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Show 824 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [Nov. 14, B. BRANCHED. a. Branching in one plane. Short, very slender, sparingly branched; covered with spines. J ' v *> Antipathella gracilis (Gray). Madeira. Spines on the ultimate branchlets only; stem smooth. Leiopathes expansa J. Y. J. Madeira. No spines; stem and branches wrinkled and punctured. -MT^A^ n r Savaglia lamarcki (Haime). Madei a, Mediterranean. A. Branching on all sides, bushy. Spines only on the ultimate branchlets. Leiopathes glaberrima M.-Edw. Madeira ; Mediterranean; W . Indies. Spines short, triangular, upright, branches arranged in a corymbose manner. Antipathes furcata Gray. Madeira. Spines elongate, directed forwards... Aphanipathes wollastoni Brook. Madeira; Selvagens. Var. pilosa with hairs on the stem. November 14,1899. Dr. A. GUNTHER, F.B.S., V.P., in the Chair. The Secretary read the following reports on the additions made to the Society's Menagerie during the months of June, July, August, September, and October, 1899 :- The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of June was 164, of which 79 were by presentation, 18 by birth, 40 by purchase, 1 was received in exchange and 26 on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 78. Among the additions special attention may be called to a male Sitatunga, or Speke's Antelope (Tragelaphus spekii), from the district of Lake Ngami, received from Mr. Cecil J. Rhodes, F.Z.S., in exchange for a female hybrid between Tragelaphus gratus $ and T. spekii 2 (born in the Menagerie on Feb. 12, 1896), which was despatched to Mr. Rhodes on April 25th last. The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of July was 204, of which 77 were by presentation, 19 by birth, 36 by purchase, 1 was received in exchange and 71 on deposit. Tbe total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 108. Amongst the additions special attention may be called to the fine Ground-Horn bill presented by Dr. Hirst on July 20th, which appears to be a young example of Bucorax abyssinicus, and concerning which the following information has been received from Dr. Hirst:- |