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longevity among anthropoids. It has been claimed that this 

 was exceeded by Messrs. Barnum and Bailey's Johanna"^; but 

 the evidence is not satisfactory. 



The Somah wild ass and the hairy-fronted muntjac were 

 exhibited for the first time in 1884; and both were described 

 and named by the Secretary as being new to science. Mr. E. 

 Lort Phillips had shot, in Berberah, an ass of large size — " our 

 Berberah horses looked quite small in comparison" — agreeing 

 in all points with the new form — the French grey colour, 

 absence of shoulder-stripe, small ears and flowing mane, and 

 black bands on the legs. 



The more important birds new to the collection shown this 

 year were the African cormorant, the Nepalese hornbill, the 

 banded gymnogene, purple barbet, and blue snow-goose. 



Among the mammals exhibited for the first time in 1885 

 were the Siamese gibbon, according to Dr. H. 0. Forbes only 

 a geographical race of the agile gibbon, one of the early 

 acquisitions of the Society; the "pleasant" antelope, and the 

 pale fennec fox. Among the birds were the brown pelican, 

 wattled starling, striated coly, Gouldian finch, and black- 

 browed albatross, from the Cape. 



The beautiful lesser koodoo was introduced in 1886. This 

 was the male of a pair imported in 1884 from Somaliland by 

 Carl Hagenbeck, and sold to M. Cornely of Tours. That 

 gentleman, having lost the female, parted with the survivor 

 to the Society. Another important addition was the bald 

 ouakari, which unfortunately lived but a few months. 



A young male gorilla was received from Cross of Liverpool 

 (a descendant of Edward Cross of Exeter 'Change) on October 

 10, 1887, and purchased later. At the scientific meeting of 

 November 15 Dr. Sclater said that the animal appeared to be 

 about three years old, and its height was 2 ft. 6 in. It was placed 

 in a compartment adjoining that of Sally, the bald chimpanzee, 

 affording an opportunity for comparing these two anthropoids. 



The following is quoted from Bartlett's account of the 

 animal in Land and Water (October 22, 1887, p. 342) : 



On arrival the poor beast appeared to be completely exhausted and 

 almost lifeless— no doubt partly from exposure to the cold and the 



* Proceedings, 1899, p. 297. Field, Nov. 19 (p. 908), Nov. 26 (p. 950), 1904. 



