530 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [JunC 1 9, 



a short time ago on the beach near Manora Point, Kurrachi, by my 

 daughter, Mrs. John Bruce. I have placed it in the British Museum. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE LIV. 



Rgs. la, \b. Thaicheria mirabilis, p. 

 629. 



2 a, 2 b. Physa madagascariensis, 



p. 528. 



3 a, 3 6. Helix watersi, p. 527. 



Fig. 4. Helix ekongensis, p. 528. 

 6. balstoni, p. 528. 



6. Leiodomus kurrachensis, p. 529. 



7. Bulimus balstoni, p. 627. 



June 19, 1877. 

 E. W. Holdsworth, Esq., F.Z.S., in the Chair. 



The Secretary made the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during May 1877 : — 



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

 gerie during the month of May was 164, of which 15 were by birth, 

 82 by presentation, 34 by purchase, while 21 were received in ex- 

 change, and 12 on deposit. The total number of departures during 

 the same period, by death and removals, was 161. 



The most noticeable additions during the month were : — 



1 . Seven Raccoon-like Dogs {Nyetereutes procynides) born in the 

 Menagerie on the 2nd May. We are fortunate, as I have already 

 remarked (P. Z. S. 1876, p. 695), in having an example of both 

 sexes of this scarce species of Cams in our collection, and still more 

 fortunate that they have bred with us and produced such a large litter. 



2. A Pangolin (Manis tricuspis) purchased May 24th from Mr. 

 Cross, of Liverpool, being, so far as I know, the first example of this 

 remarkable form of the Edentata that has ever reached us alive. 



The animal, which, I regret to have to add, died on the 27th ult. 

 from debility consequent upon ulceration of the tongue, is a male, 

 probably not quite mature. It measures 28J inches in length, 

 the body being 13| and the tail 15 inches long. There are 7 series 

 of scales on the head, 20 or 21 on the back, and 38 on the tail (see 

 woodcut, p. 531). 



Prof Garrod promises to give us a full account of the anatomy 

 of this interesting animal, of which there is still much to be learnt. 



3. An African Buzzard (Bufeo tachardus), captured in the Red Sea, 

 and presented by Mr. Andrew Anderson, F.Z.S.,May 22nd, 1877. 



Mr. Anderson sends me the subjoined note on the capture of this 

 bird : — 



On the afternoon of the 27th April, while off the Zebayer Islands, 

 in the Red Sea, about midway between the coast of Africa and 

 Arabia [lat. 15° 2' N., long. 42° 18' E.], a large flight of big-looking 

 birds suddenly made their appearance ; and, so far as I could count 

 them, some 15 or 20 remained with the S.S. ' Europa,' settling now 

 and again on the rigging. 



During the night four were captured ; but I only succeeded in 

 becoming possessed of two, which, judging from the difference in 

 their size, must have been (S and ? . The smaller one, presumably 



