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One Indian badger {Arctonyx collaris), one slow loris {Nycticebus 

 tardigradus) and eight water tortoises {Emys. sp. var.) ; presented by 

 Dr. J. Anderson. 



The following notes relate to some of the other more remarkable 

 additions made to the Menagerie during the year : — 



An additional example of the mooruk or Bennett's cassowary ; 

 presented by Commodore Sir William Wiseman, Bart., R.N., along 

 with other valuable birds, Feb. 14. 



Two specimens of the very beautiful lory of the Solomon Islands 

 {Lorius chlorocerciis) ; purchased Feb. 5. 



A male example of the wild swine of Formosa (Sus taivanus y 

 Swinhoe) ; received by the ship " Island Queen," January 17, 

 having been obtained for Mr. Swinhoe by Mr. Gregory, Her 

 Majesty's Vice-Consul at Tamsuy, and forwared to the Society by 

 Mr. Swinhoe. 



A pair of Saiga antelopes {Saiga tatarica, Pallas) ; received on 

 deposit in November, 1866, and subsequently purchased, as being 

 likely to do well in the Society's Menagerie. 



A specimen of the carpet-snake of Australia (Morelia variegata, 

 Gray), received from Queensland, purchased of a dealer. 



A specimen of the Peruvian boa {Boa Eques,) from Guayaquil, 

 presented to the Society by Prof. William Nation, of Lima. 



A female Lyre-bird {Menura superba) ; brought to this country in 

 the ship 'La Hogue' by its proprietor Mr. Ross, from whom it was 

 acquired by the Society's Gardens. 



An example of the parrot {Coracopsis Barklyi), described by Mr. 

 Edward Newton as new at the Meeting of the Society held April 11 ; 

 presented to the Society by Swinburne Ward, Esq., Her Majesty's 

 Commissioner to the Seychelles, on the 8th of April. 



A tortoise from Digue Island, Seychelles {Sternot/icenis submger); 

 presented by the same gentleman on the 23rd of March. 



A pair of Ka-Ka parrots {Nestor hypopolius), from New Zealand; 

 presented to the Society by the Acclimatation Society of Canterbury, 

 New Zealand, on the 25th of April. 



A boatbill {Cancroma cocldearia) ; obtained in exchange from the 

 Zoological Gardens, Antwerp, on the 25th of April. 



A male ground-hornbill, from West Africa {Bucorvus abyssinicus) ; 

 presented May 6th by C. B. Mosse, Esq., StafF-Surgeon, and the more 



