270 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [ May 13, 
May 13, 1869. 
John Gould, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. 
The Secretary called the attention of the Meeting to the following 
remarkable additions to the Society’s Menagerie during the months 
of March and April :— 
1. A Senegal Coucal (Centropus senegalensis) from West Africa, 
being the first specimen of this bird exhibited in the Society’s col- 
lection. It was purchased March 8th. 
2. Three Menopomas (Menopoma alleghaniense) from the Alle- 
ghany river, U. S. A., presented by the Trustees of the Smithsonian 
Institution, U. S. A. (March 9th), and believed to be the first exam- 
ples of this singular Batrachian brought alive to this country. 
3. A young Yaguarundi Cat (Felis yaguarundi) from Panama, 
presented by Capt. G. E. Bird, of the Royal Mail S. S. Co.’s service. 
4. A female Musk (Moschus moschiferus), presented by Major 
F. R. Pollock, Commissioner at Peshawur, and most carefully con- 
veyed to this country by Lieut. C. H.T. Marshall, F.Z.S., from 
whom it was received March 31st. This animal had been captured 
in June 1867, in the Hills of Cashmere, by Major Delmé Radcliffe 
of the 88th Regiment, who shot both the parents, and brought it 
when quite a kid to Peshawur. It was now about two years old, 
and was believed to be the only Musk ever brought to Europe alive. 
5. A Cape Earéd Owl (Otus capensis, Smith, Ill. Zool. 8. Afr. 
t. Ixvii.), captured on the rock of Gibraltar by Major Irby, and 
deposited in the Society’s Gardens by Lord Lilford, F.Z.S., April 
5th. In reference to this bird, Mr. Sclater remarked that, although 
its occasional occurrence upon the southern coast of Spain had been 
mentioned by Kjarbolling some years ago*, there was not, as far as 
he was aware, any previous authentic record of a specimen of it 
having been obtained in Europe. 
6. An Alian’s Wart-hog (Phacocherus eliani), which had been 
captured near Zoulla, on the coast-district of the Red Sea, and 
brought to England in one of the transports engaged on the Abyssi- 
nian Expedition, April 15th (see Plate XX.). This animal had been 
placed in the Swine-house, next to the fine pair of Athiopian Wart- 
hogs from Natal (P. ethiopicus), which had been presented to the 
Society by H. R. H. the Duke of Edinburgh on the 6th of May, 1866. 
The external differences between the two species were very obvious 
on comparison, the sides being much more naked in P. eliani, while 
the hairs on the back and nape of the head were much thicker and 
longer. In P. eliani the ears were longer, more pointed, and more 
naked; in P. ethiopicus these organs were densely clothed with hair. 
In P. eliani also the whiskers are very long and well developed. 
One other specimen of lian’s Wart-hog had been previously 
living in the Menagerie—namely an adult female from Ashantee, 
presented to the Society by H.M. the Queen in 1861+. 
* Naumannia, ti. p. 10 (1852). + See P. Z. 8. 1861, p. 30. 
