1274 The sECREl'Aiiy oif Additions to 'rtiE MenagkeiE. 



{Struthio camelus) from Senegal : presented by H.E. Capt. C. H. 

 Armitage, C.M.G., D.S.O., on July 18th. 



1 Cliestnut- capped Buarremon [Buarretnon hrimtnehiucha), 

 from Southern Mexico, new to the Collection, purchased on 

 July 25th. 



1 White-bellied Amethyst Starling (Fholidcmges leucogaster), 



2 Broad-tailed Babblers {Crateo^ojnis 2jlatycercus), presented by 

 Dr. E. Hopkinson, C.M.G., D.S.O., on Jufy 17th. 



A Grooved Tortoise (Testudo calcarata), bred in the Menagerie 

 on July 16th. 



A West-Airican Chameleon {Chamcdeon gracilis), new to the 

 Collection, presented by H.E. Capt. C. H. Armitage, C.M.G., 

 D.S.O., on July 18th. 



August. 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of August vvere 187 in number. Of these 102 were 

 acquired by presentation, 42 were deposited, 25 were purchased, 



3 were received in exchange, and 15 were born in the Menagerie. 

 The following may be specially mentioned :• — 



1 Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terresWis), from Brazil, deposited 

 on August 29th. 



16 Prairie- Marmots {Cynomys ludovicianus), from North 

 America, purchased on August 22nd. 



2 Pocket-Gophers [Thomomys hulbivorus), from San Francisco, 

 new to the Collection, deposited on August 15th. 



3 Greater Amethyst Sun-birds {Ghalcomitra mnethystina), from 

 Durban, presented by A. M. Campbell, F.Z.S., on August loth. 



1 Verreaux's Amethyst Starling (Pholidcmges leucogaster 

 verreauxi), from Durban, presented by Harold Milla]', «J.M.Z.S., 

 on August 13th. 



A young Wart-Hog (Phacochoerus africanus) and a collection 

 of Reptiles, including 2 Green Tree-Snakes (CA^orojoA^'s irregularis) 

 and a Skink (Chcdcides, sp. nova), both new to the Collection, 

 from Gambia, presented by H.E. Capt. C. H. Armitage, C.M.G., 

 D.S.O., F.Z.S., on August 15th. 



1 Mamba (Bendi^asjns angusticeps), new to the Collection, from 

 South Africa, purchased on August 11th. 



13 Buerger's Tree-Frogs {Rliacophorus hiiergeri), new to the 

 Collection, from Japan, presented by Mr. Tomisaburo Nagai. 



2 Sucker-Fish (Plecostomus commersoni), new to the Collection, 

 from South America, purchased on August 31st. 



September. 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of September were 214 in number. Of these 87 were 

 acquired by pi-esentation, 17 were deposited, 62 were purchased, 

 19 were received in exchange, and 29 were born in the Menagerie. 



The following may be specially mentioned : — 



2 Musk-Oxen (Ovibos moschatus), c? $ , from Greenland, 

 purchased on September 19th. 



