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Show 1 7 8 ON PERE DAVID'S DEER IN HAINAN. [N o v . 15, by presentation and 28 by purchase, 87 were born in the Gardens, and 85 were received on deposit. The number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 182. Among the additions special attention may be called to :- 1. A female Lar Gibbon (Hylobates lar), presented by Mr. C. R. Stokoe on August 9th. 2. A Capybara (Hydrochverus capybara), presented by Messrs. the Liebig Extract of Meat Co. on August 18th. 3. Two young female Gorillas (Anthropopithecus gorilla), obtained by purchase on August 19th. The number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of September was 156, of which 69 were acquired by presentation, 10 by purchase, and 77 were received on deposit. The number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 142. Among the additions special attention may be called to :- 1. A fine specimen of Wolf's Monkey (Cercopithecus loolfi), deposited on Sept. 5th. This beautiful species is figured in P. Z. S. 1894, pi. vii. 2. An Aru-Islands' Kangaroo (Macropus brunii), deposited Sept. 9th. 3. A pair of Kelp Geese (Cliloephaga antcirctica), from the Falkland Islands, presented by Mr. Vere Packe, Sept. 14th. The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of October were 128 in number. Of these 76 were acquired by presentation and 12 by purchase, 3 were born in the Gardens, 36 were received on deposit and 1 in exchange. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 163. Among the additions special attention may be called to :- 1. Three Beatrix Antelopes (Oryx leucoryx), one from Aden, a female, presented by Mr. G. W . Bury on Oct. 5th, and a pair from the Persian Gulf, presented by Major P. Z. Cox, I.S.C., F.Z.S., on Oct. 22nd. 2. Two King Birds of Paradise (Cicinnurus regius), from New Guinea, purchased on Oct. 15th. New to the Collection. 3. A new species of Moustache Monkey (Cercopithecus, sp. n.), from the Gaboon, deposited on Oct. 15tli. 4. A Du Chaillu's Monkey (Cercopithecus nigripes), from the Gaboon, deposited on Oct. 15th. 5. Two Schmidt's Monkeys (Cercopithecus schmidti), from the Congo, deposited on Oct. 17th. 6. Two Blue-tailed Fruit-Pigeons (Carpophaga covcinna), from the Am Islands, presented by Mrs. Johnstone on Oct. 17th. Mr. R. Lydekker communicated the result of recent correspondence connected with the sketch by a Chinese artist of a Deer from Hainan purporting to bePere David's Deer (Elaphurus |
