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Show 1903.] ON CERCOCEBUS ATERRIMUS AND LUTRA CAPENSIS. 191 March 3, 1903. G. A. B o u l en g er , Esq., F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Cliair. The Secretary read the following report on the additions made to the Society's Menagerie in February 1903 :- The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of February were 57 in number. Of these 8 were acquired by presentation, 48 were received on deposit and 1 on approval. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 105. Amongst the additions special attention may be directed t o :- 1. An example of Cuvier's Gazelle (Gazella cuvieri), deposited by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P., F.Z.S., on Feb. 9th. No example of this rare North-African Gazelle has been exhibited in the Gardens since 1867. 2. A Tamandua Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) from South America, received on approval on Feb. 12th. This is a very healthy and lively specimen of an animal which we have not had living in the Gardens for some years. 3. A young male Chimpanzee (Anthropopithecus troglodytes) about a year old, deposited by Mr. J. C. Lamprey, of the West African Regiment, on Feb. 18th. This animal is said to have been obtained at Kronko in the French Soudan, and was brought home from Sierra Leone by the depositor. It is in very good health. 4. A Frilled Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingi) from Australia is the second example of this species received at the Gardens, the first having been presented by Mr. Saville Kent some seven years ago. The present specimen was presented by Mi*. H. W. Fawdon on February 18th. The Secretary read the following extracts from a letter addressed to Mr. P. L. Sclater by Major C. Delme Radcliffe from Uganda, and exhibited the skins of a Monkey (Cercocebus aterrimus) and an Otter (Lutra cajjensis) obtained by his collector Mr. Doggett, and sent home by parcel post, at the same time :- " I am sending you the skins of two monkeys-one completely prepared with bones, and the skin of the other, also skulls of both. The animals were both female. Doggett got them for me a few days ago, as I had sent him collecting by road here from Entebbe. This monkey is quite new to me. I shall be glad to hear from you if it is a new species. It is very interesting, and the skull has some interesting features, for instance the small canines. The hair is curiously like a Chimpanzee's. Doggett tells me he thought from the noise they made that they were Chimpanzees at first. Is it a true Cercopithecus ? It interests me very much, and I shall be P rog. Z ool. S oc.- 1903, V o l . I. No. XIII. 13 |