140 THE SECRETARY ON VllDITIONS TO THE MKNAGERIE. [Mar. 6, 



millim. 



Diameter of bulbous swelling 7 



Length of leaf 45 



Width of leaf at base 12 



The specimen will be deposited in the British Museum, for pur- 

 poses of reference. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE VI. 



The figure, which is about one sixth larger than the specimen, is from the 

 dorsal aspect, except for an intercalated fragment near the base of the feather, 

 which represents a ventral view. For the drawing I am indebted to the skill 

 of Miss Stone. 



March C, 1888. 

 Professor Flower, C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair, 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of February 1888 : — 



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

 gerie during the month of February was 104. Of these 9 were by 

 birth, 74 by presentation, 12 by purchase, 4 by exchange, and 5 were 

 received on deposit. The total number of departures during the same 

 period, by death and removals, was 117. 



The most noticeable additions during the month were : — 



1. A second specimen of Griffith's Fox (Canis griffithi), from 

 Bussorah, deposited by Mr. H. Hanauer, F.Z.S. 



This specimen is rather smaller than the example from Afghanistan, 

 received from Sir O. B. St. John in December last (see svpra, p. i\ 

 l)Ut is otherwise nearly similar. 



2. Four examples of a small and very beautiful Finch {Erythrura 

 psittacea) from New Caledonia, purchased February l.ith. This 

 species is new to the collection, although we have previously had 

 examples of an allied form, the Fire-tailed Finch {Erythrura prasina) 

 from Java. 



3. Five examples (two cocks and three hens) of the fine Pheasant 

 which I have described and figured in the Society's ' Proceedings ' 

 (1885, p. 322, pi. xxii.) as Phasianus principalis, presented by 

 Major W. Peacocke, R.E., of the Afghan Frontier Commission, and 

 received February 27. Major Peacocke's specimens were captured 

 at Akcha in Afghan-Turkestan, on the 2.'ith January last, and were 

 brought home at the special request of Sir Peter Lumsden, F.Z.S., 

 who had called Major Peacocke's attention to the desirability of 

 introducing living examples of this splendid Pheasant into Europe. 



The Secretary exhibited, on behalf of Lt.-Col. H. M. Drummond- 

 Hay, a specimen of the Desert Wheatear (Saxicola deserti), killed 

 near Arbroath, in Scotland, on the 28th of December, 1887, being 

 the third instance of the occurrence of this bird in Great Britain. 



The following papers were read : — 



