1899,] 



MU. SCLATER O'N CONTI"NE>'TAL MENAGEBIES. 



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was carried by the mother across her breast after the manner of 

 other Lemurs ; also a vov;ng Pehcan (PeJecamis onocrotalvs), hatched 

 in the same Gardens and then still in nestling plumage. The 

 Amsterdam Gardens were fortunate in again possessing a living 

 Anser rvficollis, \\hich had been captui-ed about the 10th February, 

 1899, at Foxhol, near Hoogeram, in the province of Groningen ; 

 also several specimens of the now rare Talapoin Monkey (Cercopi- 

 ihecus talcqjoin), and two examples of the beautiful Eecl Oriole of 

 Formosa {Analdpus ardens), besides a family group of the Pleasant 

 Antelope {TragelapJms r/mins), consisting of an adult pair, two 

 young males, and a ne\vly-born calf. At Antwerp there was, 

 likewise, a small herd of Trar/elaphns grains, consisting of an 

 adult pair and two young females ; also a fine adult male of the 

 Eoan Antelope from Senegal {Hippotragus equimis gamhianvs) (see 

 ' Book of Antelopes," iv. p. 15, pi. Ixxviii.), and three examples of 

 the true Dama Gazelle {Gazella dama), from Senegal. In the 

 Antwerp Gardens Mr. Sclater had likewise examined a living 

 female monkey which appeared to belong to a new species of the 

 genus Cercocehus, remarkable for its prominent crest on the middle 

 of the head and the long hairs on the cheeks. This specimen had 

 been received by the Antwerp Gardens as a present from M. F. 



Lcrcocebiis conyicus. 



Fuehs, the Governor of the Congo Free State, and was believed to 

 have been obtained, in March 1S99, in the district of Stanley Falls 

 on the Upper Congo, 



With the approbation of M. L'hoest, Mr. Sclater proposed to 



