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Show 1900.] MR. SCLATER ON MACACUS INUUS. 773 Leopard from Corea, remarkable for its long-haired fur and densely-haired ears-perhaps Felis fontainieri M.-Edw., but apparently only a subspecies of Felis pardus; and a very large example of the Eed Wolf of Paraguay, Canis jubatus. A Hedgehog from West Africa, belonging to the white-fronted section of the genus, labelled Erinaceus pruneri, was new to M r. Sclater. The full series of Cervidse had been lately enriched by the acquisition from Amoorland of a young male and a female of Luehdorf's Deer, Cervus luehdorfi-one of the largest and finest of the Eed Deer Section. These were tbe first fresh examples received at Hamburg since the arrival of the original specimens more than twenty years ago, upon which the species had been foundedl. Of the many interesting mammals noticed at Berlin it was hardly necessary to say much after the full account of this Garden given by M r . F. E. Blaauwr at a recent meeting of the Society (see P. Z. S. 1900, p. 299). It might, however, be stated that to the full series of tbe larger Antelopes recorded by Mr. Blaauw had recently been added a fine male specimen of the White-bearded Gnu (Connochcetes albo-jubatus) obtained in the Kilimandjaro district of East Africa, and brought home by Herr Schillings. This w7as the first living example of this form of the Brindled G n u Mr. Sclater had seen, and seemed to show readily distinguishable characters from C. taurinus. In the Ape-house had been specially noticed a fine large olive-green Baboon with a black face from Khartoum (supposed to be Papio doguera), and an example of a new Monkey from Togoland, which Herr Matschie was proposing to call Cercopithecus zechi, after its discoverer Count Zech, who had recently brought it home. Mr. Sclater stated that during a short visit to Gibraltar in September last he had not omitted to make enquiries as to the state of the herd of Barbary Apes (Macacus inuus) which is well-known to inhabit the higher and less frequented parts of the ' Bock,' and that be had been assured on all sides that these animals had much increased in numbers of late years and had in some cases become rather troublesome2. W h e n riding in the evening up to the Signal Station at the top of the Eock he had himself seen small parties of this Monkey both going and returning. They were apparently quite tame and fearless, and allowed an approach within a few-paces. Some authorities were of opinion that the herd now consisted of at le^st 130 individuals or more. Capt. J. S. Inglefield (of H.M.S. ' Devastation') had favoured Mr. Sclater with the following remarks on the subject, gathered from two years' experience :- " I have seen the Monkeys in parties of 15 and more, but have 1 See P. Z. S. 1880, p. 451; List of An. (9) p. 174 (1896); and Bolau, Abh. Ver. Hamb. vii. p. 33 (1880); Lydekker, Deer of all Lands, p. 102. 2 For previous notes on this subject see 'Galton's Vacation Tourists,' ser. i. p 206 (1867), and ' Nature,' xxxix. p. 30 (1888). V 51* |