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The mode in which these figures compare with those of 

 previous years is shown in the subjoined table : — 



The following is a list of the most noticeable additions 

 made to the Menagerie during the year 1885 : — 



1. A Black-and-Yellow Hawfinch {Mycerobas melanoxanthus) 

 from Northern India, and an Andaman Starling {Sturnia anda- 

 manensis) from the Andaman Islands, purchased January 10. 



2. A young male European Moose {Alces maehlis), presented 

 by Evelyn Hubbard, Esq., January 22nd. Mr. Hubbard informs 

 us that this animal was captured on the Ladoga, Russia, when 

 evidently but just dropped, in June 1884. It has been placed in 

 the Gardens in company' with an American specimen of the 

 Moose, purchased in April 1884, so that the two forms of this 

 animal, sometimes supposed to be of different species, may now 

 be seen side by side. 



3. A pair of Taks {Poephagus grunniens), purchased January 

 23rd. 



4. A Yiverrine Phalanger (Phalangista viverrina) from Aus- 

 tralia, purchased February 10th, new to the Society's Menagerie. 



5. An Isabelline Lynx {Felis isaheUina), received in exchange 

 from the Zoological Gardens, Calcutta, February 27th. 



6. Two Brown Pelicans (PeZfCffntts /hscms), purchased February 

 28th. The acquisition of these birds renders the Society's series 

 of Pelicans very nearly complete, as it now comprises examples 

 of seven species. 



7. A female Roan Kangaroo (Macr&pus eruhescens), being the 

 third specimen of this Kangaroo acquired by the Society, and the 

 first of the female sex. 



8. Six Wattled Starlings (DilopJms carunndatus) from South 

 Africa, purchased March 20th and 27th. These are the first 

 examples we have received of this curious Starling, which is 



