1878.] DR. A. B. MEYER ON ANO.V DEPRESSICORNIS. 881 



November 19, 18/8. 

 Arthur Grote, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. 



Mr. Sclater read the following extract from an article in ' Science- 

 Gossip' of October 1, 1878, by Mr. R. Davenport, of Bury, Lanca- 

 shire : — 



" It is a pleasing duty to me to record the taking of a very 

 beautiful specimen of what I consider an exceedingly rare bird in our 

 neighbourhood {Saxicola stapazind). The specimen was shot by a 

 friend of mine, about the middle of May this year, on the margin of 

 the Bury and Radcliffe Reservoir ; and though much mangled with 

 number-6 shot, it has been very well mounted indeed by my friend 

 Johnson, of Prestwich. Considering the condition it was in from 

 being killed with such large shot, I really doubted at one time 

 whether it could be mounted ; however, it has been ; and a valuable 

 addition to our list of birds it is." 



Mr. Sclater exhibited the specimen in question, which had been 

 kindly sent up for exhibition by Mr. Davenport. It appeared to be 

 an adult in full plumage of Saxicola stapazina (called by Mr. 

 Dresser " S. rufa " B. of Eur. pt. xxv.). The species had not been 

 previously recorded as occurring in the British Isles, and was an 

 interesting addition to the list of " Accidental visitors." 



The following letters from Dr. A. B. Meyer, C.M.Z.S., and Mr. 

 Bartlett were read, in reference to the communication at the last 

 meeting from Mr. Everett respecting the supposed existence of the 

 Anoa {Anoa depressicornis) in the Philippines. 



" E. Zool. Mus., Dresden, 



November 16, 1878. 



" Dear Dr. Sclater, — 



" Having seen in the report of the Society's meeting of the 5th 

 November that Mr. Everett had stated, in a letter to the Marquis of 

 Tweeddale, that the Anoa of Celebes {Anoa depressicornis) or an 

 allied species is found in the island of Mindoro, I beg leave to 

 send you a few notes from my diary on this subject. 



"Mr. Wood of Manilla, an American gentleman, now dead, known to 

 many travellers as a amateur naturalist, and to many European 

 Museums as a collector, told me that Mr. Cuming (in whose company 

 he had formerly collected) had sent home an 'Antelope' from 

 Mindoro, similar to Anoa depressicornis from Celebes, which was 

 called ' Tarnarao ' by the natives. Mr. Wood had not only seen 

 the animal in the Philippines, but also subsequently in the British 

 Museum, where it had received a specific name of its own. 



" Wishing to know something more of the ' Tarnarao ' in Manilla, 

 I succeeded in finding a stuffed animal in the Museum of the 

 Dominicans, which they told me was the animal in question. This 

 was apparently, as far as I could make out (it was in a bad state, and 



