ity u PMS Waid toby vee \4 , ras ape * AA Hens stat, alors by) 1: it) F Peigia! SSP > Ss Xs ree hs = ot D « 7. {0 REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, READ AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, APRIL 29ru, 1861. LONDON: PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET, 1861. ory 13051050 ry , a > Pith a HE ihe ee a i 20s { idk ‘YPAIOs LADIDE = poanod 10 é HEL eee Oe a * selene Ape Te sere ERR or tinetea 7 1 Ne eg mee ee oe tT ’ eee vb Aside panels wrt ey i wlio” REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. April 29, 1861. In accordance with the provisions of the Charter, the Council haye now the pleasure of submitting to the Society their Thirty-second Annual Report. I. GENERAL ESTABLISHMENT. 1. FeLtutows anp ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS. The number of Fellows, Fellows Elect, and Annual Subscribers at the present time amounts to 1715. Of these there are— Compounders, paying £20 . ... .. 2il Ditto ditto, 30°. 4s. 4, 282 Paying annual contributions of £2. . . 279 Ditto ditto #3... 696 Penman 6. OBRLe eo —s- RbgT Lie 409144 Admission-fees unpaid. . . . . . 42 Ditto Memitted 6 V0 ae OTT Annual Subscribers, paying £3. . . . 50 1715 The number of Fellows elected since the last Anniver- sary has been 102, and one Annual Subscriber. The number of Deaths during the same. period has been 66; and the number of Resignations has been 31. - The number of Candidates for admission is 15. 2. FINANCES. a. Income. The favourable state of the income, as evidenced by the continual and steady increase of the receipts, which has taken place under every important head during the past two years, seems to the Council to give every reason for confidence in the permanent prosperity of the Society. At the last Anniversary the Council were enabled to report a considerable increase of income over that of the previous year. On the present occasion they have the pleasure to A2 4 announce that a still greater augmentation in the total amount of Receipts has taken place. The gross income of the Society during the past year from every quarter amounted to £16,863 18s. 11d., which, added to the sum of £1784 4s. 9d. (the balance carried over to the Society’s credit from the year 1859), made a total amount to be placed under the head of Income for 1860 of no less than £18,648 3s. 8d. On few previous occasions since the foundation of the Society in 1825 has the income received during the twelvemonth amounted to so large a sum. Indeed, if the two exceptional years of the Great Exhibition and of the first arrival of the Giraffes in this country be placed aside, it will be seen by the sub- joined Table that there are only three out of the thirty- three remaining years that present a more favourable aspect as regards Income. Income of the Zoological Society of London. £ a *I851 2... 26,453 1829 .... 14,030 +1836 ..... 19,118 1837 .... 13,954 1831 .....17,559 1839..... 13,4297 1853 .....17,508 1852 .... 12,803 1854 .... 16,901 / 1840 .... 12,732 1860 ....16,864 | 1841) ..-<4,, 21,612 1834 .... 16,829 | 1828 .... 11,512 1835 .... 16,030 =| 1842 .... 10,088 1830 .... 15,955 1843 ......... 9,187 1832 .... 15,489 1845 .... 8,831 1856 .... 15,280 1849 ..,. 8,771 1859 .... 15,195 1844 .... 8,659 1850 .... 14,957 1846 .... 8,305 1833 .... 14,839 1848 .... 8,165 1857... layge2 1887. o..e 1,165 1838 .... 14,090 1827. oe 4,078 1855 .... 14,089 1825-6 .. 1,829 1858 .... 14,034 Another subject of congratulation is that this large increase in the amount of receipts is due not to any sudden and unexpected addition made to one head of income, but to the steady augmentation of every branch of it. On examining the twelve different heads under which the * Year of the Great Exhibition. - First exhibition of the Giraffes, 5 receipts of the Society are usually arranged, it will be found that nine out of the twelve have produced a larger sum than the corresponding amount for the previous year, and that the total decrease that has occurred upon the three remaining and comparatively unimportant heads has amounted altogether to the sum of £50 only. The total sum received for entrances into the Gardens in 1860 was £10,054, being, with the exception of the year 1851, the fifth largest amount ever received in this manner, and showing an increase of £665 over the favourable year 1859. When the stormy and unseasonable weather which prevailed throughout the past year—such indeed as has hardly been experienced before since the Gardens were opened to the public—is considered, the flourishing state of their affairs, as thus evidenced, must, it is believed, prove to be as gratifying, as it must have been unex- pected, to the Society. The number of Visitors to the Gardens in 1860 under the different categories into which they are divided, was (as given in the subjoined Table) of— Visitors to the Gardens. 