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suborbital ring of bones ; body with dark and narrow horizontal 

 bands in its anterior half, while seven dark and wide bands pass 

 from the back down the sides. A narrow light band goes from the 

 eye to the middle of the base of the caudal fin. Basal third of 

 caudal fin somewhat dark, its outer edge light. 

 Hub. Kurrachee in Sind. 



FiERASFER HOMEi, Richardsou. 



An example nearly five inches long, from Madras. 



EXOCCETUS ALTIPINNIS, CuV. & Val. 



Exocoetus katopron, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. vi. p. 72. 



Two specimens up to 11 1 inches in length, received from Bombay. 



May 15, 1888. 

 Dr. A. Giinther, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions made to 

 the Society's Menagerie during the month of April 1888 : — 



The total number of registered additions to the Society's Mena- 

 gerie during the month of April was 63. Of these 11 were by 

 birth, 32 by presentation, 11 by purchase, 2 by exchange, and 7 

 were received on deposit. The total number of departures during 

 the same period, by death and removals, was 125. 



The most noticeable additions during the month were : — 



1 . Two Penguins ft cm the Auckland Islands, presented by Capt. 

 Sutcliff, R.M.S.S. ' Aorangi,' April 1 9th. One of them is in adult 

 plumage, the other is young. They are referable certainly to one 

 of the geographical subspecies of Eudyptes chrijsoenme, but on 

 comparing the adult with the example of the Penguin from New 

 Zealand, received March 31st, it will be observed that there are 

 several differences between the two specimens. The Auckland 

 Island bird is larger and not so blue on the back, and has a distinct 

 white line on the lower mandible above the feathering, as will be 

 seen by the drawings now exhibited. Moreover the yellow eyebrow 

 commences much further back, on the lores. 



2. Two Indian Hill-Foxes, presented by Col. Alex. A. A. Kinloch, 

 C.M.Z.S., and received April 20th, These Foxes, which. Col. Kin- 

 loch informs me, were obtained at Thandiani, a small station on the 

 hills between the Hazara and Jhelum valleys, a few miles from 

 Abbottabad, at an elevation of about 8000 feet, form an acceptable 

 addition to the series of Canid^e in the Society's Collection. They 

 appear to be immature specimens of Canis montanus. 



3. A fine example of the Spotted Hawk-Eagle {Spizaetus nipalen- 

 sis) of Northern India, also presented by Col. Kinloch, and new to 

 the Society's Collection. 



