266 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [May 4, 



May 4, 1886. 

 Prof. W. H. 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 April 1886 : — 



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

 gerie during the month of April was 170, of which 83 were by 

 presentation, 23 by purchase, 1 1 by birth, 1 1 were received in ex- 

 change, and 42 on deposit. The total number of departures during 

 the same period, by death and removals, was 119. 



Amongst these special attention was called to : — 



1. A fine example of a Lizard belonging to a new species of the 

 genus Ctenosaura, which Mr. Boulenger described at the last meeting 

 of the Society as Ctenosaura erythromelas (see above, p. 241), 

 obtained by purchase April 3rd. 



The exact locality of the specimen, which was purchased of a 

 dealer at Liverpool, could not unfortunately be ascertained ; but 

 it is believed to be from some part of Central America. 



2. A fine male example of the Lesser Koodoo, Strepsiceros im- 

 berhis, received in exchange from M. Comely, of Tours, on April 7th. 



Having lost the female, M. Comely was good enough to part 

 with the male of this rare Antelope in our favour. The specimen in 

 question was originally obtained by one of Mr. Hagenbeck's collectors 

 in Somali-land (see P. Z. S. 1884, pp. 45, 539). 



3. A young male two-horned Rhinoceros, received in exchange 

 from the Zoological Gardens, Calcutta, April 27th, and apparently 

 referable to R. lasiotis, if this species is really distinct from R. suma- 

 trensis. Dr. John Anderson, F.Z.S., has kindly favoured me with 

 the subjoined note upon this interesting acquisition: — 



"The young male Rhinoceros, lately received from the Calcutta 

 Zoological Gardens, was brought into Rangoon on the 27th of 

 March, 1884, while I happened to be there on my way to Japan. 

 The animal had been captured a day or two before in the Bassein 

 district, close to the sea, and, when first seen by its captors, it was 

 in the company of its mother. The mother, however, escaped, I 

 was told, by plunging into the sea and swimming away, leaving her 

 young one behind. I at once secured it for the Calcutta Zoological 

 Gardens. When I saw it in Rangoon it was only about 2 feet high 

 at the shoulder, and was evidently quite a baby. Its skin was 

 smooth and pinkish, and thickly covered with pale yellowish-grey 

 hairs, somewhat curly, and as soft as wool, except on the front of the 

 legs, where it was blackish-brown and much coarser than elsewhere. 

 The positions of the two horns were well-defined, although these 

 structures were only feebly developed. From its general appearance 

 I concluded at the time that it was B. lasiotis." 



