680 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE [NoV. 6, 



Museum. So far as I know, no second individual of this well- 

 marked species of Hylobates has since occurred ; it is therefore 

 of the greatest interest to have obtained a specimen from a distinct 

 locality'. Our present individual, which is a young male, seems to 

 agree in every respect with Mr. Martin's description and figure 

 (Nat. Hist, of Man and Monk. p. 445). 



Mr. Smit's figure (Plate LXX.) will, I trust, serve to make this 

 interesting species better known. 



2. A Tibetan Partridge {Perdix hodgsonice, Gould)^ presented 

 by Monsieur J. M. Comely, of Tours, C.M.Z.S., on the 16th June, 

 being, so far as I am aware, the first example of this fine represen- 

 tative of this well-known species that has been received by the 

 Society. A second specimen of the same bird has since been pur- 

 chased from Mr. W. Jamrach, from whom, I believe, M. Cornely 

 obtained his specimen. 



3. A young male Hippopotamus, received June 20th, having been 

 purchased of the Eoyal Zoological Society of Amsterdam for the 

 sum of =£800. 



The original pair of Hippopotamuses, obtained from the Viceroy 

 of Egypt (the male in 1851, and the female in 1854), being botb 

 now well advanced in years and having ceased to breed, the Council 

 thought that it would not be right to miss an opportunity of ob- 

 taining a mate for the Society's young female of this species, born 

 in the Gardens on the 5th November, 18/2. 



The Council accordingly entered into an agreement with the sister 

 Society at Amsterdam for the acquisition of the young male Hippopo- 

 tamus, which was born in their gardens on the 3rd of August, 1 876, and 

 which arrived safely in this country under the care of Mr. Hegt, the 

 subdirector of their Gardens, on the 20th June last. The young 

 animal, which now measures about 2 feet 6 inches in height, has hitherto 

 been fed nearly exclusively on Goat's milk, but is now beginning to 

 take more substantial diet, and appears to be in every way thriving. 



4. A fine example of the black variety of the common Leopard 

 (Felis pardus), from Lahore, Malay peninsula, presented by Sir 

 Harry St. George Ord, C.B., F.Z.S. 



5. Twenty Common Boas {Boa constrictor^, produced alive by 

 one of the Boas in the Society's Gardens on the 30th June. This 

 is the first occasion in which this Serpent has bred in tlie Society's 

 Gardens ; and, so far as I am aware, the fact of the Boa producing 

 living ones was not certainly known. The young Boas are about 

 15 inches in length, and are lively and active, threatening to bite if 

 touched. They are already beginning to feed ; and we liave good 

 hopes that some of them, at least, may be reared^. 



' The notice given by Mr. Blyth (P. Z. S. 1841, p. 63) of the supposed occur- 

 rence of this species on the Ghauts of Malabar is, no doubt, founded on some 

 error. 



2 See Gould's ' Birds of Asia,' pt. ix.May 1, 18.57, for a fig'm-e of this species. 



^ P.S. (November 6th). — All of these Boas, except one, are still alive and in 

 good condition. 



