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males of the latter. But when alive, H. cinerascens, with its dnrk 

 brown iris and nt.ked reddish-pink upper eyelid, may be distinguished 

 at a glance from B. maculosus, in which the normal colour of the 

 iris is yellow and the upper eyelid closely clad with short feathers 

 that usually entirely cover it, though occasionally the covering is 

 slightly imperfect towards the anterior corner of the eye, showing 

 the colour of the eyelid to be black. 



Two other African Owls must here be mentioned. One of these is 

 that very fine and scarce _ species from the Fantee Country in 

 "Western Africa, which was described by Messrs. Sharpe and Ussher 

 in the 'Ibis,' 18/2, p. 182, under the name of " Huhua ske/lyi," 

 and was subsequently figured by Mr. Sharpe in his Catalogue of 

 Striges, pi. 2, under that of "Bubo sJielliji." This noble Onl has 

 the bill yellow, which is unfortunately not shown in the figure, 

 but the colour of the irides has not, so far as I am aware, been yet 

 ascertained. The other species to which I propose to allude, " Bubo 

 leucosiictus" of Hartlaub, is also West-African, its range extending 

 from the Gold Coast to the River Gaboon. This Owl has a yellow 

 bill, but its irides are also yellow, as recorded by the late Professor 

 Schlegel in his work on the 'Muse'um des Pays-Bas,' Oti, p. 10. 

 I am indebted to Dr. F. A. Jentink, of the Leyden Museum, for 

 obligingly calling my attention to the circumstance of Professor 

 Schlegel's accuracy in this statement having been subsequently con- 

 firmed by Dr. Anton Beichenow's record of a young Owl of this 

 species which he obtained in the Camaroon mountains, and described 

 as having the iris pale yellow, and the bill, cere, and claws yellow 

 (riV/e Journ. fiir Orn. 1874, p. 387). This interesting species is, 

 I believe, still unfigured. 



December 2, 1884. 

 Prof. Flower, LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary made the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of November 188-J : — 



The total number of registered additions to the Society's Mena- 

 gerie during the month of November was 82. Of these 4 were 

 obtained by birth, 39 by presentation, 28 by purchase, 3 by exchange, 

 and 8 were received on deposit. The total number of departures 

 during the same period, by death and removals, was 105. 



The most noticeable additions during the month were: — 



1. A pair of Tasmanian Wolves {Thylncinus cijnocephalus), 

 obtained by purchase from Mr. B. Crowther of Launceston, 

 Tasmania, and received November I4th, being the first specimens 

 of ibis animal received since the pair presented by Mr. Ronald Guun 

 in 1863. 



I have already alluded (see P. Z. S. 1883, p. 252) to the exertions 



