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3. A male example of the wild Swine of Formosa (Sus 
taivanus, Swinhoe), received by the ship ‘ Island Queen,’ 
January 17, having been obtained for Mr. Swinhoe by 
Mr. Gregory, H.M. Vice-Consul at Tamsuy, and for- 
warded to the Society by Mr. Swinhoe. 
4. A pair of Saiga Antelopes (Saiga tatarica, Pallas), 
received on deposit in November 1866, and subsequently 
purchased, as being apparently likely to do well in the 
Society’s Menagerie. 
5. A specimen of the Carpet-Snake of Australia (Morelia 
variegata, Gray), received from Queensland, purchased of 
a dealer. 
6. A specimen of the Peruvian Boa (Boa eques, Eyd. 
et Soul.), from Guayaquil, presented to the Society by 
Prof. William Nation, of Lima, Peru, C.M.Z.S. 
7. Afemale Lyre-bird (Menura superba), brought to this 
country in the ship ‘La Hogue’ by its proprietor, Mr. 
Ross, from whom it was acquired by the Society’s Gardens. 
8. An example of the Parrot (Coracopsis barklyi), de- 
scribed by Mr. Edward Newton as new at the Meeting of the 
Society held April 11; presented to the Society by Swin- 
burne Ward, Esq., H.M. Commissioner to the Seychelles, 
on the 8th of April. 
9. A Tortoise from Digué Island, Seychelles (Sterno- 
therus subniger, Gray, P.Z.S. 1863, p. 195); presented 
by the same gentleman on the 23rd of March. 
10. A pair of Ka-Ka Parrots (Nestor hypopolius), from 
New Zealand ; presented to the Society by the Acclima- 
tation Society of Canterbury, New Zealand, on the 25th 
of April. 
11. A Boatbill (Caneroma cochlearia), obtained in ex- 
change from the Zoological Gardens, Antwerp, on the 
25th of April. 
12. A male Ground-Hornbill, from West Africa (Bucor- 
vus abyssinicus) ; presented May 6th by C. B. Mosse, Esq., 
Staff-Surgeon, and the more acceptable, as the Society’s 
collection previously contained three females of this rare 
and interesting species, 
13. Two Eyton’s Tree-Ducks (Dendrocygna eytoni) ; 
presented by the Acclimatization Society of Sydney, New 
South Wales. : 
14. Two young Night-herons in immature plumage, 
purchased May 14th, being apparently the young of Nycti- 
corax cucullatus (Wagl.), of Western Africa. 
