218 MR. D. SETH-SMITH ON HYBRID BIRDS. 
Among the additions special attention may be directed to :— 
1 Pigmy Hippopotamus (Cheropsis liberiensis) 3 , from Liberia, 
presented by H.G. The Duke of Bedford, K.G., Pres.Z.S., on 
December 16th. 
2 Vicunas (Lama vicugna) $ 2, from the Andes, presented 
by F. Lesser, Esq., on December 20th. 
1 Cheetah (Cynelurus jubatus) 2, from British East Africa, 
presented by Mrs. McMillan, F.Z.S., on December 20th. 
1 Pine-Marten (Mustela martes), from Kerry, presented by 
H. G. Constable, Esq., F.Z.S., on December 11th. 
3 Four-banded Chipping-Squirrels (Hutamias quadrivittatus), 
new to the Collection, deposited on December Ist. 
1 Olive-backed Thrush (Hylocichla ustulata swainsoni), from 
North America, new to the Collection, received in exchange on 
December 23rd. 
A large Collection of Birds, including a pair of Red-collared 
Lorikeets (Lrichoglossus rubritorques), a number of Waterfowl 
and Small Birds, presented by Heatley Noble, Esq., F.Z.8., on 
December Ist. 
4 South-African Ostriches (Struthio australis), bred in South 
Australia, deposited on December 12th. 
29 Ornamented Ceratophrys (Ceratophrys ornata), from the 
Argentine, presented by E. G. Robinson, Hsq., on December 
23rd. 
Mr. D. Seru-Smiru, F.Z.8., Curator of Birds, exhibited a 
photograph of two hybrids between a Peacock and a hen Guinea- 
fowl which were bred in Germany and were now in the Berlin 
Zoological Gardens, and remarked that there were three or four 
cases on record of such hybrids being produced, whereas there 
were only two instances known of the Peafowl crossing with 
the domestic fowl, and none, so far as he knew, with birds of 
any other genus. 
Mr. Seth-Smith also showed the skin of a hybrid Pheasant hen, 
which had been sent to him by Mr. H. J. Elwes, F.R.S. This 
bird was one of a number bred in Sussex by Mrs. Johnstone, 
between a cock Calophasis mikado and hen (’, elliott. It bore a 
very strong resemblance to the female C’. mikado, but showed 
a trace of the,black throat and rufous barring to the tail of 
C. ellioti. 
Mr. G. A. Boutencer, F.R.S., F.Z.S., gave an account of the 
collections of Batrachians and Reptiles made by the British 
Ornithologists’ Union and the Wollaston Expeditions in Dutch 
New Guinea. Four species of Batrachians and eight species of 
Reptiles were described as new. 
This paper will be published in the ‘ Transactions.’ . 
