790 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [Nov. 5, 



25 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during 

 the same period, by death and removals, was 73. 



The most noticeable additions during the month were as follows : — 



1. An Oriental Eagle-Owl {Bubo orientalis), from Karennee, in 

 the interior of Siam, presented September 16th by Charles Fowler, 

 Esq., being the first specimen of this remarkable Owl that has been 

 received by the Society. 



2. Two fine Ostriches (Slruthio camelus), presented by the Bon. 

 H. C. Vivian, H.B.M. Consul-General for Egypt; and two Secre- 

 tary Birds (Serpent arius reptilivorus), presented by C. Rivers 

 Wilson, Esq., C.B. ; received September 19th. These birds are 

 from the collection of the Khedive of Egypt, at Cairo. 



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

 gerie during the month of October 1878 was 93, of which 4 were 

 by birth, 43 by presentation, 21 by purchase, 20 were received on 

 deposit, and 5 by exchange. The total number of departures 

 during the same period, by death and removals, was 123. 



The most noticeable additions during the month of October were 

 as follows : — 



1. A female Sumatran Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sumatrensis), 

 deposited by Mr. C. Jamrach, October 4th. This Rhinoceros, 

 which is full-grown, seems to agree in every respect with the two 

 females of the same species previously purchased (in 1872 and 1875 1 ). 



2. Two Leopard Tortoises (Testudo pardalls), presented by the 

 Rev. G. H. R. Fisk, C.M.Z.S., of Capetown, October 9th. Mr. Fisk 

 writes to me as follows respecting these Tortoises : — 



" I am informed by Mr. Foster, of Clanwilliam, that in the year 

 1846 two full-grown Leopard Tortoises were transferred from Kaffir- 

 land to Clanwilliam, where they remained for many years without 

 progeny, but that in the year 1857 these two young ones were 

 hatched from the eggs of the female. We arrive, then, at the inter- 

 esting fact, speaking of a Tortoise after the manner of men, which, 

 perhaps, we may do of a Vertebrate, that these Tortoises are now of 

 age, having lived just twenty-one years, and yet, according to the 

 nature of Tortoises, are only children ; for I am assured that they 

 are in size scarcely two thirds of that of their parents, which died 

 early in the year 1877, and within three months of each other. 



" I wish to bestow on this Tortoise and its fellow the popular 

 names of Kreli and Sandilli, in remembrance of the land inhabited by 

 their ancestors, and of the war just ended between the Colony and 

 those chiefs who will ever find a place in the history of the Cape." 



3. A young male Tufted Deer (Elaplwdus cephalophus"), pur- 

 chased October 15th, being the second example of this rare and 

 little-known animal received alive. Having been caught in a trap, it 

 is unfortunately deficient in one of its fore feet. 



4. A female of the new Fallow-deer lately described by Sir 

 Victor Brooke in the Society's ' Proceedings ' (P. Z. S. 18/5, p. 261) 



1 See Trans. Zool. Soe. ix. p. 659, et P.Z.S. 1876, p. 604. 



2 See P. Z. S. 1876, p. 273 et, pp. 757. 758. 



