1904.] ox A NEW GAZELLE FROM PALESTINE. 347 



December 13, 1904. 



Herbert Druce, Esq., F.Z.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Seci'etaiy read the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of November 1904 : — 



The number of registered additions to the (Society's Menagerie 

 during the month of November was 150. Of these 68 were ac- 

 quired by presentation and 14 by purchase, 26 were received on 

 deposit, 34 ni exchange, and 8 were bred in the Menagerie. The 

 number of dejjartures during the same period, by death and 

 removals, was 179. 



Amongst these, sjaecial attention may be called to the fol- 

 lowing : — 



1. A Ferret Badger {HeUctis 'personata) from Burmah, presented 

 by Capt. Burnett on Nov. 4t]i. This species has not been exhibited 

 previously in the Gardens. 



2. Two Chimpanzees {Anthropojnthecus schioeinfurthi), a male 

 and female, from the Bagomo Forest, Uganda, presented by 

 Mr. Stanley C. Tomkins, C.M.G., on Nov. 7th. These animals 

 are nearly adult, the male being the finest Chimpanzee ever shoAvn 

 in the Gardens. 



3. A male specimen of the Senegal race of the African Buffalo 

 {Bithalus centralis), deposited on Nov. 21st. No examjjle of this 

 subspecies has been exhibited previously in the Menagerie. 



4. Three Mouse- Hares {Ochotona roylei) from Baluchistan, jare- 

 sented by Col. Chas. E. Yates on Nov. 28th. These interesting 

 little Rodents are also new to the Collection. 



Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., exhibited specimens of a pair of 

 Gazelles from Palestine which had been sent by Dr. Selah Merrill, 

 U.S. Consul at Jerusalem, to Dr. Sclater, and had been passed 

 on by the latter to the British Museum *. 



The Gazelle proved to have no relationship to Gazella dorcas, 

 the only species as yet i-ecorded fi^om Palestine, but to be nearly 

 related to the Edmi or Atlas Gazelle (Gazella cicvieri), of which, 

 although distinct, it might be considered a local representative. 

 As no Gazelle of this type was found in the intermediate countries 

 of Tripoli and Egypt, so that connecting links were unlikely to 

 occur, it seemed more in accordance with modern practice to give 

 the Palestine form a binomial i-ather than a trinomial name. 



The Gazelle was therefore proposed to be called : — 



Gazella merrilli Thos. (Text-fig. 90, p. 348.) 



Gazella merrilli Thos. Abstr. P. Z. S. No. 12, p. 19, Dec. 13, 1904. 



Colour and general appearance exactly as in G. cuvieri, the 



* [The complete account of the new species described in this communication 

 appears here, but since the name and preliminary diagnosis were published in the 

 ' Abstract,' the species is distinguished by the name being underlined. — Editor.] 



