212 THE SECRETARY ON VDDITIONS TOTHE MKNAGERIE. [Apr. 7, 



which, however, Mr. Lort Phillips obtained in Central Somali-land *. 

 The same gentleman, and also Herr Menges, collected several speci- 

 mens of J\\ saltianus in the neighbourhood of Berbera, and these 

 are now in the British Museum. It may be noted, for the 

 benefit of sportsmen, that besides the decided dental and osteological 

 distinction described bj Dr. Giiiither-, the horns of N. saltianus 

 may be distinguished from those of ^.V. kirki by being flattened along 

 their inner side and therefore triangular in section, while those of 

 the latter species are rounded and therefore circular in section. 



April 7, 1891. 

 F. Du Cane Godman, Esq., F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of March 1891 : — 



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

 gerie during the month of March was 83, of which 35 were by 

 presentation, 3 by birth, 39 by purchase, and 6 on deposit. The 

 total numher of departures during the same period, by death and 

 removals, was 96. 



Amongst the additions I may invite special attention to the 

 following : — 



1. A young example of the Ounce or Snow-Leopard (Felis 

 uncid), purchased of Mr. W. Jamrach, March 6th, and believed to 

 have been obtained in Bhotan. I have already (see above, p. 197) 

 spoken of the acquisition of this most interesting animal, an example 

 of the only species of the larger Cats which we have not previously 

 been able to exhibit in the Gardens. 



2. A small-clawed Otter {Lutra leptonyx) from India, acquired 

 by purchase March 16th, being the second specimen of this Otter 

 which has been obtained by the Society^. 



3. A Lhuys' Impeyan Pheasant (^Lo]}hophorus Ihuysi), male. A 

 fine example of this rare Pheasant from Szechuen, Western China, 

 obtained by Mr. A. G. Pratt during his recent visit to that country, 

 and purchased of him on the 18th March. This is the first example 

 of the species received in Europe. 



I may also remark that among the deaths registered in the 

 Society's Gardens during the month of March was that of a 

 European Crane (Grus cinerea), which was acquired by purchase on 

 the 13th May 1848, and had thus lived nearly forty-three years in 

 captivity. 



1 Cf. Phillips, P. Z. S. 18S5, p. 932, and Sclater, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 504. 

 - P. Z. S. 1880, p. 17. 



Cf. P. Z. S. 1888, p. 564. 



