418 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [May 15, 



in sequence as members of the LimicoliE^ ; and such being the case, 

 their intimate affinities with the Thinocorinse scarcely need further 

 notice. The bifid vomer of Numenius arquntus, as shown in fig. 3, 

 p. 417, closely resembles that of most of the Limicolee ])roper. The 

 vomer is always sharp-pointed in the Larinse, as in Sterna hirundo 

 (fig. I, p. 417), with which Chionis generally agrees. 



In Cursorius and Glareola the vomer is not expanded laterally. 

 In them, however, there is an absence of pterygoid facets for articu- 

 lation with the basisphenoid rostrum, together with a general re- 

 semblance between their palates and those of the Thinocorinse. In 

 their myology these genera do not differ in any essential -points from 

 Thinocorus and Attagis ; and it is with these that I cannot help 

 thinking that Thinocorus and Attagis are most allied. Not in any 

 of these genera are the pair of supraoccipital foramina to be found, 

 which are present in nearly all the Charadriidse and the Gruidse. 



May 15, 1877. 

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



The following report on the additions to the Society's Mena- 

 gerie during the month of April 1877 was read by the Secretary: — 



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

 gerie during the month of April 1877 was 74, of which 28 were by 

 presentation, 16 by purchase, 5 by exchange, 8 by birth, and 17 were 

 received on deposit. The total number of departures during the 

 same period by death and removals was 105. 



The most noticeable additions during the month were : — 



1. A Ceylon Fish-Owl {Ketupa ceylonensis), from Ceylon, pre- 

 sented April 4th by Capt. H. B. Turner. This fine Owl is new to 

 our published list, and has not been represented in the Gardens for 

 many years, though I believe we formerly had a living example of it. 



2. A female Bohor Antelope ( Oervicajira bolior), transmitted by the 

 Sultan of Zanzibar, along with other animals, to the Prince of Wales, 

 and deposited by His Eoyal Highness in the Gardens on April 24th. 

 This Antelope is new to the Society's collection. 



3. A Pygmy Marmoset {Flajiale pygmcea), purchased April 27th, 

 and stated to have been obtained at Pebas, on the Upper Amazons. 

 No previous living example of this beautiful httle Marmoset has, so 

 far as I am aware, reached Europe alive. The iris is of a clear 

 reddish brown. 



^ Vide P. Z. S. 1874, p. 123. I may bere mention tliat Dr. Coues's account, 

 in tile above-quoted paper, of the myology of Chionis minor is incomplete as far 

 as the varying muscles are concerned ; and I may add that in both species the 

 ambiens muscle is of fair size, the external vastus covers the biceps cruris, the 

 femoro-caudal with its accessories and the semitendinosiis with its accessories 

 are well developed. The internal obturator is oval ; and there is a slip from the 

 biceps humeri to the patagium. There are two carotid arteries, and intestinal 

 ceeca 5 inches long in C. alba, 6 inches in C. minor. 



