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duriug the moiitli of July was 255, of which 90 weve by presen- 

 tation, 23 by birth, 8 by purchase, 14 were received in exchange 

 and 114 on deposit. Tlie number of departures during the same 

 period, by death and remoA'als, was 247. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be called to the 

 large series of Indian Birds new to the Collection, lately presented 

 by Mr. E. W. Harper, F.Z.fS., of which a fresh consignment was 

 received on the 27th July. 



The registei'ed addilions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of August ^\eve 173 in number. Of these 62 were acquired 

 by presentation, 10 by purchase, 18 were born in the Gardens, 

 and 83 were received on deposit. The number of departures 

 during the same period, by death and removals, was 183. 



The number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie 

 during the month of September was 273, of which 121 were by 

 presentation, 1 by purchase, 3 were born in the Gardens, and 148 

 were received on deposit. The number of departures during the 

 same period, by death and removals, was 159. 



Amongst the additions attention may be called to another con- 

 signment of Indian Birds, presented by Mr. E. W. Harper, E.Z.S., 

 on Sept. 21st, and to a Nilti;iri Thar {Hemitragus hi/locrius) and two 

 Malayan Wrinkled Hornbills (lihytidoceros undulutus), deposited 

 Sept. 24th, both of which are new to the Collection. 



The number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie 

 during the month of October was 177, of which 27 were acquired 

 by presentation, 22 by purchase, 62 were received on deposit and 

 66 in exchange. The number of departures during the same 

 period, by death and removals, was 172. 



The Secretary stated that Col. B. Mahon, the Governor of the 

 Anglo-Egyptian Province of Khordoi'an, had kindly offered to 

 present to the Society a pair of young Giraffes {Giraffa cameto- 

 2Mrdalis), which at the time of his last letter (Sept. 15th) were 

 at El-Obeid, but which he was ready to send to Khartoum for 

 the Society's convenience. At Khartoum Mr. A. L. Butler, E.Z.S., 

 Superintendent of the Sudan Wild Animal Department, had kindly 

 offered to take charge of the Giraffes for the m inter, and arrange- 

 ments were now being made to bring them home next spring, 

 either via Suakim or via Cairo. As regards the Cairo route there 

 was some difficulty at present, because the importation of live 

 ruminants into Egypt from the Sudan was prohibited on account 

 of cattle-plague. 



Mr. Sclater also mentioned that he had lately seen in the Imperial 

 Menagerie at Schonbrun (near Vienna) a young male and two 

 young female Giraffes from the Sudan, which had been presented 

 to tliat Menagerie by Sir Eudolf Slatin, K.C.M.G., and forwarded 

 by Suakim, and that Herr Menges the dealer (of Limburg) had also 

 received a pair of young Giraffes by the same route last year, so 



