826 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIOKS TO THE METTAGERTE. [NoV. 14, 



We have now the pleasure of being able to exhibit in the 

 Gardens a pair of the beautiful Zebra of Southern Abyssinia 

 and Somaliland {Equns grevii), to the existence of which I have ou 

 several former occasions (see P. Z. S. 1882, p. 721 ; 1890, pp. 412, 

 461 ; 1893, p. 473 ; 1898, p. 588 ; 1899, p. 713) called attention. 

 The present animals have been sent by the Emperor Menelek as a 

 present to H.M. the Queen, and have been deposited in the 

 Society's care to be recovered from the effects of their long and 

 arduous journey. I need hardly descant on the differences between 

 the present animal and the three previously known species of 

 Zebra, both in size and in character of markings, as they are 

 obvious at first sight. These animals were captured somewhere in 

 the south of Shoa, and are said to be the only survivors of a 

 considerable number which reached Addis Abbeba. Here they were 

 delivered to Capt. J. L. Harrington, the British Political Agent at 

 the Court of the Emperor Menelek, as a present to H.M. the 

 Queen, and were brought down under his care to Zeila on the 

 coast of Somaliland, a long march of six weeks. At Zeila Capt. 

 Harrington handed them over to our Assistant Superintendent, 

 Mr. Arthur Thomson, who had been sent there by the Council, at 

 the request of the Foreign Office, on purpose to take charge of 

 them. Having been conveyed across to Aden, where they were 

 kept for about ten days, they were shipped in the P. & O. s.s. 

 ' Oceana,' and arrived safely at the Eoyal Albert Dock on 

 August 14th last, and were thence brought to the Society's 

 Gardens. 



The female, of which I exhibit a photograph (see p. 825), may now 

 be announced to be in perfect condition ; but the male, I regret to 

 say, still shows wounds on the hocks, which, in spite of every care 

 and attention, we have been unable to cure. 



The total number of registered additions to the Society's Mena- 

 gerie during the month of September was 126, of which 84 were 

 by presentation, 9 by purchase, and 33 were received on deposit. 

 The total number of departures during the same period, by death 

 and removals, was 90. 



The total number of registered additions to the Society's Mena- 

 gerie during the month of October was 170, of which 31 were by 

 presentation, 68 by purchase, 61 were received on deposit, and 10 

 were born in the Menagerie. The total number of departures 

 during the same period, by death and removals, was 169. 



Mr. Sclater stated that in July last he had visited the Zoological 

 Gardens of Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and Antwerp, the private 

 collection of Mr. E. E. Blaauw, C.M.Z.S., and the Museums of 

 Brussels and of the Congo Eree State at Tervueren near Brussels. 

 Mr. Sclater spoke of several animals of much interest which he 

 had thus seen. Amongst these were a pair of Slow Lemurs 

 (Nycticehus tardigradus) at Eotterdam with a young one, which 



