1879] THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 663 



November 18, 1879. 

 Prof. W. H. Flower, LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following reports on the additions made 

 to the Society's Menagerie during the months of June, July, August, 

 and September 1879 : — 



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

 gerie during the month of June was 192, of which 38 were by birth, 

 54 by presentation, 78 by purchase, 21 were received on deposit, 

 and ] by exchange. The total number of departures during the 

 same period by death and removals was 119. 



The most noticeable additions during the month of June were as 

 follows : — 



1. A Spotted-billed Toucamet (Selenidera maculirostris), from 

 Rio, Brazil, purchased June 14. 



The receipt of this specimen, which is the first of this Toucan 

 that has reached us, has raised the number of species of the group 

 now represented in our collection to seven, namely : — ■ 



1. Toco Toucan, Ramphastos toco. 



2. Red-billed Toucan, Ramphastos erylhrorhynchus. 



3. Sulphur-and-white-breasted Toucan, Ramphastos vitellinus. 



4. Cuvier's Toucan, Ramphastos cuvieri. 



5. Ariel Toucan, Ramphastos ariel. 



6. Sulphur-breasted Toucan, Ramphastos carinatus. 



7. Spotted-billed Toucamet, Selenidera maculirostris. 



2. Two Tuatera Lizards (Sphenodon punctatus 1 ), purchased 

 June 24th. 



These specimens were obtained from the island of *' Karewa," a 

 barren scoria rock off the harbour of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New 

 Zealand, by Captain Fairchild, of the Government steamer ' Hime- 

 raoa,' about Dec. 1 to 15, 1878, and were brought to this country 

 by Mr. Josiah Martin, of Auckland, New Zealand. 



Sphenodon punctatus appears to be still found in several of the 

 rocky islets in the Bay of Plenty, whereas the second species of 

 Tuatera {Sphenodon guentheri, Buller, Trans. N. Z. Inst. ix. p. 324) 

 seems to be confined to the Brothers Islands in Cook's Straits. 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of July were 109 in number ; of these 45 were acquired by 

 presentation, 35 by purchase, 5 by exchange, 17 by birth, and 7 

 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during 

 the same period by death and removals was 112. 



The most noticeable additions during the month were : — 



1. A Funereal or Yellow-eared Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus fune- 



1 Dr. Gray, when he showed the identity of Hatteria and Sphenodon (Ann. 

 N. H. ser. 4, vol. iii. p. 168), made the latter term neuter, and called this animal 

 Sphenodon punctatum. But odwv is simply an old form of 66oi>s, and is pro- 

 perly masculine. 



Proc. Zool. Soc— 1879, No. XLIII. 43 



