670 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. | Noy. 1, 
two forms (Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3, vol. xx. p. 181); and, as will be 
allowed by every body, the comparison of the living specimens serves 
to confirm their distinctness. The chief noticeable differences in 
the living animals are the more hairy body, especially on the lower 
back and flanks, the shorter, thicker tail, and the shorter head and 
ears in the 0. capensis. The insides of the nostrils at their openings 
are thickly covered with hair in O. eapensis, which is not nearly so 
much the case in O. ethiopicus. 
The total number of registered additions to the Society’s Mena- 
gerie during the month of August 1870 was 179 ; of these, 5 were by 
birth, 37 by presentation, 49 by purchase, and 88 were received on 
deposit. The total number of departures during the same period, 
by death and removal, was 96. The most noticeable of the addi- 
tions were :— 
1. A Pluto Monkey (Cercopithecus pluto) from West Africa, 
purchased August 3rd. This is a scarce species which was de- 
scribed and figured by Dr. Gray in the Society’s ‘ Proceedings’ as 
long ago as 1848 (ef. P. Z. S. 1848, p. 56, Mamm. pl. m1.). Tam 
not aware that there has ever been a second living example in the 
Society’s Menagerie. The Pluto Monkey is perhaps most closely 
allied to C. albogularis, Sykes. 
2. Two Pheasants of a species allied to Phosianus colchicus, de- 
posited by Mr. J. J. Stone on the 14th of August. These Pheasants 
had arrived from one of Mr. Stone’s Chinese collectors in company 
with specimens of Thaumalea amherstia, and were doubtless from 
the same locality—that is, from the slopes of the Yung-ling moun- 
tains beyond T'a-kien-leu, on the Chinese confines of Thibet. Mr. 
Elliot has lately described this species (Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. vi. 
p- 312), and proposed to call it Phasianus elegans, 
3. Three Roseate Spoonbills (Platalea ajaja), purchased August 
14th, being the first examples of this species ever received alive by 
the Society. 
The total number of registered additions to the Society’s Mena- 
gerie during the month of September 1870 was 76; of these, 4 were 
by birth, 53 by presentation, 10 by purchase, 3 by exchange, and 6 
were received on deposit. The total number of departures during 
the same period, by death and removal was 133. 
Amongst the additions the most remarkable were :— 
1. A Red-necked Bustard (Hupodotis rujficollis), purchased Sep- 
tember Ist, having been imported from Natal by Capt. A. Davis. 
This large Bustard has never been previously exhibited alive in the 
Society’s Gardens. 
2. Two female Dorsal Squirrels (Scivrus dorsalis, Gray), received 
from the Jardin d’Acclimatation of Paris on the 7th of September, 
and making with the two males already in the Society’s Gardens two 
pairs of this beautiful Squirrel. Sciurus dorsalis was first described 
by Dr. Gray in the Society’s ‘ Proceedings’ in 1848, from specimens 
obtained by M. Sallé in Nicaragua (ef. P. Z. 8. 1848, p. 148, Mamm. 
