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Show 1 9 0 4 .] THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 17 7 November 15, 1904. Dr. W. T. B l a n f o r d , C.I.E., F.R.S., Vice-President, 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, 1904 :- The number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of June was 149, of which 44 were acquired by presentation, 20 by birth, 15 by purchase, 69 were received on deposit and 1 in exchange. The number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 121. Among the additions special attention may be called to :- 1. A male Buffon's Kob (.Kobus kob), new to the Collection, received on deposit on June 2nd. 2. A male Goral Antelope (Nemorhcedus goral), presented by Major Rodon, F.Z.S., on June 3rd. 3. A male Chimpanzee (Anthropopithecus troglodytes), from the Congo, purchased on June 5th. 4. A male Speke's Antelope (Tragelaphus spekii), new to the Collection, received on deposit on June 27th. 5. Two Ural Owls (Syrnium uralense), received on deposit on June 29th. The number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of July was 181, of which 74 were acquired by presentation and 22 by purchase, 63 were received on deposit, and 22 were bred in the Menagerie. The number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 162. Among the additions special attention may be called to :-■ 1. A Riippell's Colobus (Colobus abyssinicus), deposited on July 2nd. 2. Two Japanese Bears (Ursus japonicus), one presented by Miss Yiolet M. Lakin on July 11th, and the other deposited on July 28th. 3. A male Sing Sing Waterbuck (Kobus unctuosus) ; 4. A male Gambian Ourebi (Ourebia nigricaudata) ; 5. A male Ostrich (Struthio camelus) ; and 6. Three Levaillant's Parrots (Potocephalus robustus) : presented by Capt. Sir George Denton, K.C.M.G., F.Z.S., on July 14th. 7. Two young male Greater Koodoos (iStrepsiceros kudu), deposited on July 15th. 8. A Yellow-crowned Penguin (Eudyptes antipodum), and 9. Two Rock-hopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome), purchased on July 23rd. The number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of August was 270. Of these 70 were acquired P r o c . Z o o l . Soc.-1904, Y o l . II. No. Nil. 12 |
