558 MR. R. I. POCOCK ON 



by H.G. The Duke of Bedford, K.G., President of the Society, on 

 Feb. 23rd. 



2 Dj^bowski's Deer (Cervus hortulorum), from Manchuria, new 

 to the Collection, presented by Sir Edmund Loder, Bart., F.Z.S., 

 on Feb. 23rd. 



1 Aldunati's Finch {Fhrygilus alchmatii), from Chili, new to the 

 Collection, presented by Miss Phillis True, on Feb. 13th. 



1 King Penguin [Aptenodytes pennanti), from the Antai-ctic Seas, 

 presented by Seilor Clemente Onelli, on Feb. 11th. 



Mr. D. Seth-Smith, F.Z.S., the Society's Curator of Birds, ex- 

 hibited a living Hybrid Duck, which was believed to be a cross 

 between the White-eyed Pochard {Aythya nyroca) and the 

 Marbled Duck {Marmaronetta angustirostris). It was hatched at 

 Scampston Hall, Yorkshire, from a clutch of eggs laid by a Mar- 

 bled Duck at Lilford Hall, Northamptonshire. ' The bird displayed 

 the characteristic mai^kings of Marmaronetta, but the general 

 colour was dark reddish brown. It had been presented to the 

 Society by Mr. W. H. St. Quintin, F.Z.S. 



Mr. R. I. PococK, F.R.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S. , Superintendent of 

 the Gai^dens, exhibited : — 



(1) A pair of Otter cubs about seven weeks old, which were 

 found under a landing-stage at Tewkesbur}^ and were presented 

 to the Society by Mr. W. Baring Bingham, F.Z.S. 



(2) The skin of an adult female Chacma Baboon (Papio porcarms) 

 representing an apparently undescribed local I'ace of that species, 

 which he proposed to name and diagnose as follows : — 



Papio porcarius, subsp. griseipes *. 



Abstract P. Z. S. 1911, p. 17 (March 28th). 



Of the size, general appearance, and coloration of the typical 

 form from Cape Colony, but distinguished by the absence of black 

 hairs fiom the upper sides of the hands and feet, the extremities 

 of the limbs and tail being clothed with grizzled or annulated 

 hairs. 



Loe. of type : Potchefstroom in the Transvaal. 



This animal was presented to the Society in 1904 by Mr. James 

 Adams, whose son had brought it from the above-mentioned 

 locality. She was adult at the time and died in 1910. On 

 arrival she was seen to differ in the characters enumerated from 

 the ordinary South African Chacmas, commonly received by 

 the Society, many of which are shipped from Algoa Bay and all 

 of which are believed to come from some part of Cape Colony. 

 This belief is borne out by Mr. W. L. Sclater's f description of 



* The complete account of this new subspecies appears here, but the name and a 

 preliminar)' diagnosis were published in the ' Abstract,' No. 93, 1911. — Editok, 

 t ' The Fauna of South Africa : Mammals,' i. p. 14, 1900, 



