THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 297 



EXHIBITIONS AND NOTICES. 



February 8, 1916. 



Prof. E. W. MacBride, D.Sc, F.R.S., Yice-Piesident, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the Additions 

 to the Society's Menagerie during the months of November, 

 December, and January : — 



November. 



The number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie 

 during the month of November was 53. Of these 32 were 

 acquired by presentation, 16 were r-eceived on deposit, 3 in 

 exchange, 1 by pui-chase, and 1 was born in the Gardens. 



The number of departures during the same period, by death 

 and removals, was 150. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be directed 

 to:— 



1 Leopard cub (Felis 'pardus), from Accra, presented by 

 Hugh M. Willoughby on November 12th. 



1 Caracal [Felis caracal) and 1 Fettered Cat {F. ocreatus), 

 from Berbera, presented by Dr. R. E. Drake- Brockman, F.Z.S., 

 on November 30th. 



3 Lund's Opossums [Didelphys albiventris) and 1 Wied's 

 Opossum {D. aututa), from Minas Geraes, both new to the 

 Collection, presented by Prof. J. P. Hill, F.R.S., F.Z.S., on 

 November 6th. 



1 Yellow-rumped Tanager (Ehaniphocoehis Icteronotus), from 

 Ecuador, new to the Collection, presented by Alfred Ezra, F.Z.S., 

 on November 13th. 



December. 



The number of i"egistered additions to the Society's Menagerie 

 during the month of December was 107. Of these 68 were 

 acquired by presentation, 37 were received on deposit, and 2 in- 

 exchange. 



The number of departures during the same period, by death 

 and removals, was 144. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be directed 

 to:— 



1 Eyra Cat (Felis eyra), 1 Salt-Desert Cat (F. salinarum), 

 and 1 Allamand's Grison (Grison allamandi). the last two new 

 to the Collection, from Cordova in the Argentine, presented by 

 W. A. Smithers, C.M.Z.S., on December 16th. 



2 Mongolian Sousliks {Oitellus mongolwus) and 2 Sand-Ham- 

 sters (Cricettdus griseits), the latter new to the Collection, and 



