780 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGHRIE. [Noy.17, 
November 17, 1896. 
Dr. St. Guorce Mivarr, F.R.S., V.P., 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, 1896 :— 
The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during. the 
month of June were 163, of which 83 were by presentation, 28 by 
purchase, 21 by birth, and 31 were received on deposit. The 
total number of departures during the same period, by death and 
removals, was 93. 
The most noticeable additions during the month were :— 
1. An Oceipital Vulture (Vuléur occipitalis), from South Africa, 
obtained by purchase June 24th. This fine Vulture is rather scarce 
in collections ; no example of it has been in the Society’s Gardens 
since 1865. 
2. A Baer’s Duck (Fuligula baeri), received from Mr. Frank 
Finn, F.Z.S., of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, and presented by 
him, along with other birds, to the Society’s Collection. This is 
the first example of this eastern Asiatic Duck, which has recently 
been ascertained to occur in India’, that has reached us. j 
3. A Temminck’s Pangolin (Manis temmincki), said to have been 
procured in the Transvaal, and received on deposit June 29th. 
The registered additions to the Society’s Menagerie during the 
month of July were 183in number; of these 64 were acquired by 
presentation, 11 by purchase, 21 by birth, 63 were received on 
deposit, and 19 in exchange. The total number of departures 
during the same period, by death and removals, was 96. 
Amongst these, attention may be called to the following :— 
1. A pair of Lettered Aracaris (Péeroglossus inscriptus) (probably 
from Para), purchased July 7th, new to the Collection. 
2. An example of Brazza’s Monkey (Cercopithecus brazze) from 
French Congoland, purchased on July 17th, being the first spe- 
cimen received alive of this rare and well-marked species (see 
P. Z. S. 1893, pp. 255 and 443, pl. xxxiii.). 
The registered additions to the Society’s Menagerie during the 
month of August were 100; of these 72 were acquired by presen- 
tation, 7 by purchase, 13 by birth, 1 by exchange, and 7 were 
received on deposit. The total number of departures during the 
same period, by death and removals, was 91. 
Among these, attention may be called to the following :— 
1. A fine adult female of Loder’s Gazelle (Gazella loderi), from 
the Western Desert of Egypt, presented by A. R. Birdwood, Esq., 
1 See Finn, Proc. A. S. B. 1896, p. 61. 
