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Show 110 LETTER FROM MR. L. M. D'ALBERTIS. [Feb. 3, February 3, 1874. Dr. E. Hamilton, V.P., in the Chair. The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of January, 1874 :- The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of January 1874 was 96 ; of which 2 were by birth, 29 by presentation, 45 by purchase, 2 by exchange, and 18 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 78. The most noticeable additions during the month were as follows :- 1. A female of the Chinese Water-deer (Hydropotes inermis, Swinhoe) purchased January 1, making a pair of this rare animal now in the Society's Gardens. 2. A pair of Pink-headed Ducks (Anas caryophyllacea) purchased January 12, being the first living examples of this Indian Duck ever received by the Society. 3. A Dusky Monkey (Semnopithecus obscurus) purchased January 26. I am not aware that any example of this rare Malaccan Monkey has been previously brought alive to Europe. 4. Two Vulturine Guinea-fowls (Numida vulturina) presented January 8, by Dr. J. Kirk, C.M.Z.S. The Secretary read an extract from a letter addressed to him by Mr. Luigi M . d'Albertis, C.M.Z.S., dated Sydney, N . S. W., December 1, 1873, and containing an account of a new species of Kangaroo from New Guinea, proposed to be called Halmaturus luctuosus, of which he had obtained a living specimen from a sailor of H.M.S. 'Basilisk.' The specimen was described as follows :- " Length from the nose to the occiput 4| inches; length of the ears If inch; length of the thigh 5f inches ; length of the tarsus, including the nail, 4f inches ; length of the tail 11| inches; total length, from the nose to the tip of the tail, 2 feet 5 inches. Its weight is 7\ pounds. " The fur is short; its general colour dark ashy brown, with a silvery tinge, white at the roots ; chin, throat, and chest white, with two horizontal ashy stripes under the pouch ; on the top of the head a silvery-whitish spot; the thighs more grey ; feet dark, almost black • the arm white inside; the hand black. The tail moderately strong, of a similar colour to the body, but white and bare of hairs for about'an inch at the extremity. The lips are barely covered with fur; the eyebrows are puffed, almost naked, and provided with eyelids so fine as not to be readily seen at first sight. Habitat, S. E. of N e w Guinea " The following papers were read :- |