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November 16, 1886. 

 Prof. W. H. Flower, LL.D., F.R.S., President, ia 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, 1886: — 



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

 gerie during the month of June was 226, of which 24 were by birth, 

 129 by presentation, 52 by purchase, and 21 were received on 

 deposit. The total number of departures during the same period 

 by death and removals was 120. 



The following are of special interest : — 



1 . A Glaucous Macaw {Ara glauca), purchased of the Zoological 

 Gardens, Antwerp, June 3rd. 



Of this near ally of Lear's Macaw ^ we have not previously 

 possessed a living specimen. The present species is of nearly the 

 same size and general coloration as A. leari, but is at once distin- 

 guishable by the glaucous blue of the body. 



2. Two young Tcheli Monkeys (Macacus tcheliensis), presented 

 by Dr. S. W. Bushell, C.M.Z.S., of Pekin, June 17th, obtained from 

 the mountains near the "Jung-ling," or Eastern Mausoleum of the 

 reigning dynasty of China, which is situated some 70 miles east 

 of Pekin. The animals are covered with a thick fur, which fits 

 them to endure the bitterly cold winter of this part of Northern 

 China, where the thermometer frequently goes below zero of 

 Fahrenheit. We are also indebted to Dr. Bushell for former 

 examples of this Monkey. 



3. A Bald Ouakari {Brachyurus calvus), <S , purchased 12th June, 

 of a dealer in Liverpool, new to the Society's collection. 



Of the curious Monkeys of the genus Brachyurus, on which our 

 late Prosector, Mr. Forbes, wrote an excellent paper in 1880 (see 

 P. Z. S. 1880, p. 627), we have already had specimens of B. 

 melanbcephalus and B. rubicundus, and we have now for the first 

 time an example of the perhaps still more curious B. calvus, which, 

 according to Castlenau, is confined to the forests on the north bank 

 of the Amazons, between the rivers Putumayo and Japura. 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of July were 166 in number ; of these 82 were acquired by 

 presentation, 44 by purchase, 33 by birth, and 6 were received on 

 deposit. One young Pheasant, received during the month, was 

 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 105. 



Among the additions may be specially noticed two rare American 

 Parrots — a Lear's Macaw {Ara leari) and a Lineolated Parrakeet 

 (Bolborhynchus lineolatus), acquired by purchase. 



1 See P. Z. S. 1879, p. 551 

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