138 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [ Mar. 22, 
haps four or five Dentalia have been impaled on the teeth of the 
spear. It is a very ingenious mode of procuring them, for it would 
be quite impracticable either to dredge or net them out; and they 
are never, as far as I know, found between tide-marks. 
At one period, perhaps a remote one, in the history of the inland 
Indians these Denéalia were worn as ornaments. I have often found 
them mixed with stone beads and small bits of the nacre of the Ha- 
liotis, of an irregular shape, but with a small hole drilled through 
each piece, in the old graves about Walla-walla and Colville. In all 
probability, these ornaments were traded from the coast Indians ; 
but, as these graves were quite a thousand miles from the sea, it is 
pretty clear the inland and coast Indians must have had some means 
of communication. 
March 22, 1864. 
Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., in the Chair. 
The Secretary called the attention of the Meeting to some recent 
important additions to the Society’s Menagerie. These consisted, 
first, of a selection from a large importation of living animals lately 
received by a London dealer from Para, amongst which were the 
following species :— 
A female Monkey of the genus Pithecia, probably referable to 
Pithecia satanas, Hoffm. This rather scarce Monkey from the 
Upper Amazon had not been previously represented in the Society’s 
living collection for many years. The present specimen was nearly 
black, but with a decided brownish tinge on the back. 
. A Red-throated Falcon (Hypotriorchis rufigularis). 
. Two Blue-bearded Crows (Cyanocorax eyanopogon). 
. Four Ground-Cuckoos ( Guira piririgua). 
. One Green Trumpeter (Psophia viridis, Spix). 
. One Green Bittern (Butorides virescens). 
. Crimson-billed Teal (Querquedula ipecutiri, Vieill.). 
. Two Red-billed Whistling-Ducks (Dendrocygna autumnalis). 
. An immature specimen of the American Jabiru (Mycteria 
americana). 
10. Two young Maguari Storks (Ciconia maguart). 
11. Two Cassiques (Cassicus persicus), together with several other 
birds of less interest. 
Conn u Ss & b> 
A second important arrival had taken place on the 17th ultimo, 
in the shape of a new present from the Society’s Corresponding 
