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Deer of Northern China (Elaphurus davidianus), presented 
to the Society by H.E. Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., 
H.B.M. Ambassador at the Court of Pekin. 
27. A Pleurodele Newt (Pleurodeles walti), obtained in 
the vicinity of Seville in Spain, and presented to the So- 
ciety by Lord Lilford, F.Z.S., August 13th. 
28. A specimen of the Potto (Perodicticus potto), pur- 
chased September 4th. 
This rare Lemurine form has only been once before ex- 
hibited in the Society’s Gardens, in 1848 *. 
29. A fine young male of the Spanish Ibex (Capra his- 
panica), from the Sierra Hermosura, in Southern Spain, 
presented to the Society by Major Howard Irby, of the 
74th Highlanders, September 4th. Unfortunately, the 
female of this species from the same locality, presented by 
the same generous donor in August 1868, has died; but 
several correspondents of the Society are on the look-out 
for examples of this animal, so that there are fair pro- 
spects of its becoming ultimately a permanent denizen of 
the Society’s Gardens. 
30. Three Island Hen-Gallinules, from Tristan d’Acunha 
(Gallinula nesiotis, Sclater, P. Z. 8. 1861, p. 260, pl. xxx.), 
presented by E. L. Layard, Esq., F.Z.S., September 3rd. 
31. A superb Crested Eagle (Spizaétus ornatus), from 
Costa Rica, presented by Capt. J. M. Dow, F.Z.S., and 
received September 27th, being the first example of this 
fine bird of prey ever exhibited in the Society’s Gardens. 
32. Six Water-Tortoises (EHmys), presented by the Rev. 
Basil Wilberforce, November 27. Upon being taken to 
the British Museum for identification, four of these 
animals proved to belong to a new species, which was 
described by Dr. Gray at the Society’s Meeting in De- 
cember, under the name Emys flavipes ; and the two others 
to a species described hy Dr. Gray at the Society’s Meet- 
ing on the 11th of November, as Mauremys laniaria. 
33. A specimen of a rare American Monkey, the Oua- 
kari (Brachyurus owacaria, Spix), obtained from the 
forests of the Rio Negro, by Lewis Joel, Esq., C.M.Z.S., 
H.B.M. Vice-consul at Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela, and 
deposited in the Society’s Gardens by Mrs. Joel, Decem- 
ber 16th. 
* See Report of the Council for 1849, p, 15, 
