1862.J THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 141 



May 13, 1862. 

 John Gould, Esq., F.R.S., in the Chair. 



The Secretary reported that the ' La Hogue,' which had sailed 

 from Sydney on the 1 6th of January, with the living Kagu (Rhino' 

 chetus jtibatus) on board, shipped for the Society by Dr. Bennett, 

 had arrived on the 22nd of April last, with this curious bird in per- 

 fect health. The Kagu had been transferred without delay to the 

 New Aviary in the Society's Gardens. Dr. Bennett had also for- 

 warded by the same vessel two Hornbills and a Pigeon from the 

 Salomon Islands, and a Porphyrio from the island of Tanna, of the 

 New Hebrides group, to be deposited in the Society's Gardens, and 

 taken care of for H.R.H. the Due de Brabant. 



One of the Hornbills had died shortly before the arrival of the 

 vessel, but, having been placed in spirits, had made a good skeleton. 

 This and the skin had enabled the species to be determined. It ap- 

 peared to be Buceros riijicollis, agreeing with Temminck's figure 

 (PI. Col. 557) of that bird. The male, still living, had the head 

 and neck rufous white, darker posteriorly ; in the female, which had 

 died, these parts were black. Dr. Sclater had remarked a similar di- 

 stinction of the sexes in the specimens of this bird in the Museum 

 at Ley den. 



The Pigeon appeared referable to Carpophaga rubricera, G. R. 

 Gray, MS. {Globica^a rubi'icera, Bp. Consp. ii. p. 31). The Por- 

 phyrio was much like Porphyrio melanohis (Gould's B. Austr. vi. 

 pi. 69), already in the Menagerie, but smaller in dimensions, and 

 apparently distinct. 



The same vessel had also brought a large consignment of Parrots 

 for sale, out of which the Secretary had secured for the Society's 

 Menagerie examples of the following rare species, all new to the col- 

 lection : — 



1. Calyptorhynchus banksii, Vig. & Horsf., from New South 

 Wales. 



2. Cacatua ducorpsii, Hombron & Jacquinot, from the Salomon 

 Islands — a very distinct species, allied to C. moluccensis and C. cri- 

 stata, but readily distinguishable by the blue skin round the eye and 

 the yellow-tinged crest, as shown in Mr. Wolf's drawing (PI. XIV.), 



3. Pyrrhulopsis personata (G. R. Gray), from the Fiji Islands, 

 agreeing with the bird figured, P. Z. S. 1848, Aves, PI. III. p. 20, 



Dr. Crisp exhibited the following specimens : — 



1 . The head of a Partridge (Perdix cinerea), shot in September 

 last ; the upper mandible much thickened and curved upwards, so that 

 its point was three-fourths of an inch from the tip of the lower man- 

 dible. The bird was in tolerable condition, and had probably lived 

 chiefly on green food, as turnip-tops were found in the crop and 

 gizzard. Three birds were shot in the same locality with a similar 



