1887.] MR. H. SAUNDERS ON COSMONETTA HISTRIONICA. 319 



orange-red instead of a white peristome. The convexity of the 

 whorls, the sculpture, and the style of colouring are quite of the 

 same character. A similar variation in the colour of the peristome 

 occurs in the preceding species. 



9. Leptopoma vitreum. Lesson. 



The distribution of this species is very wide, it being recorded 

 from the Nicobar Islands, Java, the Moluccas, Philippines, New 

 Ireland, Frankland and Fitzroy Islands, and New Caledonia. It has 

 not previously been met with at Loo Choo, the most northern point 

 of its range yet known. The two specimens are of medium size, and 

 of transparent white colour without any markings. 



March 15, 1887. 

 Dr. St. George Mivart, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of February 1887: — 



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

 gerie during the month of February was 46, of which 7 were by 

 birth, 2 1 by presentation, 7 by purchase, 4 were received on deposit, 

 and 7 by exchange. The total number of departures during the 

 same period, by death and removals, was 112. 



The most noticeable additions during the month of February were 

 as follows : — 



1. A Burmeister's Cariama {Chunga hurmeisteri) , received in 

 exchange February 24, being the fifth specimen of this rare species 

 of the Northern Provinces of the Argentine Republic that the Society 

 has acquired. 



2. A White-fronted Heron {Ardea novcB-hollandicB), from Australia, 

 presented by F. B. Dyas, Esq., February 25th. This species is new 

 to the Society's Collection. 



3. A young specimen of a Black-winged Kite {Elanus ceeruleus), 

 taken from the nest by iMr. R. Southey of Southfield, Plumstead, 

 Cape of Good Hope, and received February 28th. This species is 

 likewise new to the Society's Collection, 



Mr. Howard Saunders, F.Z.S., exhibited a young male Harlequin 

 Duck {Cosmonetta histrionica), shot on the 2nd December, 1886, 

 near the Fame Islands, off Northumberland, where it was in company 

 with two others, one of which was also obtained (Zool. 1887, p. 70). 

 Mr. Saunders stated that records of the occurrence of this species 

 were not unfrequent ; but that inasmuch as, with one exception, 

 every reputed British specimen which had been submitted to com- 

 petent examination had proved to belong to some other species, the 

 possessor, Mr. R. W. Chase, of Edgbaston, had kindly complied with 

 a request to send his bird up, that its identification might be placed 

 beyond a doubt — an example to be commended to other owners of 



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