THE ZooLocisT—DECEMBER, 1875. 4727 
St. Margaret’s, on Saturday last, succeeded in capturing a fine roach, 
weighing three pounds one ounce and a half. The fish was brought to 
London by Mr. J. Burnham, and shown at the Club-room of the Hoxton 
Brothers and also the Walworth Waltonians on Saturday evening. It has 
been sent for preservation. —R. Chearney; Secretary, Hoxton Brothers 
Angling Society, November 10, 1875. 
Proceedings of Scientitic Societies. 
ZooLocicaL Society or Lonpon. 
November 2, 1875.—Dr. E. Hamitron, Vice-President, in the chair. 
The Secretary read a report on the additions that had been made to 
the Society’s Menagerie during the months of June, July, August and 
September, 1875, and called particular attention to— 
1. A Cassowary, received June 7th (having been brought from New 
Zealand by Dr. Hector, and presented to the Society by the Right Hon. 
Sir James Fergusson, Bart.), and originally obtained from New Guinea by 
H.M.S. ‘ Basilisk.’ It appeared to belong to the species lately described as 
Casuarius Beccarii. 
2. A female Grant's Gazelle (Gazella Granti, Brooke) from East Africa, 
presented by Dr. John Kirk, June 10th. This species was previously only 
known from drawings. 
3. A pair of Giant Tortoises (Testudo indica), purchased July 6th, 1875. 
These Tortoises were originally from Aldabra Island, in the Indian Ocean, 
but had been kept in captivity in the Seychelles, and had been forwarded 
thence by Mr. C.S. Salmon, the Chief Commissioner for the Islands, under 
the care of Dr. Brooks, Government Medical Officer. 
4, A female Sumatran Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sumatrensis), deposited 
July 14th, by Mr. C. Jamrach. 
5. A young female Tora Antelope (Alcelaphus Tora), from Upper Nubia, 
purchased July 22nd, being the first example of this eastern form of-the 
Bubal Anielope which had been received. 
6. A young female Manatee (Manatus americanus), deposited August 6th, 
by Mr. R. Swain, of Demerara, and subsequently purchased for £150. It 
lived in apparently good health until September 7th, when it died very 
suddenly. 
A letter was read from Signor L. M. D’Albertis, giving some account of 
several excursions he had made into Southern New Guinea from his present 
quarters in Yule Island. 
