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



years in the Gardens under the name of Cervus duvaucelli \ appears 

 to belong to the alUed species Cervus schomburgki of Siam. 



The animal in question was received in exchange from the Zoolo- 

 gical Gardens of Hamburg on the 1st of November, 1873. On in- 



Head of Cervus schomburgJci. 



qniry, Dr. Bolau, the Secretary of the Zoological Society of Ham- 

 burg, has kindly informed me that it was born in the Gardens on 

 July 15th of the same year, having been bred between a male, said 

 to have come from Bangkok in 1862, and a female received from 

 Berlin, which is also believed to have come from Siam. 



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

 gerie during the month of September was 81 ; of these, 31 were 

 acquired by presentation, 25 by purchase, 7 by birth, and 1 8 were 

 received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same 

 period by death and removals was 101. 



1 See ' List of Vert.' (sixth edition) p. 134. sp. 484/. 