1859. | 1860. Comparison. Fellows and Friends .......sscesessseeees 60,362 | 62,798 | Incr. 2,436 On ordinary days at 1s.each| 87,528 85,284"| Decr. 2,244 | 179,973 | 212,406 - Incr. 32,433 On Mondays and other ais days at 6d. each......... 20,543 | 19,218 Decr. 1,325 Children under 12 years at. Gd. CAChisres.c..casss0e. Charity Children and others having 15,930 | 15,200 . Deer ? | , . SPER AUIITIRSION scaesic cases dassessecsp > 750 364,356 | 394,996 | Incr. 30,550 | It will be noticed that the total number of Visitors thus reached to nearly 400,000 in the year, an increase of more than 32,000 having taken place in the numbers of the admittances on Mondays and holidays at 6d. per head, while the other classes have presented little material vari- ation in their aggregate numbers, On Whit Monday in 1860, notwithstanding that the weather was far from propitious, no less than 21,024 persons paid for admission into the Society’s Gardens, and 6 the sum received amounted to £525 12s., being the fourth best receipt that has ever taken place on that day. On Easter Monday, which from its earlier occurrence is na- turally not so well adapted for out-door amusements as Whit Monday, the number of admissions was 17,644, and the amount received was £441 2s., being the largest sum ever taken on any Kaster Monday since the opening of the Gardens to the public in 1828. Besides the receipts from admittances to the Gardens, the most noticeable items of increase of the past year over 1859 consist of— Gg 8. a: Compositions. . . « «150 0 O Garden Sales. . « . . 168 8 5 Publication Sales . . . 21613 38 The increase of the amount received for composition fees, which realized £150 more than in the year 1859, and £412 beyond the average receipts during the previous five years, is very satisfactory, as showing great confidence in the permanent prosperity of the Society. The increase of the receipts from the sales of duplicate stock and of the Society’s publications will be both alluded to in a subsequent part of the Report. b. Expenditure. The sum of £18,648 3s. 8d., already alluded to as being the gross total formed by the income of the year 1860, when added to the balance carried over from 1859, was disposed of in the following manner :—The ordinary Ex- penditure of the Society required the sum of £12,950 10s. ; the sum of £2999 5s. 11d. was devoted to extraordinary ex- penditure in the shape of buildings and other works tend- ing to the permanent improvement of the Society’s esta- — blishment, and the sum of £950 was added to the reserve fund, which by the addition of £1000 stock purchased with this sum in the month of February 1860, now stands at the amount of £6000 Reduced Three per Cents. The balance of £1748 7s. 9d., left after deducting these sums, was carried over to the credit of the present year. The somewhat increased expenditure incurred in 1860 on the ordinary maintenance of the Socicty’s establish- ment, has not taken place without the careful supervision of the Council, and they are enabled to give such reasons 7 for it, as they have little doubt will prove satisfactory to the Society. In the first place, the additions made to the number of animals in the Menagerie, together with the high prices of provisions of all sorts, and particularly of hay, straw, and other principal articles of consumption in the Society’s establishment, which prevailed during the year 1860, caused an increase of expenditure of upwards of £300 beyond the amount estimated at the beginning of the year. The large sum of £1117 was devoted to purchase of animals for the Menagerie. But as the Council were thereby enabled to add some very remarkable, and indeed unique specimens to the collection, and as, moreover, the sum produced by the sale of duplicate specimens reached £1287 (being £170 more than the whole amouut devoted to purchases), the Council feel that they were fully justified in this expenditure. For the present year the Council have adopted a revised and slightly augmented estimate for ordinary expenditure, and, though the prices of provi- sions do not seem likely to be diminished, they have every reason to believe that it will be found practicable to keep within it. c. Assets and Liabilities. The Cash Assets of the Society on the 31st of Decem- ber 1860 amounted to— LB aod Gash at thé Batiners))' Po es ah Spe epg Cost of £6000 Red. 3 per Cents. . . 