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Show 826 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [Nov. 14, We have now the pleasure of being able to exhibit in the Gardens a pair of the beautiful Zebra of Southern Abyssinia and Somaliland (Equus grevii), to the existence of which I have on several former occasions (see P. Z. S. 1882, p. 721; 1890, pp. 412, 461 ; 1893, p. 473 ; 1898, p. 588 ; 1899, p. 713) called attention. The present animals have been sent by the Emperor Menelek as a present to H.M. the Queen, and have been deposited in the Society's care to be recovered from the effects of their long and arduous journey. I need hardly descant on the differences between the present animal and the three previously known species of Zebra, both in size and in character of markings, as they are obvious at first sight. These animals were captured somewhere in the south of Shoa, and are said to be the only survivors of a considerable number which reached Addis Abbeba. Here they were delivered to Capt. J. L. Harrington, the British Political Agent at the Court of the Emperor Menelek, as a present to H.M. the Queen, and were brought down under his care to Zeila on the coast of Somaliland, a long march of six weeks. At Zeila Capt. Harrington handed them over to our Assistant Superintendent, Mr. Arthur Thomson, who had been sent there by the Council, at the request of the Foreign Office, on purpose to take charge of them. Having been conveyed across to Aden, where they were kept for about ten days, they were shipped in the P. & O. s.s. ' Oceana,' and arrived safely at the Boyal Albert Dock on August 14th last, and were thence brought to the Society's Gardens. The female, of which I exhibit a photograph (see p. 825), may now be announced to be in perfect condition; but the male, I regret to say, still shows wounds on the hocks, which, in spite of every care and attention, we have been unable to cure. The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of September was 126, of which 84 were by presentation, 9 by purchase, and 33 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 90. The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of October was 170, of which 31 were by presentation, 68 by purchase, 61 were received on deposit, and 10 were born in the Menagerie. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 169. Mr. Sclater stated that in July last he had visited the Zoological Gardens of Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and Antwerp, the private collection of Mr. F. E. Blaauw, C.M.Z.S., and the Museums of Brussels and of the Congo Free State at Tervueren near Brussels. Mr. Sclater spoke of several animals of much interest which he had thus seen. Amongst these were a pair of Slow Lemurs (Nycticebus tardigradus) at Rotterdam with a young one, which |