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H. chloris (Oahu). — A trace only of a yellow mark from the bill 

 to the eye. Upper parts of a dark greyish buff tinged with a faint 

 shade of olive. Underparts whitish buff tinged with yellow. Bill 

 and legs dark brown. 



H. chloris (Lanai). — A distinct yellow mark from the base of the 

 bill to the eye. Upper parts light greyish buff, distinctly tinged 

 with olive. Beneath on the breast and throat light lemon-yellow, 

 shading into buff on the flanks. Bill and legs lighter brown. The 

 bill is more slender. 



II. chloris (Molokai).— A distinct yellow mark from the bill to eye, 

 as in the Lanai form. Upper parts darker than in the Lanai form, 

 but not so dark as in the type from Oahu. Underparts yellow, but 

 not so bright as in the Lanai form. Bill and legs considerably 

 stouter than in the preceding form. 



November 19, 1889. 

 Prof. Flower, C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following reports on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of October 1889 : — 



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

 gerie during the month of October was 90. Of these 1 was by 

 birth, 50 by presentation, 12 by purchase, 7 by exchange, and 20 were 

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

 period, by death and removals, was 76. 



Amongst the additions I may call special attention to the arrival of 

 the young male Gaur {Bilos gaurus) from Pahang ', one of the native 

 States in the Malay Peninsula, presented to the Society by Sir Cecil 

 C. Smith, K.C.M.G., the Governor of the Straits Settlements. 



We are greatly indebted to Mr. W. Davison, F.Z.S., for the 

 valuable assistance he has rendered us in shipping this animal to 

 Europe ; also to the Peninsula and Oriental Co. for their liberal 

 grant of a free passage of the first example of the Gaur that has 

 reached Europe alive ; and to Capt. Home, of the steam-ship 

 ' Rohilla,' for the kind care and attention he has devoted to the 

 animal during the passage home. Mr. Davison has supplied me 

 with the following information respecting this specimen : — 



"I am shipping the young bull ' Sladang' (Bibos gaurus) by the 

 P. and O. S. ' Rohilla,' leaving here to-morrow morning for London. 

 The animal is in splendid condition and comparatively tame — that is, 

 he takes food readily from hand, and allows one to scratch his 

 forehead. He was caught five months ago. There is not a question 

 I think now about there being two distinct species of this form in the 

 Malay Peninsula. The one now sent is about a two-year old, a bull, 

 black, forehead grey, and stockings of all four feet dirty white. It 

 is the ' Sladang ' of the Malays, the so-called Bison of India 



1 See 'The Field' newspaper, June 1st, 1889, p. 767, for an account of the 

 liuntiug and capture of a herd of these animals in Pahang. 