5513 19 10 7262 7 7 The Liabilities at the same period were esti- OE se ata eae Ne a. Eee kOU ook Leaving a Cash Balance in favour of the So- 5 il Sakae ek Sle ltr dll AE dl fehl a Sha Sad i all Presenting an increase of £1056 4s. 3d. as compared with the same day in the preceding year. _ The Council deeply regret to have to communicate to the Members that the sum of about £480, which has been ascertained to be due from the Estate of the late Secretary, Mr. Mitchell, to the Society, has not been yet recovered ; but the Council have taken, and will continue to take, all steps in their power for this purpose. 8 II. PUBLICATIONS. The “ Proceedings” of the Society have been regularly issued in three parts, both with and without illustrations, since the last Anniversary, according to the new arrange- ments then announced to the Society. At the commence- ment of the present year, in accordance with recommend- ations made by the Committee of publication, the Council determined on commencing a new series of the “ Proceed- ings,” with the slightly altered title of “ Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London.” By this means they have been enabled to effect several very desirable improvements in the form of printing, and in the numbering of the plates, and other minor particulars. No change is contemplated in the mode of issue, except that it is proposed to supply the “Proceedings” with Illustra- tions to Fellows of the Society, and to others having the privilege of purchasing the Society’s publications at a reduced price, at a uniform subscription-price of 10s. per part (of which there will be three in each year), making the total subscription 30s., or bound in cloth, £1 12s. for the whole volume. The volume of Illustrated Proceedings for the past year is now on the table, and the first part of the New Series, which embraces the communications made to the Scientific Meetings during the three first months of the present year will be ready in a few days. An Index volume to the series of Illustrated: Proceedings, from 1848 to 1860, is likewise in preparation. The seventh and last part of the fourth volume of the Society’s Transactions is now being printed, and is ex- pected to be ready for delivery in the course of the summer. It will contain articles by Mr. W. K. Parker on the Oste- ology of Baleniceps rex, by Professor Owen on the Gorilla (being the complement of his former important papers on the Anthropoid Apes), and by the Secretary on the new Struthious Birds living in the Society’s Menagerie, the illustrations for which have been prepared from Mr. Wolf’s drawings. It will likewise contain the index and title-page to the fourth volume of Transactions, of which the Council do not contemplate the continuance in their present form. With regard to the increased expenditure incurred on the scientific publications of the Society, the Council beg leave to call attention to the fact that this has been more 9 than met by the increase of the amount realized by their sale. The excess of expenditure on the Proceedings and Transactions of the past year over that of the previous year was only £126, while the total amount received for copies disposed of reached £478, being an increase over the corresponding amount of the year 1859 of £216. When the large number of copies of the Society’s publica- tions distributed amongst the Fellows of the Society and given away to other Institutions in exchange is considered, it cannot be expected that the amount realized by sales can ever actually repay the expenses of their production ; but the Council cannot but believe that out of an income which for the last ten years has averaged more than £15,200 per annum, the sum of £200 or £300 required for this purpose may be well devoted to the production of these works, which are noted throughout the scientific world for the value and interest of their contents. A list of Publications (copies of which are now on the table) is now attached to every copy of the Society’s pub- lications. It gives every information as to the nature and contents of the Society’s Transactions and Proceedings, and has, it is believed, materially assisted in extending their sale. III. LIBRARY. The expenditure incurred on the Library during the past year has been principally devoted towards the completion of the Society’s set of