1907.] THE SECRETARY ON AOIHTIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 747 



November 12, 1907. 



F. Du Cane Godman, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S., Yice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



Report on Additions to the Menagerie dxhring June to 

 October 1907. 



June. 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of June were 210 in number. Of these 60 were acquired 

 by presentation and 33 by purchase, 89 were received on deposit, 

 3 by exchange, and 25 were born in the Gardens. The total 

 number of departures during the same period, by death and 

 removals, was 222. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be called to the 

 following : — 



A male Musk-Deer {Moschus moschiferus) from Cliamba, 

 presented by Major Rodon, F.Z.S., on June 16th. 



A male Red Bird of Paradise [Paradisea rubra) from Waigiou, 

 a male Twelve-wired Bird of Pai'adise {Seleucides nigricans) from 

 Salwatti, and two pairs of King Birds of Paradise {Cicinnurus 

 regius) from Aru Island, purchased on June 8th. 



An Abyssinian Fruit- Pigeon (FMi«(/o waalia), two Buff- breasted 

 Partridges {Ptilopachys fuscus), a Black-billed Hornbill [Lopho- 

 ceros nasutus), and two Black-backed Plovers (Pluvianus cegyjJtins) 

 from Nigeria, presented by Miss Jardine on June 15th. 



July, 



The additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month 

 of July were 364 in number. Of these 114 were acquired by 

 presentation and 20 by purchase, 38 were received on deposit, 

 i45 by exchange, and 47 were born in the Gardens. The total 

 number of departures dizring the same period, by death and 

 removals, was 273. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be called to the 

 following : — 



A South- African Fennec {Vulpes chama) from S. Africa, pur- 

 chased on July 3rd. 



A Three-striped Phalanger {Dactylopsila trivirgata) from Sal- 

 watti, New Guinea, presented by Walter Goodfellow, Esq., F.Z.S., 

 on July 26th. 



A Collection of 139 Birds, principally from North America, 

 including two White-headed Sea-Eagles {Haliaetus leucocephalus), 



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