24: 
15. Two Yellow-rumped Parrakeets (Platycercus flaveo- 
lus, Gould), from Australia, purchased May 27th. 
16. A young Kite, supposed to be the young of the 
Square-tailed Kite (Milvus isurus, Gould), from Australia, 
purchased May 27th. 
17. Three Maugé’s Ground-Doves (Geopelia maugei, 
Temm., Bp. Consp. ii. p. 94), purchased June 4th. 
18. Two Brazilian Tree-Ducks (Dendrocygna fulva, 
Gm.), from Brazil, received June 6th. 
19. A male Rosy-billed Duck (Anas peposaca, Vieill.), 
from South America, received June 6th. 
20. An Arabian Bustard (Otis arabs, Riipp.), from West 
Africa, received June 6th. 
21. A Senegal Bustard (Otis seneyalensis, Vieill.), from 
West Africa, received June 6th. 
22. A specimen of the Golden Tiger Cat of Sumatra 
(Felis aurata, Temm.), received in exchange July 17th. 
23. A pair of Sceemmerring’s Antelopes (Gazella sem- 
merringii, Cretzsch.), purchased August 21st. 
24, A fine example of the black variety of the Leopard — 
(Felis leopardus, var. nigra), presented to the Society by 
Major John Pearse, Madras Staff Corps, August 30th. 
This animal is stated to have been formerly in the mena- 
gerie of the Rajah of Mysore. 
25. A specimen of the rare Australian Parrot lately 
described by Mr. Gould in the Society’s ‘ Proceedings’ 
(1861, p. 100), under the name of Geopsitiacus occiden- 
talis, presented to the Society by Dr. Ferdinand Miller, 
of Melbourne, C.M.Z.S., and received November 17th by 
the ship ‘Essex,’ under the special charge of Capt. Rid- 
gers, the obliging commander of that vessel. 
Dr. Miiller, who forwarded this bird to the Secretary 
under the impression that it was undescribed, supplied the 
following particulars concerning it :— 
“This peculiar Parrot was presented to me by Mr. 
Ryan, on whose sheep-station, on the Gawler ranges west 
of Spencer Gulf, it was obtained. The most extraordinary 
circumstance connected with this bird is, that it is noc- 
turnal! It lives in the rocky caves of the ranges, and comes 
out at night to feed.” 
The following animals, received during the year 1867, 
constitute additions to the list given in the last edition 
of the List of Vertebrated Animals in the Society’s 
Gardens. Those marked with an asterisk are believed to 
