784 mh. sciatbh on coktinbntal MBNAaimiES. [Nov. 17, 



In the well-ordered Gardens at Cologne (under the care of 

 Dr. Wunderlicli), Mr. Sclater had observed a fine pair of Phaco- 

 chcerus celiani from Somaliland, five examples of Oervus davidianus 

 (an adult male, two adult females, and two young males), examples 

 of a small but very pretty Kangaroo (OmjcJwt/alea frencibi), whicli 

 he had not previousl}^ seen alive, and a specimen of Bassaris 

 astiita from Mexico. A family of five Sea-lions {Olaria califomiana) 

 lived together in perfect harmony along with several Cormorants. 

 Amongst the birds at Cologne had been noticed an example of 

 -f- Haliaetus hranickii, 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 Oyps hengcdensis and 

 Gatliartes und)itinga, a pair of Oygnus americanus, and an example 

 of a rare S. American Heron, Ardea leticogastra. 



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 Cercoeehus alhigena, with the long 

 hairs on the neck and shoulders much developed. This animal had 

 been obtained at Caio on the E. Luemme north of the Congo, and 

 presented by Herr Eobert Visser eight years ago. . There was also 

 in the Monkey-house a fine series of Mandrills (Papio niaimon) 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. Thei-e was 

 also in this Garden a large flock of Ovis tragelajjhus — some 25 in 

 number — of both sexes and all ages kept together. 



In the Zoological Garden of Hanover (Herr Schiiff, Director) 

 were two examples of the Conurus which Mr. Sclater had described 

 (P. Z. S. 1886, p. 539, pi. Ivi.) as C. ruhritorquis. Count Salvadori 

 (Cat. Birds, xx. p. 190) had united this species to the Mexican 

 C holoeldorus, 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 Eoyal Zoological Society, "Natura Aii\s 

 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-I)eer (Cariaciis paht- 

 dosus) ; a young female Sumatran llhinoceros from Borneo 

 {Rhinoceros sumatrensis) ; a well-marked example of the Side- 

 striped Jackal (Oanis lateralis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 279, pi. xxxiii.) ; 

 a Corsac Fox (G. corsac) ; and a fine adult female specimen of the 

 Mountain- Antelope of Sumatra (^Gafricomis sumatrensis). The 



* Mr. Sclater took this opportunity of exhibiting a drawing of the specimen 

 of Branielii's Eagle {Haliaetus brankkii) living in the Society s Gardens, taken 

 by Mr. Smit in July 1896 (Plate XXXVII.). This bird had been acquired by 

 purchase from tlie Zoological Garden of Hamburg on Sept. 21, 1893 (see P. Z. S. 

 1893, p. 613). 



