187r.] THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 531 



Manis trieuspis, from a drawing by Mr. Wood, F.Z.S., published in the 

 'Illustrated I^ondon News ' for July 28th, 1877. 



the 6" J was in a very rufous or rather ochreous-red phase of plumage ; 

 this one, I regret to say, died the day before we reached Liverpool. 



The one that has been placed in the Grardens is of a brown colour, 

 and I should say is a § bird. The four specimens I examined in 

 life varied considerably in plumage, as much so as Buteo ferox does. 



4. A Guianan crested Eagle {Morphnus ffuianensis), purchased 

 May 23rd, and said to have been received from the Upper Amazons. 

 This is the first example of this remarkable bird of prey that we 

 have received alive. 



5. A one-wattled Cassowary [Casuarius uniappendiculatus) , ob- 

 tained from the Royal Zoological Society of Amsterdam on the 

 24th May. This is a not quite adult example of this fine Casso- 

 wary, of which we have previously had but a single young specimen 

 in the collection \ 



6. A male of the new Mesopotamiau Fallow Deer, lately described 

 and figured by Sir Victor Brooke in the Society's Proceedings (see 

 P. Z. S. 1875, p. '^'^1, pi. xxxviii., and 1876, p. 298). This 

 fine animal was obtained for the Society through the exertions of 

 Mr. Robertson, H.B.M. Vice-Consul at Bussorah, and brought to 

 this country (very appropriately!) by the S.S. ' Mesopotamia,' Capt. 

 Phillips, of whom it was purchased for the sum of a650. It is a 



' See P. Z. S. 1875, p. 85, pi. xx. 



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