1870.] THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 665 
Birps. 
3 Patagonian Conures.......... Conurus cyanolyseos. 
1 Slight-billed Parrakeet ...... Henicognathus leptorhynchus. 
1 Condor. seeeees ee Sarcorhamphus gryphus. 
*8 Black- winged Dowesd -oasoase Metriopelia melanoptera. 
6 Spotted Doves . ..eeaeee Columba maculosa. 
*5 Auriculated Doves .. wee.» Zenaida auriculata. 
3 Black-faced Ibises .......... Ibis melanopis. 
3 Cayenne Lapwings .......... Vanellus cayennensis. 
*3 Burmeister’s Cariama ........ Chunga burmeisteri. 
4 Black-necked Swans.......... Cygnus nigricollis. 
*2 Coscoroba Swans............ Cygnus coscoroba. 
*6 Rosy-billed Ducks .......... Metopiana peposaca. 
¥8.Chilian Pintails » cdots es. da Dafila spinicauda, 
*6 Chiloe Widgeons ............ Mareca chiloensis. 
REPTILES. 
1 Annulated Terrapin.......... Geoclemmys annulata, 
1 Large-footed Land-tortoise .... Testudo elephantopus. 
*2 Chilian Land-tortoises........ Testudo chilensis. 
It will be observed that the whole of this collection consisted of 
animals of great interest, no less than 11 out of the 22 species 
(those marked *) having never been previously received alive by the 
Society. Those more especially calling for remark are :— 
2. Mepuirtis CHILENSIS. 
This is a smaller species of Skunk than any of which we have 
hitherto received living examples. Our pair, which seem to be adult, 
measure only 9 inches, and the tail 64 inches; total, from nose to 
end of tail, 155 inches in length. The male and female are nearly 
alike, black, with a narrow white lateral stripe on each side, nearly 
joining on the forehead. This stripe is more elongated in the male. 
There are traces of white hairs at the base of the tail. The animal 
seems to agree best with the Conepatus nasutus, var. 3. chilensis, of 
Dr. Gray’s Catalogue of Carnivora (p. 135). But the confusion 
amongst the different species of Skunks is very great. 
These animals are very tame, and allow themselves to be handled 
with impunity. 
3. Canis MAGELLANICUS, Gray; Waterhouse in Zool. Voy. 
Beagle, ii. p. 10, pl. 5. 
A pair of this fine and distinct species of Canis, of which we have 
never before received living examples. The pupil is round in this 
species. 
4. The specimen of the Condor (Sarcorhamphus gryphus) received 
in the present collection is ps remarkable for the enormous deve- 
lopment of the wattles on the head and throat, and resembles the 
figure of this bird given in Temminck’s Pl. Col. 494, from a speci- 
men formerly in the Leverian Museum. 
