142 MK. E. I. rOCOCK ON ELEPHANT-SHREWS. 



EXHIBITIONS AND NOTICES. 

 November 21, 1911. 



S. F. Harmer, Esq., M.A., Sc.D., 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 October 

 1911:— 



The number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie 

 during the month of October last was 287, Of these 141 were 

 acquired by presentation, 42 by purchase, 34 were received on 

 deposit, 28 in exchange, and 42 were born in the Gardens. 



The number of departures during the same period, by deaths 

 and removals, was 391. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be dh-ected to : — 



1 Budgett's Oercopitheque (Cercopithecus tantcdits budgeiii), 2 

 Matschie's Guerezas (Colobus viatschiei), and 1 Shari River 

 Hunting-Dog {Lycao7i pictus sharicus), new to the Collection, 

 from the ISTorthern Congo, deposited on October 12th. 



1 Dake of Bedford's Wapiti (Cervus xanthopygius) S , from 

 Manchuria, deposited on October 9th. 



1 Waterhouse's Genet (Genetta poensis), from S. Nigeria, new" 

 to the Collection, presented by W. A. Lambourne, Esq., on 

 October 1st. 



1 Indian Redstart [Ridicilla rufiventris), new to the Collection, 

 received in exchange on October 25th. 



3 Myrtle Warblei^s (Dendrceca coronata), new to the Col- 

 lection, from North America, presented by E. Hollman, Esq., on 

 October 25tb. 



4 Peale's Parrot- Finches [Erythmra pealei), from the Fiji 

 Islands, presented by Dr. Philip H. Bahr, F.Z.S., on October 

 19th. 



1 Rainbow-Bunting {Cyanospiza leclancheri), from Westei^n 

 Mexico, new to the Collection, received in exchange on October 

 6th. 



1 Malayan Wrinkled Hornbill {Rhytidoceros icndidatus), 

 received in exchange on October 6th. 



2 Ring-necked Teal (JVettinm torquatitm), from South 

 America, new to the Collection, received in exchange on 

 October 20th. 



Mr. R. I. PococK, F.R.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S., Superintendent of the 

 Gardens, exhibited a living specimen of the Common Elephant- 

 Shrew {Macroscelides prroboscideus) (text-fig. 16), which had been 

 captured at Tuin in Bushmanland and presented to the Society 

 by Capt. H. A. P. Littledale, who sent at the same time a 

 second example of the same species, an example of the Rock 

 Elephant-Shrew {Elephcmtuhis rupestris) (text-fig. 17), also from 



