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donation of Birds and Quadrupeds presented by their 

 esteemed Corresponding Member, Hugh Cuming, Esq., 

 on his return from the Pliilippine Islands ; a donation ex- 

 ceeding in rarity and interest any single Collection which 

 the Society has received for some years. Among other 

 specimens presented by Mr. Cuming, Avere a noble ex- 

 ample of the Argus Pheasant, believed to be the first living 

 bird of the species ever seen in Europe^ a Fire-backed 

 Pheasant, a Gibbon Ape, a Flying Squirrel, &c., most of 

 which are still living, and form some of the greatest orna- 

 ments of the Menagerie. Neither can they pass over with- 

 out special notice the interesting donation of a living Ba- 

 byrussa, the first ever seen in this country, which they 

 owe to another valued Member of the Society, Capt. Ed- 

 ward Belcher, R.N., to whom the Society was already 

 under many previous obligations. 



The following is a list of the new and rare species ex- 

 hibited for the first time in the Society's Menagerie : 



List of Mammals exhibited for the first time at the 

 Menagerie. 



Agile Gibbon (dark variety) . Hylohates agilis. 

 Talapoin Monkey. Cercopitheciis Talapoin. 

 A new species of Cercopitheciis. C. tantalus, Ogilby. 

 Anjouan Lemur. Lemur Anfuanensis. 

 A small undetermined species of Ichneumon, from Mada- 

 gascar. 

 Fasciated Ichneumon. Herpestes fascia f us. 

 The Zorilla. Zorilla Capensis. 

 The Bassaris. Hassan's astuta. 

 The Babyrussa. Sus Babyrussa. 

 Indian Tapir. Tapirus Lidicus. 

 Splendid Fljdng-Squirrel. Pteromys nitidiis. 

 ,West African Ground-Squirrel. Sciurus erythropus. 

 Opossum Mouse. Phalangista nana. 

 Moor Monkey. Semnopitheciis Maurus. 



