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The additions which are deserving of especial note 
were : — 
Mammals : — 
1. A specimen of the red-bellied spider monkey {Ateles 
rufiventris), Sclater, received on the 12th December from 
Bocas del Toro, Columbia. The animal is young, and 
is closely similar to the type specimen figured by Dr. 
Sclater (Proceedings Zoological Society of London, 1872, 
pi. LVII.), but would appear to have come from the west- 
ward of the Atrato River, from whence that specimen was 
derived. 
2. On the 27th of February another spider monke}^ was 
received, which I have little hesitation in referring to Ateles 
vellerosus, Gray. Unfortunately, the animal had passed 
through several hands before reaching the Garden, and it 
has been impossible to determine the exact locality from 
whence it came, but it is almost certain to have been some- 
where on the east coast of Central America. The species is 
of great rarity, and in the uncertaint}^ which has attended 
all attempts to classify the monkeys of this variable group, 
the acquisition of this and the preceding specimen — two of 
the least-known forms — is of much interest. It is much to 
be regretted that the poor accommodations offered by the 
present building render it next to impossible to keep alive 
the rare specimens of monkeys which from time to time 
come into the possession of the Society. 
3. Some lemurs purchased in September from Charles 
Jamrach, of London, were of two kinds — the black and 
white lemur (Lemur varius) and the white-fronted lemur 
{L. albifrons), 
4. A specimen of the North- African jackal (Canis anthus) 
was presented in June. 
5. Three pine martens {Mustela martes) were received from 
Germany in August. 
6. Two small squirrels in bad condition were purchased 
in April from a dealer. They were said to have come from 
Japan, but comparison with the collection in the British 
