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lakes), S. bracliypoma (Firth, of Forth), and S. stomacliicus, 

 (Ireland). 



Several interesting additions to the Society's collection have been 

 made, viz. a fine male Mantchurian Deer from Mr. Swinhoe ; and the 

 prong-horned Antelope of America (Antilocapra Americana), the 

 first instance of this animal's having reached Europe alive. Dr. 

 Bennett, of Sydney, has in the gardens of the Acclimatation So- 

 ciety of Sydney, N.S.W., a specimen of the Lyre bird (Menura Novas 

 Hollandias), intended to be transmitted to London by the first oppor- 

 tunity. Finally, Dr. Schlater reports that there are in the gardens 

 seventy-four specimens of the Quadrumana, belonging to forty-three 

 different species, amongst which are several of great rarity. 



