630 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [Noy. 14, 
November 14, 1882. 
Prof. Flower, LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 
The Secretary read the following reports on the additions made 
to the Society’s Menagerie during the months of June, July, August, 
September, and October, 1882:— 
The total number of registered additions to the Society’s Mena- 
gerie during the month of June was 114, of which 40 were by birth, 
52 by presentation, 8 by purchase, 2 by exchange, and 12 were re- 
ceived on deposit. The total number of departures during the same 
period by death and removals was 93. 
Amongst these I beg leave to call attention to the New-Caledonian 
Parrakeet received from Mr. E. L. Layard, June 28th, of which I 
exhibit a drawing by Mr. Smit (Plate XLVI.). 
Dr. Finsch (Papag. ii. p. 274) has united this New-Caledonian 
species (described by Verreaux and Des Murs, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 
1860, p. 387, under the name Cyanorhamphus saissett) with C. nove 
zelandia. 
I agree, however, with Canon Tristram * that the New-Caledonian 
species is distinct. It differs from its New-Zealand representative 
in its larger size, and in the yellow colouring of the under surface, 
and when the two birds are exhibited side by side, as they now are 
in our Parrot-house, seems to be very easily recognizable. 
The registered additions to the Society’s Menagerie during the 
month of July were 282 in number ; of these 198 were acquired by 
presentation, 57 by purchase, 1 by exchange, 21 by birth, and 5 
were received on deposit. The total number of departures during 
the same period by death and removals was 114. 
The most noticeable additions during the month were :— 
1. A young male African Elephant (Hlephas africanus), purchased 
July 8th. 
This animal is supposed to be from three to four years old. At 
the time of purchase it was about 4 ft. 2 in. in height, and weighed 
788 pounds. 
2. A Kolbe’s Vulture (Gyps kolbii) from South Africa, purchased 
July 15th, being the first example of this species of Vulture that we 
have received. 
3. A Heloderm Lizard (Heloderma suspectum) from Arizona, pre- 
sented by Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P., F.R.S., F.Z.S., July 16th. 
This Lizard, which is new to the Collection, is remarkable as be- 
longing to the only positively known venomous form of the Lacertian 
Order. It has been ascertained by actual experiment that its bite is 
fatal to small mammals (see belcw, p. 631). 
The total number of registered additions to the Society’s Mena- 
gerie during the month of August was 160; of these 97 were ac- 
1 «Ibis, 1882, p. 525. 
