1094 ON OPOSSUMS AND DEUUS. 



September. 



The registered additions to the Society's Menngerie during the 

 month of September were 200 in number. Of these 109 were 

 jicquired by presentation, 21 by purchase, 7 were received on 

 deposit, 26 in exchange, and 37 were born in the Gardens. 



The number of departures during the same period, by death 

 and removals, was 177. 



Amongst the additions special attention may be directed to : — 



10 Mouflon {Ovis tnusimon), from Sardinia, presented by 

 H.G. The Duke of Bedford, K.G., F.R.S., Pres.Z.S., on September 

 16th. 



1 Tigrine Cat {Felis tkjrina) and 1 Three-toed Sloth (Bradypi(.s 

 tridactylus), from Colombia, presented by W. D. McDougall. Esq., 

 on September 15th. 



2 Variegated Agoutis [Dasyjn'octa variegata), 4 "Woolly Opos- 

 sums (Philander laniger), and 1 Sooty Amphisbpena [Amphishcena 

 faliginosa), from Colombia, presented by Dr. H. G. F. Spurrell, 

 F.Z.S., on September 13th. 



1 Azara's Opossum [Didelphys azarce), 1 Burmeister's Cariama 

 [Cariama hurmeisteri), and 1 Western Boa {^Boa occidentalis), 

 from Cordova, presented by Wilfred A. Smithers, Esq., C.M.Z.S., 

 on September 16th. 



2 Abyssinian Weavers (Cinnamopte7-yx mbiginosa), new to the 

 Collection, received in exchange on September 7th. 



1 Finch-like Cow-bird [Molothrus fringillarius), from Eastern 

 Brazil, new to the Collection, presented by the Marquess of 

 Tavistock, F.Z.S., on September 24th. 



1 Brown-headed Parrot [Pceocejjhcdus fnscicapilhis), from East 

 Africa, presented by Lady D. Prain on September 24th. 



2 Mikado Pheasants {Calojjhasis mikado), from Mount Ai'izan, 

 Formosa, presented by Mrs. E. J. Johnstone on September 6th. 



The Secretary exhibited a preparation of the alimentary tract 

 of a young Elliot's Pheasant [Fhasianus ellioti), dissected so as to 

 show the gut-pattern in relation to the mesentery, blood-vessels, 

 a,nd visceral nerves. The preparation was mounted as a trans- 

 parent object in glycerine jelly, and showed how the various 

 morphological conditions of the intestinal ti'act to which he had 

 called attention (Trans. Linn. Soc, Zool. viii. p. 173) might be 

 displayed as permanent museum objects. 



Young Woolly Opossums and Degus, 



Mr. R. I. PococK, F.R.S., F.Z.S., Curator of Mammals, 

 exhibited a female and three young specimens of the Woolly 

 Opossum {Philander laniger), fiom Buenaventuia in Colombia, 

 presented by Dr. H. G. F. Spurrell, F.Z.S., and drew attention 



