1871.] THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 623 



November 7, 1871. 

 Professor Newton, V.P., in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following reports on the additions to the 

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

 September, 1871 : — 



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

 gerie during the month of June 1871 was 132, of which 42 were by 

 birth, 43 by presentation, 39 by purchase, and 8 were received on 

 deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, 

 by death and removals, was 130. 



Among the additions the more remarkable were : — 



1 . Two Turtle-doves from Aldabra Island, an atoll lying between 

 Madagascar and the Seychelles, presented to the Society by Mr. 

 Edward Newton, C.M.Z.S., Colonial Secretary, Mauritius, June 

 10th. These Doves belong to the group containing Turtur pictu- 

 ratus and its allies, but differ specifically from any of them that I 

 have previously seen. The colour above is nearly uniform vinous, 

 growing more plumbeous towards the tail. The postcervical mark- 

 ings are very indistinct ; there is no white on the throat. 



These characters nearly agree with tfiose attributed by Bonaparte 

 (Consp. ii. p. 62) to Turtur prevostianus. If the locality there 

 given ("the Mariannes") is, as is possible, erroneous, they "may be 

 referable to that species. As a temporary designation for them, 

 however, I propose the name Turtur aldabranus. 



2. A Nisnas Monkey {Cercopithecus pyrrhonotus, War.) from 

 Southern Nubia, presented by Col. the Hon. P. Fielding, June 16th. 

 Of this eastern representative of the well-known Patas (C. ruber) I 

 am not aware that we have ever previously received a living speci- 

 men. 



3. Two examples of a fine large species of Tortoise of the genus 

 Platemys, from the fresh waters of the Argentine Republic, presented 

 by our active correspondent Mr. Geo. Wilks, of Buenos Ayres, June 

 17th. Prof. Burmeister (La Plata-Reise, ii. p. 521) ha's referred 

 the ordinary Terrapin of that country to Platemys hilarii ; but, as 

 Dr. Peters has recently shown*, this supposed species has been 

 based upon young specimens of P. geoffroyana, Schweigg., to which 

 species the present specimens also undoubtedly belong. 



4. Three young Eagles from Southern Spain, presented by Major 

 Howard Irby, June 24th. These birds are in exactly the plumage 

 lately described by Mr. Howard Saunders before this Society f as 

 being characteristic of this bird in Spain. Their arrival at this time 

 is most opportune, as it gives us an opportunity of comparing them 

 with the young Chinese Imperial Eagle, of the arrival of which I 

 have already spoken in my report for May last (see antet), p. 515). 



* Monatsber. Berlin, 1S70, p. 311 (May 12). 

 f See antta, p. 37. 



Proc. Zool. Soc— 1871, No. XL. 



