784 MR. SCLATER ON CONTINENTAL MENAGERIES. [Nov. 17, 
In the well-ordered Gardens at Cologne (under the care of 
_Dr. Wunderlich), Mr. Sclater had observed’a fine, pair of Phaco- 
cherus eliani from Somaliland, five examples of Cervus davidianus 
(an adult male, two adult females, and two young males), examples’ 
of a small but very pretty Kangaroo (Onychogalea frenata), which — 
he had not previously seen alive, and a specimen of Bassaris 
astuta from Mexico. A family of five Sea-lions (Otaria californiana) 
lived together in perfect harmony along with several Cormorants. 
Amongst the birds at Cologne had been noticed an example of 
Haliaetus branickii, received in 1893, in which the base of the black 
tail was just beginning to show white feathers, as in the specimen 
in the Society’s Gardens' ; also specimens of Gyps bengalensis and 
Cathartes wrubitinga, a pair of Cygnus americanus, and an example 
of a rare 8. American Heron, Ardea leucogastra. 
At the smaller but well-kept Zoological Garden of Diisseldorf 
(managed by Herr Inspector Goffart) there was a very fine and 
large adult male specimen of Cercocebus albigena, with the long 
hairs on the neck and shoulders much developed. This animal had 
been obtained at Caio on the R. Luemme north of the Congo, and 
presented by Herr Robert Visser eight years ago. ‘There was also 
in the Monkey-house a fine series of Mandrills (Papio maimon) of 
various ages. A male Ovis musimon had bred freely with some 
ewes of the domestic Sheep (Heide-schaf ), and had produced many 
hybrids which were said to be perfectly fertile inter se. There was 
also in this Garden a large flock of Ovis tragelaphus—some 25 in 
number—of both sexes and all ages kept together. 
In the Zoological Garden of Hanover (Herr Schiff, Director) 
were two examples of the Conwrus which Mr. Sclater had described 
(P. Z. S. 1886, p. 539, pl. lvi.) as CO. rubritorquis. Count Salvadori 
(Cat. Birds, xx. p. 190) had united this species to the Mexican | 
C. holochlorus, but Messrs. Salvin and Godman had recently received 
examples of it from Nicaragua, and were of opinion that it was a 
valid species. There was a fine adult female Hippopotamus in 
this Garden—an imported specimen. 
The Garden of the Royal Zoological Society, “Natura Artis 
Magistra,” at Amsterdam (Director, Dr. Kerbert), always contained 
a large and well-ordered series of animals. Upon this occasion 
the following had attracted Mr. Sclater’s special attention :—a 
young male of the South-American Marsh-Deer (Cariacus palu- 
dosus); a young female Sumatran Rhinoceros from Borneo 
(Rhinoceros swmatrensis); a well-marked example of the Side- 
striped Jackal (Canis lateralis, Scl. P. Z. 8. 1870, p. 279, pl. xxiii.) ; 
a Corsac Fox (0. corsac); and a fine adult female specimen of the 
Mountain-Antelope of Sumatra (Capricornis sumatrensis). The 
1 Mr. Sclater took this opportunity, of exhibiting a drawing of the specimen 
of Branicki’s Eagle (Haliaetus branichkii) living in the Society's Gardens, taken 
by Mr. Smit in July 1896 (Plate XXXVII.). This bird had been acquired by 
purchase from the Zoological Garden of Hamburg on Sept. 21, 1893 (see P. Z. 8, 
1893, p. 618). 
