| OCR Text |
Show 1899.] MR. SCLATER ON CONTINENTAL MENAGERIES. 827 was carried by the mother across her breast after the manner of other Lemurs ; also a young Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), hatched in the same Gardens and then still in nestling plumage. The Amsterdam Gardens were fortunate in again possessing a living Anser ruflcollis, which had been captured about the 10th February, 1899, at Foxhol, near Hoogeram, in the province of Groningen; also several specimens of the now rare Talapoin Monkey (Cercopi-ihecus talapoin), and two examples of the beautiful Red Oriole of Formosa (Analcipus ardens), besides a family group of tbe Pleasant Antelope (Tragelaphus gratus), consisting of an adult pair, two young males, and a newly-born calf. At Antwerp there was, likewise, a small herd of Tragelaphus gratus, consisting of an adult pair and two young females ; also a fine adult male of the Roan Antelope from Senegal (Hippotragus equinus gambianus) (see ' Book of Antelopes,' iv. p. 15, pl. lxxviii.), and three examples of the true Dama Gazelle (Gazella dama), from Senegal. In the Antwerp Gardens Mr. Sclater had likewise examined a living female monkey which appeared to belong to a new species of the genus Cercocebus, remarkable for its prominent crest on the middle of the head and the long hairs on the cheeks. This specimen had been received by the Antwerp Gardens as a present from M . F. Fuchs, the Governor of the Congo Free State, and was believed to have been obtained, in March 1899, in the district of Stanley Falls on the Upper Congo. With the approbation of M . L'hoest, Mr. Sclater proposed to |
