36 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [Jail. 17, 



January 17, 1871. 

 Professor Newton, F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following reports on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of December 1870: — 



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

 gerie during the month of December 1870 was 57, of which 1 was 

 by birth, 12 were by presentation, 31 by purchase, 1 by exchange, 

 and 12 were animals received on deposit. The total number of 

 departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 8!). 

 Amongst the additions the most remarkable were : — 



1. An example of the Amphiuma {Amphiuma means), purchased, 

 Dec. 6th, of a dealer, and probably from one of the Southern States 

 of North America. The Society have previously possessed two 

 specimens of this animal, which were living in the Gardens from 

 1858 to 1861*. 



2. A Praslin Parrakeet (Coracopsis barkhji, E. Newton, P. Z. S. 

 1867, p. 346, pi. xxii.), received in exchange Dec. 13th, being the 

 second example of this rare Parrot acquired alive by the Society. 



3. An example of Erxleben's Monkey {Cercopithecus erxlebeni, 

 Dahlb. et Puch.), purchased Dec. 17th, and believed to be the first 

 example of this rare and beautiful Monkey ever acquired by the 

 Society. This species has been well figured by Dahlbaum in his 

 ' Studia Zoologica' (plate v. fig. 12). The original describers were 

 not acquainted with its exact locality. The present specimen, how- 

 ever, is certainly from some part of the West-African coast. 



4. An example of the likewise rare Pluto Monkey {Cercopithecus 

 pluto, Gray, P. Z. S, 1848, p. 56, Mamm. pi. hi.), purchased along 

 with the last-named animal. 



5. A small Tortoise of the genus Podocnemis from the Upper 

 Amazons, purchased Dec. 16th, and certainly referable to P. unijilis 

 of Troschel (Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 647). Mr. Edward Bartlett, who 

 has met with this species in the same district, informs me that his 

 specimens of it in the British Museum have been referred to the 

 young of P. dumeriliana. This, I think, can hardly be correct. But I 

 shall have some further remarks to make on this subject in some notes, 

 which I have in preparation, on the Tortoises living in the Society's 

 Gardens. 



6. A Piping Guan {Pipile cu?nanensis)t purchased Dec. 20th, 

 having been obtained by Mr. H. A. Wickham during his recent voyage 

 down the river Cassiquiare. The bird was unfortunately in poor con- 

 dition, and lived but a few days, but was of interest as being the only 

 example of this species received alive by the Society for many years. 



On concluding my series of reports upon the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie for the past year, I beg leave to take this oppor- 



* Two Ainphiumas were purchased of Mr. Janirach, Sept. 3, 1858. One 

 died March 3, 1861, and the second May 1, 18(11. 

 t Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1870. p. 529. 



