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acceptable as the Society's collection previously contained three 

 females of this rare and interesting species. 



Two Eyton's tree ducks {Dendrocygna Eyloni) ; presented by the 

 Acclimatization Society of Sydney, New South Wales. 



Two young night herons in immature plumage; purchased May 

 14th, being apparently the young of Nycticorax cucullatus, of 

 Western Africa. 



Two yellow-rumped parrakeets (Platycercus Jlaveol us, Gould), from 

 Australia. 



A young kite, supposed to be the young of the square-tailed kite 

 (Milvus isurus, Gould), from Australia. 



Three Mange's ground cloves {Geopella Maugcei). 



Two Brazilian tree-ducks Dendrocygna fulva), from Brazil. 



A male rosy-billed duck (Anas peposaca), from South America. 



An Arabian bustard (Otis arabs), from West Africa. 



A Senegal bustard (Otis senegalensis), from West Africa. 



A specimen of the golden tiger cat of Sumatra (Felis aurata), 

 received in exchange July 17th. 



A pair of Soemmerring's antelopes (Gazella Scemmerriugii). 



A fine example of the black variety of the leopard (Felis leopardus, 

 var. nigra) ; presented to the Society by Major John Pearse, Madras 

 Staff Corps. This animal is stated to have been formerly in the 

 menagerie of the Rajah of Mysore. 



A specimen of the rare Australian parrot lately described by Mr. 

 Gould in the Society's ' Proceedings ' under the name of Geopsittacus 

 occidentalis ; presented to the Society by Dr. Ferdinand Muller, of 

 Melbourne, and received by the ship ' Essex,' under the special charge 

 of Capt. Ridgers, the obliging commander of that vessel. Dr. Muller, 

 who forwarded this bird to the Secretary under the impression that it 

 was undescribed, supplied the following particulars concerning it: — 

 " This peculiar parrot was presented to me by Mr. Ryan, on whose 

 sheep-station, on the Gawler ranges west of Spencer Gulf, it was 

 obtained. The most extraordinary circumstance connected with this 

 bird is, that it is nocturnal ! It lives in the rocky caves of the ranges, 

 and comes out at night to feed." . 



But perhaps the following list of animals which have been bred in 

 the Gardens of the Zoological Society between the 1st of January, 

 1867, and the 1st of January, 1868, is the most interesting portion of 

 the document. 



