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MR. SCLATEE ON A PERSIAN IBEX. 



[ISTov. 4, 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of August were 141 in number. Of these 62 were acquired 

 by presentation, 2 by purchase, 8 were born in the Gardens, and 

 64 were received on deposit and 5 in exchange. The number of 

 departures during the same period, by death and removals, 

 was 160. 



The number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie 

 during the month of September was 125, of which 67 were by 

 presentation, 1 by purchase, 6 were born in the Gardens, and 51 

 were received on deposit. The number of departures during the 

 same period, by death and removals, was 138. 



Mr. Sclater exhibited a photograph of a Persian Ibex (text- 

 fig. 55), obtained in the hills not far from Shiraz (and probably 



Text-fis. 55. 



Persian Ibex. (Taken Ivom a photogTaph.) 



