1868.] ON THE BREEDING OF MAMMALS IN THE GARDENS. 623 



INIemb., two specimens oi Ampeliceps eoronntus of BIyth (J. A. S. B. 

 vol. xi. pt. 1, p. 195, figured in Gray and Mitchell's" Gen. of Birds, 

 pi. 81), Mr. Blyth had originally described this bird from speci- 

 mens from Tennasserim. The present examples were stated to be 

 from the northern part of Cochin-China, where it inhabits the bushy 

 plains in small flocks of seven or eight individuals. Its habits were 

 stated by M. Verreaux's correspondents to resemble those of the 

 genus Acridotheres, its food consisting of locusts, grasshoppers, and 

 other insects, which are often sought for in the vicinity of cattle. 



Mr. Sclater also exhibited, and made remarks upon, the skin of a 

 male Kaleege {Euplocamus cuvieri) from Arracan, which had been 

 presented to the Society by Mr. John Squire, C.M.Z.S., on Sep- 

 tember 4th last. The specimen appeared to agree well with Tem- 

 niinck's figure (PI. Col. i.) of Lophophoriis cuvieri, and was clearly 

 intermediate between E. lineatus and E. horsfieldi. Mr. Sclater had 

 been informed that all the Kaleeges from Arracan were of this 

 variety, which, if this were truly the case, might be held to consti- 

 tute a good geographical species. 



Mr. E. Blyth exhibited, and made remarks on, some horns of sup- 

 posed hybrids between the Chamois {Rvpicapra tragus) and the 

 Domestic Goat. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. On the Breeding of Mammals in the Gardens of the 

 Zoological Society of London dm-ing the past twenty 

 years. By P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., P.R.S., Secre- 

 tary to the Society. 



The first Table subjoined gives a list of the different species of 

 Mammals that have bred in the Society's Gardens from the com- 

 mencement of ihe year 1848 up to the end of 186/ (that is, during 

 a period of twenty years), and the number of instances in which each 

 species has produced living young during the same period. It has 

 been compiled from the " Occurrences," the Annual Reports of the 

 Council of the Society, and from other documents. 



The arrangement followed is that of the fourth edition of the 

 ' List of Vertebrated Animals living in the Gardens of the Zoological 

 Society of London' (1866). 



The second Table gives the total number of species that have bred 

 in each order of Mammals, and the number of species of the same 

 order that are enumerated in the list of Vertebrates. By this a better 

 idea may be formed of the comparative frequency of breeding in 

 each order, which is indicated in the third column. 



