594 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [Nov. 6, 



November 6, 1894. 



Sir W. H. Flower, K.C.B., LL.I)., F.R.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following reports on the additions made 

 to the Society's Menagerie during the months of June, July, August, 

 and September, 1894: — 



The total number of registered additions to the Society's Mena- 

 gerie during the month of June was 113, of which 17 were by 

 birth, 56 by presentation, 16 by purchase, 2 by exchange, and 

 22 were received on deposit. The total number of departures 

 during the same period, by death and removals, was 165. 



Amongst the principal additions were the following : — 



1. Three remarkably large and line specimens of the Hamadryad 

 Snake of India and Burmah (O/Jiiojrfuu/vs elaj>s), received in 

 exchange and on deposit on the 6th and 8th June 1 . We have 

 previously had but one example of this species in the Society's 

 Eeptile-house (see P. Z. S. 1875, p. 316). 



2. A series of Mammals and Birds from British Central Africa, 

 presented by Mr. H. H. Johnston, C.B., F.Z.S., and carefully 

 brought home by Mr. Alexander Whyte, F.Z.S., the Naturalist on 

 his staff, on June 28th. 



It embraces examples of the following species : — 



English Name. 



Scientific Name. 



Locality. 



1 Black Mangabey. 



Cercocebus aferrimus. 



N. of Lake Tanganyika. 



1 Yellow Baboon. 



Cynocephalus babouin. 



Shire Highlands. 



1 Duyker Eok. 



Cephalophus mergens. 



Upper Shire. 



1 ^Ethiopian Wart-Hog. 



Thacochoerus athiopicus. 



Lake Mweru. 



1 Banded Ichneumon. 



Herpestes fasciatus. 



Shire Highlands. 



1 Milky Eagle-Owl. 



Bubo lacteas. 



Lower Shire. 



1 Black-crested Eagle. 



Lophoaetus occipitalis. 



Shire Highlands. 



2 Green-necked Touracous. 



Gallirex clrforochlawiys. 



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2 Livingstone's Touracous. 



Turacus livvngstonii. 



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1 Marabou Stork. 



Leptoptiluscritmeniferus. 



Lower Shire. 



1 Bell's Cinixys. 



Cinixys belliana. 



Shire Highlands. 



As regards the fine Black Mangabey in Mr. Johnston's series, I 

 am unable to say while the animal is living whether it should be 

 referred to C. albigena (Gray), C. aterrimus, Oud. (Zool. Gart. 

 xxxi. p. 267, 1 890), or to a new species, but it certainly belongs to 

 this section of the genus, and is probably referable to V. aterrimus. 



1 See Sir Joseph Fayrer's letter in ' Nature,' June 21st, 1894. 



