4706 THE ZooLoGIst—NovEMBER, 1875. 
says :—‘ The only figure that strikes me as erroneous, and that only in 
having too much colour, is Helix pomatia in plate ix.: this species in a 
state of nature is nearly white; it is so nearly the colour of chalk, that it is 
most difficult to distinguish it from a lump of chalk.” Upon this point 
I beg entirely to differ. Out of a series of eight in my collection only one 
can be said to be white, or approaching to white, and in that one the trans- 
verse brown bands are clearly discernible. My colourist had four average 
specimens placed before him to copy from, not one of which was white; 
and I have since received from’ Lord Erskine four others picked up at 
Mickleham, near Dorking, all of which correspond very fairly in colour 
with my figure of that species on the plate referred to.—J. EH. Harting ; 
24, Lincoln’s Inn Fields. 
[I have great pleasure in publishing Mr. Harting’s note, but I must take 
the liberty of appending this apposite couplet from ‘ Hudibras ;’— 
‘A man convinced against his will 
Is of the same opinion still.” 
—Edward Newman.) 
Portuguese Man-of-War.—On Thursday, October 14th, a fine specimen 
of the Portuguese man-of-war was taken by a boatman at St. Leonards. It 
was fully inflated, and measured nearly nine inches in length. It has 
been sent to the Brighton Aquarium.—J. S. Bowerbank ; 2, East Ascent, 
St. Leonards-on-Sea, October 15, 1875. 
Zoological Society of London: Additions to the Menagerie from the 
9th to the 20th of August, 1875,— 
N.B.—The day of the month when the specimen was obtained precedes its name ; 
the number of specimens, if more than one, also precedes the name; when a species 
is new to the collection an asterisk (*) is affixed to the name: the country of which 
the species is native follows the name; the donor’s name follows the name of the 
country, except when the specimen has been purchased; the part of the Gardens 
where the specimen is exhibited follows the donor's name. 
August 9. Two purple cow-birds (male and female) ;* Peru; presented by 
Prof. W. Nation; parrot house. 
11. Three American crows; Bermuda; by Mr. Saville G. Reid; crows’ 
cages. 
13. Coypu (male); South America ; rodent house. 
14. Three spotted cavyys; on approval; rodent house. 
», Three Hoffman’s sloths; Panama; on approval; sloths’ house. 
» Red deer (female); British Isles; by Mr. 8. Carter. 
» Edible frog; Europe; by Miss M. Garrard; reptile house. 
