546 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [June 20, 
checphone” (é. e. Mesomyodian), having “the muscles of lower 
larynx quite indistinct.”” In three specimens, however, of that genus 
cxamined by me I find a perfectly Oscinine syrinx with its muscles 
as well developed as in other birds of the same size. Whether the 
statement made by that author to the same effect about Sittella is 
accurate still remains to be seen. 
June 20, 1882. 
Prof. Flower, 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 May 1882 :— 
The total number of registered additions to the Society’s Mena- 
gerie during the month of May was 159, of which 11 were by 
birth, 71 by presentation, 69 by purchase, 4 were received on deposit, 
and 4 by exchange. The total number of departures during the 
same period, by death and removals, was 102. 
The most noticeable additions during the month of May were 
as follows :— 
1. Four Pygmy Hogs, Porcula salvania, Hodgson (one male and 
three females), purchased May 15th of Mr. B. H. Carew, who has 
kindly furnished me with the following notes on this rare and inter- 
esting animal :— 
« The Pygmy Hog is indigenous to the Western Dooars of Bhootan, 
where the few that are found live in the thickest grassy jungles, and 
are only now and then seen in the daytime when the jungle is burnt. 
The natives do not attempt to catch them when netting deer and 
pigs, on account of their size, as being so small they always escape 
through the meshes of the nets which are used for the capture 
of the larger animals. There are but few natives who know of the 
existence of these animals at all; and some of those who know them 
say they are very pugnacious and plucky, and are able in fighting 
to defeat the wild boar ; but I should doubt the truth of this story. 
«The tracks of the Pygmy Hog are often found in the rice-crops 
(of the aborigines of the Dooar) which are cultivated in patches in 
the middle of the jungle. The animals come out of the jungle at 
night, and root up the paddy-crops like the wild boar. I believe 
they live on the same food as the wild boar. I used to feed my 
specimens when caged in India on ripe plantains and paddy. I had 
a separate partition made in the cage; and I filled it with straw, as 
I found they required warmth. I found afterwards that from the 
rice-straw they all got a sort of mange or itch ; so I had them rubbed 
well with sulphur and oil and changed the straw for dry grass. 
«« When in India I sold a pair of these animals to the Cooch Behar 
Maharajah for a fancy price ; and he presented them to the Zoolo- 
gical Gardens in Caleutta. But on going to see them when I was in 
Calcutta, I was sorry to learn that they had both died. They had 
given me no trouble to keep as long as they were well and regularly 
