418 DR. LUTKEN ON CHIROPODOMYS PENICILLATUS. [Noy. 16 
The total number of registered additions to the Society’s Mena- 
gerie during the month of August was 98; of these 50 were 
acquired by presentation, 14 by purchase, 15 by birth, 6 were 
received on deposit, and 5 in exchange. Eight Elliot’s Pheasants, 
received during the month, were bred from some eggs laid in the 
Society’s Gardens and sent into the country to be hatched. The 
total number of departures during the same period by death and 
removals was 104. 
The total number of registered additions to the Society’s Mena- 
gerie during the month of September was 80; of these 42 were 
acquired by presentation, 4 by purchase, 2 by exchange, 19 were bred 
in the Gardens, and 13 were received on deposit. The total number 
of departures during the same period by death and removals was 84. 
The following are of special interest :— 
A Spot- ringed Snake (Liophis pecilogyrus) from Brazil, presented 
by Edgell Hunt, Esq., September 9th, new to the collection. 
Two Elegant Galidias (Galidia elegans) from Madagascar, pre- 
sented by Burt C. Miiller, Esq., September 16th. 
The total number of registered additions to the Society’s Mena- 
gerie during the month of October was 77, of which 11 were by 
birth, 45 by presentation, 5 by purchase, 6 by exchange, and 10 were 
received on deposit. The total number of departures during the 
same period by death and removals was 112. 
An extract was read from a letter addressed to the President by 
Dr. Emin Bey, dated Wadilai, Eastern Equatorial Africa, Jan. Ist, 
1886. 
After speaking of the skull of a Chimpanzee and of some skins 
and skeletons of other Mammals and Birds obtained in Monbottu, 
which he proposed to send to the Society, Dr. Emin Bey continued 
as follows :-— 
“Tt may be interesting for you to hear that an anthropoid Ape 
exists in Uganda and Unyoro. I cannot say whether it is identical 
with the Monbottu Chimpanzee or not. While staying in these 
countries the negroes told me much about this animal, and in a 
MS. map which I forwarded to Dr. Petermann I fixed its northern 
limit at 2° N. lat. Now I hear that this Ape is frequent in the 
thick forests near Ugoma, and I hasten to beg my friend King 
Kabrega for some specimens.” 
A letter was read addressed to the Secretary by Dr. Chr. Liitken, 
of Copenhagen, F.M.Z.S. 
Referring to Mr. O. Thomas’s statement (P. Z.S. 1886, p. 78) 
that Chiropodomys penicillatus was a rare animal in Museums and 
that its distribuuon was not certainly known, Dr. Liitken announced 
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