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4, MENAGERIE. 
The number of animals living in the Society’s Menagerie 
has not varied greatly during the past year. The fol- 
lowing Table shows the corresponding numbers at the close 
of the last five years :— 
December 31. 
1865. 1866. 1867. 1868. 1869. 
Quadrupeds.....ceee 490 535 531 616 598 
15490 (a eerenser aearone ose 1365 1305 1320 1220 1245 
Reptiles: c+.tveceseoes se 101 173 159 134 170 
1956 2013 2010 1970 2013 
There have, however, been many remarkable additions 
made to the collection during the year 1869, as the follow- 
ing list of the principal novelties will show :— 
1. A Black Ape (Cynopithecus niger), purchased Janu- 
ary 1st, being an example of a form of a Monkey that had 
long been unrepresented in the Society’s collection. 
2. A young specimen of the two-wattled Cassowary 
(Casuarius bicarunculatus), purchased January 13th from 
the Zoological Society of Rotterdam. This Cassowary was 
originally described in 1860 from a specimen living in the 
Society’s collection. The original specimen subsequently 
died, and is now in the British Museum. Astin the 
former example, the present bird is in the immature brown 
plumage, but is nevertheless of great interest, as serving to 
confirm the validity of this species. 
3. An American Badger (Taxidea americana), purchased 
January 23rd, and believed to be the first living example 
of this species exhibited in the Society’s Menagerie. 
4. A Fennec Fox, captured at Mount Sinai by the 
members of the Sinai Survey Expedition, and presented to 
the Society on the 19th of February. This animal is 
obviously distinct from the true Fennec (Canis cerdo, Gm.), 
and appears to be referable to the species described and 
figured by Riippell as Canis famelicus (Atlas, p. 15, t. 5). 
5. A Senegal Coucal (Centropus senegalensis) from West 
Africa, being the first specimen of this bird exhibited in 
the Society’s collection. It was purchased March 8th. 
6. Three Menopomas (Menopoma alleghaniense) from 
the Alleghany river, U. 8. A., presented by the Trustees of 
