118 TME SECRETARY ON ADDITIOXS TO THE MENAGERIE. [Feb. 21, 



February 21, 1905. 

 Howard Saunbers, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chaii'. 



The Secretary read the following repoit on the additions that 

 liad been made to the Society's Menagerie in January 1905 : — 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of January were 70 in number. Of these 24 were acquired 

 by presentation, 3 by purchase, 31 were received on deposit, and 

 12 by exchange. The total number of departures during the 

 B^me period, by death and removals, was 158. 



Amongst the additions special attention mny be directed to the 

 following : — 



1 A Red Teetee (CaUlthrix cuprea) from Brazil, deposited ou 

 Jan. 18th. This species is new to the Collection. 



2. Representatives of two unknown species of Lemur from 

 Madagascar, deposited on Jan. 25th. ' 



3. A pair of Mouflon {Ovis mushnon) from Corsica, deposited 

 on Jan. 21st. 



4. A Prongbuck {Antiloccvpra americana) from North America, 

 deposited on Jan. 14th. 



5. An Ethiopian Warfc-Hog {Fhacocherus ciithw2ncus) from 

 Africa, deposited on Jan. 13th. 



6. Two Black-and- White Geese {Anseranas semijxdinata) from 

 Australia, received in exchange on Jan. 23rd. 



Mr. Henry Scherren, F.Z.S., exhibited on behalf of Mr. Rowland 

 Ward, F.Z.S., a mounted specimen of the Blackbuck {Antilope 

 cervicajn-a) shot by the Crown Prince of Bhopal in Sept. 1904. 

 The animal was remarkable for the extent and depth of the dark 

 coloration, which not only covered the body but the whole of the 

 face, obliterating the usual white eye-patches. No such case Avas 

 mentioned by Mr. Lydekker in. his 'Great and Small Game of 

 India,' and the skin was by far the darkest which had passed 

 through Mr. Ward's hands. The horns measured' 243" in length, 

 with a circumference of 5|" at the base. 



Mr. R. I. Pocock, F.Z.S., exhibited some specimens of the South- 

 African Millipede {Spirosirepfus pi/rocephalus), presented by 

 Mr. Guthrie, of Port Elizabeth, to the Society's Gardens. These 

 Millipedes had bred in the Gardens. 



Mr. G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S., read a paper entitled " A Con- 

 tribution to our Knowledge of the Varieties of Lacerta muralis 

 in Western Europe and North Africa." 



This paper will be published entire in the Society's ' Transactions.' 



The following papers were read : — 



