298 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [Apr, 18, 



white ; the fur of the other parts of the back and sides varied from 

 dark red-brown to reddish white or even white ; and the various 

 intermediate shades, sometimes the pale reddish-white ones, were 

 darker on the middle of the hinder part of the back. 



In most of the specimens the outer sides of the arms and shoulders 

 were the same colour as the back ; but in the one that has the back 

 nearly white the hairs of the shoulders and the outside of the fore 

 and hind legs look white from their white tips, though they are deep 

 black for two-thirds of their length ; and in one specimen the out- 

 side of the arm and the shoulder are as black as the hand, and the 

 whole of the fur of the body has a black base to the hairs. The 

 whiskers and sides of the neck are the same colour as the back. One 

 of the specimens, of a pale foxy colour, is undoubtedly a male ; the 

 red and white specimens are probably males, but the skins do not 

 bear any mark of the sex. 



April 18, 1871. 

 Dr. E. Hamilton, F.Z.S., in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of March 1871. 



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

 gerie during the month of March 1871 was 110, of which 6 were 

 by birth, 52 by presentation, 45 by purchase, 2 by exchange, and 

 5 were animals received on deposit. The total number of departures 

 during the same period by death and removals was 94, showing a net 

 addition of 16 individuals to the collection during the month. 



The most noticeable arrivals during the month were : — 



1 . A Squirrel from Acapulco, in Western Mexico, presented March 2 

 by Lieut. G. It. Bromley, R.N., which appears to agree best with 

 Sciurus castanonotus of Baird, described in the ' Report on the 

 Mammals collected by the Mexican Boundary Survey,' p. 35, and 

 figured pi. 5. 



2. A young male Cape Hunting Dog {Lyeaon pictus) purchased 

 March 15. This peculiar Carnivore has not been represented in the 

 Society's collection for many years. The last individuals exhibited 

 were those that died in 1855*. 



3. Two male Amherst's Pheasants (Thaumalea amherstice), pur- 

 chased March 18, out of a collection of Chinese Pheasants deposited 

 in the Society's Gardens some time previously. These birds are 

 believed to have been received from the same collectors as those 

 employed by Mr. J. J. Stone — concerning which I have made re- 

 marks P. Z. S. 1869, p. 468, and 1870, p. 128. Further details on 

 the habits of this bird and the mode of its capture at Ta-tsien-lou 



* SeeP.Z.S. 1860, p. 180. 