foreign Journals and Transactions, in many of which there were found to be volumes and portions of series missing. The sum of £39 has been spent in binding, and £33 in erecting additional shelves in the Library and Council Room for the better accom- modation of the volumes. In this way very much has been already effected towards the reorganization of this important branch of the Society’s establishment, and no pains will now be spared to bring it into a complete state of efficiency. Until a further sum has been spent upon the purchase of volumes still deficient to some of the series, and in binding pamphlets and tracts, of which the number is considerable, it has been considered useless to issue the Catalogue of the Society’s Library, which was printed some time ago, or to prepare a supplement to it. The following additions have been made to the series of 10 original water-colour drawings by Mr. Wolf, since the last Anniversary :— 83. The Baleniceps (Baleniceps rez). 84. The Persian Deer (Cervus wallichit). 85. The Japanese Deer (Cervus sika). 86. he young Ostrich (Struthio camelus). 87. The Ashy-black Ape (Macacus ocreatus). The whole of these beautiful drawings are now, by the Cotincil’s permission, being exhibited to the public by Messis. Henry Graves and Co., of 6 Pall Mall, who have published a selection of them under the title of “ Zoolo- gical Sketches.” ‘The first volume of this work, which was planned and commenced sotne time ago, with the Couicil’s sanction, by the late Secretary, has been recently completed by the present Secretary, and it is hoped will serve as well to call public attention to the many rare and noble animals exhibited from time to time in the Society’s Menagerie, as to preserve such a faithful record of their living characters as may be useful for scientific purposes. The principal Donations to the Library since the last Anniversary consist of Transactions and Proceedings from the following Institutions :— The Royal Society of London. The Linnean Society of London. The Royal Geographical Society of London. The Royal Horticultural Society of London. The University College, London. The Entomological Society of London.. The Royal Society of Literature. The Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. The Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club. The Dublin University Zoological and Botanical Asso- ciation. The Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. The Boston Society of Natural History. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston. The Academy of Science, St. Louis. The American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia. The Imperial Academy of Sciences of Vienna. The Royal Academy of Arts of Berlin. ll The University of Basle. The Society of Arts and Sciences of Batavia. The Royal Academy of Sciences of Gottingen. The Royal Academy of Sciences of Stockholm. The Royal Academy of Sciences of Munich. The Senckenbergian Society. The Zoological Society, Amsterdam. The Natural History Society of Bonn. The Royal Society of Tasmania. Mémoires, Journals, Bulletins, Annals, and Reports have also been received from The British Association for the Advancement of Science. The Linnean Society of London. ; The Royal Geographical Society of London. The Royal Agricultural Society of England. The Geological Society of London. The Society of Arts. The Royal College of Physicians. The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain. The Royal Institution of Great Britain. The Photographic Society of London. ~ The Art-Union of London. The Statistical Society of London. The United Service Institution. The Royal Institution of Cornwall. The Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society. The Royal Dublin Society. The Geological Society of Dublin. The Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburgh. The Imperial Society of Naturalists of Moscow. The Society of Natural Sciences of the Canton of Vaud. The Physical and Natural History Society of Geneva. The Royal Society of Sciences of Neufchatel. The Royal Society of Sciences of Liége. The Royal Academy of Sciences of Belgium. The Imperial Society of Agriculture and Natural History of Lyons. The Society of Natural Sciences of Strasburg. The Netherlands Entomological Society. The Zoological Gardens, Frankfort. The Dutch Natural Society, Carlsruhe. The Imperial Academy of Sciences and Arts of Lyons. The Royal University of Christiania, Norway. 