cave-Rat (Tliryonomys swindericmus), a Bouvier's Owl (Scotopelia bouvieri) (new to the Collection), and a Beautiful Wood- Hawk (Dryotriorchis spectabilis), from Lagos, presented by Dr. W. F. Macfarlane, F.Z.S., on Oct. 13th. 3. Three Antillean Boas (Boa diviniloqud) from St. Lucia, West Indies, presented by the Hon. E. G. Bennett, K.C., on Oct. 28th. Col. W. H. Broun exhibited a mounted head and skin of a White Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsipryrmms) and two mounted heads |