130 MR. C. TATE REGAN ON [ Feb. 16, 
February 16th, 1909. 
FREDERICK GILLETT, Esq., Vice-President, 
in the Chair. 
The Secretary read the following report on the additions made 
to the Society's Menagerie during the month of January, 
ie SMS) 
The number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie 
during the month of January was79. Of these 54 were acquired 
by presentation, 20 by purchase, 2 were received on deposit, and 
3 were born in the Gardens, 
The number of departures during the same period, by death 
and removals, was 158. 
Amongst the additions special attention may be directed to :— 
One Desert Fox (Vulpes leucopus) and two Gmelin’s Sheep 
({Ovis orientalis) § 2, the latter new to the Collection, from 
Persia, presented by Capt. T. H. Keyes, F.Z.S., on Jan. 5th. 
One Markhoor (Capra falconeri) 3 ,from N.W. India, pre- 
sented by Lt.-Col. 8. H. Godfrey, C.I.E., on Jan. 18th. 
One Red-cheeked Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus erythrogenys) 
and two Occipital Blue Pies (Urocissa occipitalis), from India, 
purchased on Jan. 21st. 
One Javan Drongo (Crypsirhina varians), from Java; one 
Dumont’s Grackle (lino dumonti), from the Aru Islands; two 
Black-throated Lorikeets (Zrichoglossus nigrigularis), two Green- 
naped Lorikeets (Z'richoglossus cyanogrammus), and three Green- 
winged Parakeets (Aprosmictus chloropterus), from New Guinea— 
the Drongo, the Black-throated Lorikeets, and the Green-winged 
Parakeets being new to the Collection,—purchased on Jan. 18th. 
Four Black-cheeked Love-birds (Agapornis nigrigenis), from 
N.W. Rhodesia, new to the Collection, purchased on Jan. 15th 
and 16th. 
Mr. C. Tate Regan, M.A., F.Z.S., exhibited sketches illustrating 
changes in coloration of some Fishes in the New York Aquarium, 
and made the following remarks :— 
“In September 1907, I paid several visits to the New York 
Aquarium; the director, Mr. C. H. Townsend, very kindly spent 
a good deal of time in showing me the fishes and calling my 
attention to many interesting details. I was particularly struck 
by the colour-changes in some of the tropical Sea-Perches from 
the Bermudas, and I made some notes on the coloration of four 
species, Viz. :— 
“1. Hpinephelus striatus.—l devoted some hours in all to the 
study of this species. The normal coloration, if such a term can 
be used, may be described thus: ground-colour greyish-olive 
with irregular paler spots ; body crossed by about five broad dark 
brownish bars; a black spot on the upper part of the bar which 
