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History'* a note respecting this scarce bird, which he believed to be 

 the true Tribomjx mortieri of Du Bus, while the bird figured under 

 that name by Mr. Gould (B. Austr. vi. pi. 71) appeared to be dif- 

 ferent, and had been proposed to be called Tribonyx gouldi. 



3. Seven Ground-squirrels {Xerus getulus), from the province of 

 Haha in Morocco, presented to the Society by Sir John Drummond- 

 Hay. K.C.B., C.M.Z.S.f 



4. A young Hornbill from West Africa (Buceros elatus, Temm. 

 PI. Col. p. .521), purchased August 1 9th. 



5. A pair of Sommerring's Antelopes (Gasella scemmerringi, 

 Cretzschm. Riipp. Zool. Atlas, tab. 19), purchased August 2Ist. 



A drawing by Mr. Wolf (Plate XXXVII.) was exhibited repre- 

 senting this beautiful species, which had not been previously exhi- 

 bited in the Society's Menagerie. 



6. A fine example of the black variety of the Leopard {Felis leo- 

 parduSyVhr. nigra), presented to the Society by Major James Langford 

 Pearse, Madras Staff Corps, August 30th. This animal was stated 

 to have been formerly in the menagerie of the Rajah of Mysore. 



7. A Bear, presented September 14th by Mr. William Scott Stone- 

 hewer, of Ada Lodge, Old Shoreham, Sussex. 



Head of Ursus piscator. 



* Ser. 3. vol. xx. p. 122 (Aug. 1867). 



t This is the Xems trivittatus of Dr. Gray (Ann. N. H. vol. x. p. 264, et ser. 3, 

 vol. XX. p. 334), but is certainly the species known on the continent as the Sciurus 

 getuhu of Linnaeus. Dr. Peters and M. Milne-Edwards, to whom I have shown 

 specimens, both recognize it as such. It is the only species of the group found 

 ill Northern Africa that I am acquainted with. — P. L. S. 



