1869. ] EXHIBITION OF A HYBRID PHEASANT. 149 
March 11, 1869. 
St. George Mivart, Esq., F.Z.S., in the Chair. 
The Secretary exhibited, on behalf of Mr. E. P. Ramsay, of 
Dobroyde, C.M.Z.S., specimens of some of the new birds described 
in Mr. Ramsay’s paper read before the Society on the 11th of June, 
1868. Amongst these were examples of both sexes of Orthonyx 
spaldingi (P. Z. 8. 1868, p. 386), Glyciphila subfasciata (1. c. 
p- 385), and of a supposed new species of Podargus. These skins 
were to be placed in Mr. Gould’s hands to be figured in the Supple- 
ment to his work on the ‘ Birds of Australia.’ 
The Secretary called the attention of the Meeting to the follow- 
ing remarkable additions to the Society’s Menagerie during the 
months of January and February :— 
1. A Black Ape (Cynopithecus niger), purchased January Ist, 
being an example of a form of Monkey that had long been unrepre- 
sented in the Society’s collection. 
2. A young specimen of the Two-wattled Cassowary (Casuarius 
bicarunculatus), purchased January 13th from the Zoological Society 
of Rotterdam. This Cassowary had been originally described in 
1860* from a specimen living in the Society’s collection. The 
original specimen had subsequently died, and was now in the British 
Museum. As in the former example, the present bird was in the 
immature brown plumage, but was nevertheless of great interest as 
serving to confirm the validity of this species. 
3. An American Badger (V'axidea americana), purchased January 
23rd, and believed to be the first living example of this species ex- 
hibited in the Society’s Menagerie. 
4. A Fennec Fox, captured at Mount Sinai by the members of 
the Sinai Survey Expedition, and presented to the Society on the 
19th of February. This animal was obviously distinct from the true 
Fennec (Canis cerdo, Gm.), and appeared to be referable to the 
species described and figured by Riippell as Canis famelicus (Atlas, 
p. 15, t. 5). 
The Secretary exhibited, on the part of Mr. G. F, Westermann, 
For. Memb., a stuffed specimen of a hybrid Pheasant, which had 
been transmitted living from Japan to the Zoclogical Gardens, Am- 
sterdam. The bird appeared to be due to hybridism between a 
Silver Pheasant (Huplocamus nycthemerus) and a Gold Pheasant 
(Thaumalia picta), but was remarkable for a curious tuft of feathers 
on the back of the head. 
* See Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. iv. p. 358, and P. Z. S. 1860, pp. 211, 248. 
