THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. 1093 



1 Bird-eating Spicier (Citharoscehts kochii) 5 , 1 Bird-eating 

 Spider {Faraphi/sa manicata) c? , from Valparaiso, new to the 

 Collection, presented by Walter Goodfellow, Esq., F.Z.S., on 

 Jul}^ 8th. 



A Collection of Millipedes (Archls2)irostrepti(,s nitidus), froui 

 Trinidad, new to the Collection, purchased on July 11th. 



August. 



The registered additions to the Society's Menageiie daring the 

 month of August were 201 in number. Of these 122 were 

 a.cquii-ed by presentation, 15 by purchase, 14 were received on 

 deposit, 7 in exchange, and 43 were born in the Gardens. 



The number of departures during the same period, by death 

 and removals, was 231. 



Among the additions special attention may be directed to : — 



1 Fettered Cat [Felis ocreata) and 1 Cheetah {Cyncelurus 

 juhatus), presented by Dr. R. E. Drake- Brockman, F.Z.S., 



1 Caracal {FeMs caracal) and 1 Cheetah (Cyncelurus jubatus), 

 presented by Capt. J. L. Berne, and 2 Cheetahs {Cyncdurus 

 jubatits), presented by Arnold Hodson, Esq., from Berbera, on 

 August 8th. 



2 Indian Gazelles [Gazella beometti), from Karachi, presented by 

 A. C. Cooke, F.Z.S., on August 11th. 



1 Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria), [from Europe, new to the 

 Collection, presented by R. Pearce Page, Esq., F.Z.S., on August 

 5th. 



6 West-African Quail-Finches {OrtygGSpiza atricollis), from 

 Gambia, new to the Collection, presented by Dr. E. Hopkinson, 

 D.S.O., F.Z.S., on August 1st. 



1 Spot-billed Toucanet [Selenidei^a mactdirostris), bred in the 

 Menagerie on August 11th. 



2 Bornean Fireback Pheasants (Loj^hiora nobilis), bred in tlie 

 Menagerie on August 17th. 



A collection of rare Reptiles from Sierra Leone, including a 

 Black-collared Cobra (JVaia nigricoUis), a Blanding's Snake 

 (DipsadomorjjJms bkmdingii), and 3 Green Night Sniikes 

 (Dipsadoboa unicolo?'), all new to the Collection, presented by 

 Guy Aylmer, Esq., F.Z.S., on August 2nd. 



1 Hamadryad [Naia bungarics), from India, received in 

 exchange on August 1st. 



6 Pigmy Rattlesnakes (Sistrurics nviliarius), born in the 

 Menagerie on August 19th. 



4 Midler's Xenopus (Xenopus midleri), from West Africa, 

 new to the Collection, purchased on August 7th. 



1 Electric Cat-Fish {Mala2}teruru,s electricits), from Tropical 

 Africa, new to the Collection, purchased on 'August 28th. 



1 Scorpion {Bathus hottentotta), from Sierra Leone, new to the 

 Collection, presented by Guy Aylmer, Esq., F.Z.S., on August 2iid. 



