612 THE SECRETARY OX ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE, [NoV. 7, 



November 7, 1893. 



Sir W. H. Plower, K.C.B., LL.D., F.E.S., President, in the 

 Chair. 



The Secretary read the follo\^'ing reports on the additions made 

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

 August, and September, 1893 : — 



The registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the 

 month of June were 146, of which 71 were by presentation, 24 by 

 purchase, 24 by birth, and 27 were received on deposit. The 

 total number of departures during the same period by death and 

 removals was 106. 



The most noticeable additions during the month were : — 



1. Four South Island Eobins (3Iiro alhifrons) from IS'ew Zealand, 

 presented by Captain Edgar J. Evans, June 6th, being the first 

 examples of these interesting Antipodean representatives of the 

 European Robin that have reached us. 



2. An adult male of Stairs's Monkey, Cercopithecus sfairsi, pre- 

 sented by Mr. F. Hintz on June 7th. 



It is of great interest to receive a second specimen of this well- 

 marked Monkey, which I have lately described from a specimen 

 living in the Societ/s Grardens (see P. Z. S. 1892, p. 580, pi. xl.). 



In reply to inquiries, Mr. Hintz informs me that the Monkey 

 was brouglit by his brother from Mozambique about eight years 

 ago. When first obtained it was quite youug and only about 20 

 inches in length ; it is now obviously quite adult and agrees 

 generally with the figure above referred to. It measures in length 

 of body about 18 inches, tail only 7 inches, the apical portion 

 of the tail being absent : in colour it nearly resembles the 

 first specimen, having the same characteristic rufous bands on 

 each side of the head ; but it also shows a patch of rufous on 

 the rump, just above the tail, which was not noticeable in that 

 specimen. 



The arms outside are black-gi'ey, the hands quite black ; the 

 legs outside are grey ; the feet are not quite so black as the hands ; 

 the back of the shoulders is dark grey, the back itself, especially 

 the lower part, of a ye]lo\dsh grey ; the anal region and about 3 

 inches at the base of the tail are rufous ; the scrotum is very dark 

 blue (indigo) : the inner side of the limbs and the belly are milky 

 white ; the face is black. There are two patches of chestnut- 

 coloured hair on the forehead, next the ears, as in the former 

 example. The whole of the hair of the upper parts is minutely 

 grizzled. 



Compared \dth the young female figured P. Z. S. 1892, pi. xl., 

 the present animal is more darkly coloured. It has not the 

 yellowish back such as the j'oung female had. 



3. A family of six Eui'opean Beavers, consisting of a male, a 

 female, and four young ones, from the Lo\\'er Rhone, purchased 

 (of Mr. Vergnier Cantarel, of Toulouse, and received) June 29. 



I am not aware that specimens of the European Beaver (Castor 



