4/8 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [May 16, 



May 16, 1871. 

 Prof. Flower, F.R.S., in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the Additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of April 18/1. 



The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie 

 during the month of April 1871 was 215, of which 13 were by 

 birth, 99 by presentation, 92 by purchase, two by exchange, and 9 

 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during 

 the same period by death and removals was 100, showing a net ad- 

 dition of 115 individuals to the collection during the month. 



The most noticeable additions were the following : — 



1 . A female of the new Deer which I have lately described and 

 figured as Cervus alfredi (P. Z. S. 1870, p. 381, pi. xxviii.), received 

 in exchange April 1st. This animal closely resembles the male in 

 general appearance (except in the absence of horns), and is of very 

 great interest, as confirming the validity of the species. I have also 

 positive information as to its locality, this animal having been 

 brought to England direct from the Philippines. Having a special 

 article in preparation on this and the other known Deer of the Phi- 

 lippine Islands, I will defer saying more on this subject at present. 



2. A second young one of the Collared Fruit-bat (Cynonycteris 

 collaris), born in the Gardens, April 7th, and produced by the same 

 pair as the former one, born in February last year (see P. Z. S. 1870, 

 p. 127). The first young, which is a male, is still alive and doing 

 well, keeping closely in company with its parents, and rather away 

 from the other Fruit-bats in the same cage. 



3. A young female Spider Monkey, purchased April 11th. This 

 animal was obtained at Colon by an officer of the R. West-Indian 

 Mail Co., and was stated to have been brought from the Atrato river 

 by one of the American party now engaged on the survey of the 

 isthmus for a ship-canal. It is of a uniform black, with the whole 

 under surface of the belly pale fulvous, which colour, however, hardly 

 extends on to the under surface of the limbs. The face and muzzle 

 are flesh-colour. The hair is rough and upstanding, aud appears to 

 project forward on the forehead. It has no traces of an external 

 thumb. It would appear to belong to the same group as Ateles 

 variegatus, Wagner, but has no traces of a frontal band, or of white 

 hairs on the sides of the face. I have been a little doubtful about 

 this specimen, but on the whole am inclined to refer it to Ateles 

 vellerosus, Gray*, with which it agrees more nearly than with any 

 other described species. 



4. A Geoffroy's Marmoset (Midas geoffroii\), purchased April 

 1 1 th, having been brought from Colon along with the Ateles just 

 mentioned. Of this beautiful species, of which I exhibit a sketch 



* Ateles vellerosus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 733; Cat. Monkeys, p. 44. 

 t Hapahgenffmii, Puch. E. Z. 1845, p. 33G. 



