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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS 



OP TUP. 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



January 20, 18S5. 

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



The Secretary read the following report on the additions made to 

 the Society's Menagerie during the month of December 1884 : — 



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

 gerie during the month of December was 68, of which 3 were by 

 birth, 35 by presentation, 7 by purchase, 9 by exchange, and 14 

 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during 

 the same period, by death and removals, was 122. 



Amongst the additions during the month attention was called to : — 



1 . A Muntjac, deposited by Mr. H. E. Dresser, F.Z.S., on 

 December 20th, which appears to Ijelong to a species distinct from 

 any yet described, and which, with Mr. Dresser's approval, I propose 

 to call the Hairy-fronted Muntjac (Cervulus crinifrons). This 

 animal is readily distinguishable from the Mnntjacs hitherto known 

 to us by the long hairs which spring from the forehead and summit 

 of the head, and almost conceal the short horns, and by its much 

 longer tail. The single male suecimen received was transmitted to 

 this country by iV. Michie, Esq., of Ningpo, China, and was doubt- 

 less obtained in that part of China. 



It may be shortly described as follows : — 



Cervulus crinifrons, sp. nov. (Plate I.) 



Form of C. vaginalis, but rather larger in size and tail much longer. 

 General colour dark brown, passing into blackish on the limbs and 

 sides of rump. Head, ears, and elongated hairs of the bushy fore- 

 head light brown, rather yellowish. Upper surface of tail black. 



Proc. Zool. Soc— 1885, No. I. 1 



