418 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [Nov. 22, 



you quote my letter ; but the fact is still more extraordinary, since 

 I find, now that the birds are in full plumage, that instead of Den- 

 drocyyna vagans, they are of a species never, I believe, before seen 

 so far south (and these were captured near Port Macquarie), viz. the 

 D. (Leptotarsis) eytoni. They are now in fine plumage in our Aviary 

 in the Gardens, and I hope Broughton will be able to take them to 

 you next time he leaves for England." 



The Secretary called the attention of the Meeting to several ad- 

 ditions to the Society's Menagerie which had been made during the 

 past summer, amongst which were particularly noticed as being of 

 special interest the following : — 



1 . Two Cocks of the Rock {Rupicola crocea) from Demerara, pre- 

 sented July 4th by J. Lucie Smith, Esq., R.W. I. M. S. S. ' Tamar.' 



2. Two males of the Pallas's Eared Pheasant, Crossoptilon auri- 

 tum, presented July 13th by Dudley E. Saurin, Esq., recently at- 

 tached to the British Embassy at Pekin. Mr. Saurin had unfor- 

 tunately lost the females of this remarkable species of Pheasant 

 during the journey home ; but the Society had more recently ac- 

 quired two examples believed to be of the latter sex from the Jardin 

 d'Acclimatation of Paris. 



3. Six Australian Wild Ducks (Anas superciliosa, Gm.), two spe- 

 cimens of an Australian Artamus (A. superciliosus), and a Straw- 

 necked Ibis (Geronticus spinicollis), presented by the Acclimatation 

 Society of Melbourne, July 20th, 1866. 



4. Three Ruddy Flamingos (Phcenicoplerus ruber) from North 

 America, purchased August 3rd, I860 ; not previously exhibited in 

 the Society's Menagerie. 



5. A White-necked Stork (Ciconia leucocephala, Gm.), presented 

 by Mrs. D. Campbell, August 10th, from Western Africa; believed 

 not to have been previously exhibited in the Society's Gardens. 



6. A pair of the Markhore Goat (Capra megaceros), presented to 

 the Menagerie by Major F. R. Pollock, and received August 24th 

 last. The male had been obtained for Major Pollock by Lieut. 

 Cavagnari from the hills north of Dera Ismail Khan, in February 



1863, when about four or five days old. The female had been ob- 

 tained in the same locality in May 1864, when it was apparently 

 about a month old. 



7. A Blue-cheeked Barbet (Megalcema asiatica) and four speci- 

 mens of the Himalayan Leiothrix lutea imported from Calcutta, 

 both species being new to the Society's collection. 



8. A fine adult male example of the Jew-Monkey {Pitheeia sa- 

 tanas), purchased October 15th. 



9. A Formosan Bear, purchased for the Society by Mr. R. Swinhoe, 

 F.Z.S., as typical of his species Ursus formosanus (Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 



1864, p. 380, and Gray, ibid. p. 689), and received October 25th. 

 As far as could be told by external appearance of the living animal, 

 this specimen appeared quite identical with the Himalayan Bear 

 (Ursus tibetanus, F. Cuv.), of which two examples were in the So- 

 ciety's Menagerie. 



