434 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [May 6, 



pi. 66). The first specimen of this scarce species was presented by 

 Dr. F. Muller in November 1867 (see P. Z. S. 1867, p. 891). 



The present example, which was purchased of a dealer on March 

 16, is the third known specimen of this nocturnal Parrot, which was 

 originally described by Mr. Gould, in 1861, from a mutilated skin. 



2. A short-toed Eagle (Circactus brachydactylus) from Saffi, 

 Morocco, presented by Capt. P. Perry, March 1 8th. 



This is a well-known South-European bird of prey, but has not 

 been represented in our series for many years, I believe. 



The total number of registered additions to the Society's Me- 

 nagerie during April 1873 was 146, of which 23 were by birth, 42 

 by presentation, 64 by purchase, 2 by exchange, and 1 5 were received 

 on deposit. The total number of departures during the same period 

 by death and removals was 72. 



The most noticeable additions were as follows : — 



1. A Broad-banded Armadillo (Xenurus unicinctus), obtained 

 by purchase on the 8th of April. 



This fine species of Armadillo is quite new to the Society's collection. 



2. A pair of White-necked Cranes {Grus leucauchen, Temm.), ob- 

 tained by purchase April 17th, and stated to have been received from 

 Japan. 



So far as I am aware, this fine Crane has never been previously 

 brought alive to England ; but several of the continental Societies 

 possess examples of it. 



3. In a collection of small Passerine birds, obtained from the 

 Jardin d'Acclimatation of Paris on the 25th of April, were single 

 specimens of two interesting Japanese Buntings, neither of which 

 has ever previously occurred to me in a living state. These are 

 the Yellow-browed Bunting {Emberiza chrysophrys, Pall.) and the 

 Red-backed Bunting {Euspiza rutila, Pall.). 



4. An example of Oersted's Squirrel Monkey (Saimaris cerstedi), 

 brought from Panama by one of our correspondents of the West- 

 Indian Mail Company, and purchased April 29th. 



In my recent paper on the Central-American Quadrumana (P. Z. S. 

 1872, p. 3) I recorded this species as S. entomophaga, D'Orb. 

 Prof. Reinhardt has since described and figured it as Chrysothrix 

 cerstedi (Vid. Medd. 1872, p. 157, pi. 3), considering it, I have little 

 doubt quite correctly, distinct from the Bolivian S. entomophaga. 



Mr. Sclater called attention to the fact of a young Liberian 

 Hippopotamus {Hippopotamus liberiensis) having been recently 

 brought alive to this country, and gave some details respecting this 

 specimen, which had been obtained by Mr. John S. Price, of the 

 Colonial Office, from some negroes who had brought it from the 

 Little Scarcies River to Sierra Leone, and presented to Mr. Pope 

 Hennessy. Mr. Hennessy had given it to the Royal Zoological 

 Society of Ireland ; but it had died shortly after reaching Dublin. 



Mr. Sclater exhibited some photographs of this animal taken in 

 Liverpool. 



