1878.] ON BIRDS FROM DUKE-OF YORK ISLAND, ETC. 289 



March 5, 1878. 

 Prof. Newton, F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of February 1878 : — 



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

 gerie during the month of February was 63, of which 27 were ac- 

 quired by presentation, 1 7 by purchase, 4 by exchange, 6 were bred 

 in the Gardens, and 9 were received on deposit. The total number 

 of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 93. 



The most noticeable additions during the month of February 

 were 



A pair of Leopards (Felis leopardus), obtained from Capt. Phillips, 

 of the S.S. 'Mesopotamia,' February 18th. These Leopards, which 

 were brought from the Persian Gulf by Capt. Phillips on his last 

 voyage, are remarkable for their long hairy coats, bushy tails, and 

 pale body-colour, which reminds one rather of the Ounce (Felis 

 uncia). They are probably from some part of the mountainous 

 district of Persia. 



Mr. Sclater exhibited a second collection of birds from Duke-of- 

 York Island, New Britain, and New Ireland, which he had received 

 from the Rev. G. Brown, C.M.Z.S. These were mostly duplicates 

 of the collection brought before the Society on the 19th of February 

 last year 1 , and consisted of examples of the following species : — ■ 



1. Rhipidura setosa. 12. Centropus ateralbus. 



2. Monarcha alecto. 13. Eclectus polychlorus. 



3. Dicranostreptus inegarhyn- 14. Nasiterna pusio. 



chits. 15. Lorius hypoenochrous. 



4. Nectarinia aspasia. 1 6. Varpophaga rubricera. 



5. frenata. 17. van-wycki. 



6. Philemon cocker elli. 18. CEdirhinus insolitus. 



7. Calornis nitida. 19. Chalcophaps stephani. 



8. Gracula hreffti. 20. Calcenas nicobarica. 



9. Corvus orru. 21. Megapodius eremita. 



10. Dendrochelidon mystacea. 22. Tringoides hypoleucos. 



11. Halcyon sanctus. 23. Tringa acuminata. 



Mr. Sclater called special attention to the following specimens, and 

 read the subjoined notes on them : — 



6. Philemon cockerelli (I.e. p. 104). 



Two additional examples of this Philemon, both from New Britain, 

 are in the collection. The species is exactly of the same form as P. 

 plumigenis (Tropidorhynchus plumigenys, G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 



1 See P. Z. S. 1877, p. 96 ; also Mr. Ramsay's notes on the same collection, 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. New S. Wales, vol. i. p. 309. 



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