332 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [Apr. 4, 



The specimen in question is said to have been obtained " between 

 the Philippines and Sandwich Islands" — a considerable extension 

 to the range of the species so far as it is at present known. 



In concluding my remarks on a family whose members are princi- 

 pally Arctic in their habitat, it would be a great omission if I failed to 

 acknowledge my indebtedness to Professor Newton's comprehensive 

 remarks on the Arctic fauna in these ' Proceedings,' in 'The Ibis,' 

 and in the 'Arctic Manual.' The whole available information respect- 

 ing the northern range of the Skuas is given in a condensed form, ac- 

 companied by most important references ; and to these originals, 

 especially to the paper on the Birds of Spitsbergen in 'The Ibis,' 1865, 

 I would refer those who require more details than I have thought it 

 necessary to give in the present article. 



April 4, 1876. 

 Prof. Newton, F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of March 1876 : — 



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

 gerie during the month of March was 91. Of these, 65 were ac- 

 quired by presentation, 16 by purchase, 3 by birth, and 7 were re- 

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

 period, by death and removals, was 111. 



The most noticeable additions during the month of March were 

 as follows : — 



1. A male Brown Monkey (Macacus brunneus, Anderson), trans- 

 mitted home to us from Siam as a present by Mr. T. G. Fermor 

 Ilesketh, F.Z.S. 



This Monkey was presented to Mr. Ilesketh by the King of 

 Siam, and is, no doubt, from that country. It agrees generally with 

 Dr. Anderson's figure (P. Z. S. 1872, p. 203, pi. xii.), but is rather 

 darker in colour. 



Dr. Anderson tells me he has now come to the conclusion that, in 

 spite of what he stated (P. Z. S. 1874, p. 652), his Macacus brunneus 

 and M. arctoides of Is. Geoffr. are referable to the same species. 

 Dr. Anderson also takes Blyth's view *, that M. speciosus of 

 Geoffr. St.-Hil. et F. Cuv. properly applies to this Siamese Monkey, 

 and not to the Japanese species figured under that name by 

 Temminck. This, however, though probable, I may observe, can- 

 not be positively proved, as the name was established on a drawing, 

 and there is no existing type. I think, therefore, it would be better 

 to use Macacus arctoides (as the oldest name that can be certainly 

 attributed to this animal), and to call the Japanese species, which I 

 have lately figured (P. Z. S. 1875, pi. xlvii.), M. fuscatus (as pro- 

 posed by Blyth /. s. c), rejecting the term speciosus altogether. 



* "Mammals of Burmah," in J. A. S. B. No. i. 187. r >, p. 6. 