12 The Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta. The Smithsonian Institution, Washington. The Lyceum of Natural History of New York. The Boston Society of Natural History, U.S.A. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. The Franklin Institute. Donations have also been received from the Council of the City of Manchester; The Secretary at War, Washing- ton, U.S.A.; The Surgeon-General, U.S. Army ; The Commissioner of Patents, Washington, U.S.; Professor Felipe Poey; Dr. F. H. Troschel, For. Mem.; Professor J. Van der Hoeven, For. Mem.; Professor Duméril, For. Mem.; Professor F. S. Holmes; Isaac Lea, Esq., LL.D., Corr. Mem.; Joseph Leidy, Esq., M.D., Corr. Mem.; A. Newton, Esq., F.Z.S.; A. Russell, Esq., M.P., F.Z.S.; Professor Baird; Professor F. 8. Holmes; Dr. Shortt, F.Z.S.; H. Freke, Esq.; Madame J. Power; J. Lubbock, jun., Esq., F.R.S.; J. Carson Brevoort; M. Pucheran ; Signor J. J. Bianconi; Dr. J. Aitken Meigs; Dr. F. Miller; The Secretary of State for India; Dr. Anton Fritsch; C. Collingwood, Esq.; the Editor of the ‘ Athe- neum’; the Editor of the ‘ Natural History Review,’ Dublin; the Editor of the ‘Literary Gazette’; the Editors of the ‘Atlantis’; the Editor of the ‘ London Review’; and the Editor of the ‘ Pharmaceutical Journal.’ IV. GARDEN ESTABLISHMENT. a. Works. The principal work undertaken by the Council since the last Anniversary has been the completion of the New An- TELOPE Housg, which now forms one of the most im- portant buildings in the Society’s Gardens, and, as is generally acknowledged, is one of the most useful as well as one of the mest ornamental additions that has been made to the Society’s grounds for many years. With the object which the Council had in view in erecting this building, the Society are already familiar from the pre- vious Annual Reports. The first section of the New Ante- lope House was completed and opened to the public in the summer of 1859. In the autumn of last year the Council thought that the state of the Society’s income was such as would fully justify them in proceeding with the 13 second section. It appearing, however, upon consultation with the architect, Mr. A. Salvin, jun., and from the terms of the tenders sent in by the builders, that a considerable reduction of expense would result from the whole of the re- maining portions being erected at once, the Council agreed upon the expediency of adopting this course, charging the expense of the third and last section of the building upon the revenue of the present year. The whole amount of the contract with Messrs. Lucas for the completion of the New Antelope House was £2543, of which £1000 was charged to extraordinary expenditure for the year 1860, and the residue will be paid out of the sum of £2500, which it is proposed to appropriate to new works and buildings in the Gardens out of the income of the present ear. 7 When the courts of the new building, which are now in rapid progress of completion by the Society’s workmen, are finished, it is in contemplation to remove the Elands and other Antelopes, now located near the Elephant House, to this side of the Gardens, and to arrange the whole series of the members of this family of animals in order in the new building, as nearly as practicable according to their natural affinities. The improvement of the Refreshment Department in the Gardens is another subject that has been constantly forced upon the Council’s attention; the present building being notoriously inadequate for the proper supply of re- freshments to the large and increasing crowds which now visit the Gardens on Mondays and holidays. With this object the Council have entered into contracts for the immediate erection of a Glass House (40 feet by 20) at the back of the present building, with convenient cellarage underneath. As the present contractor for the supply of refreshments agrees to pay interest at the rate of £5 per cent. upon the money thus expended, the amount of these contracts must be considered rather in the light of an advantageous investment, than as any burden on the Society’s finances. The principal works executed by the Society’s staff of workmen during the period which has elapsed since the last Anniversary, have been the following alterations, im- provements, and repairs :— 14 I. The thorough repair of the Parrot House, the walls having been plastered, and a new solid floor laid down, so as effectually to exclude the rats and mice. This was effected during the past summer at a cost of about £180, the birds having been meanwhile temporarily removed to the upper story of the Museum building, II. The flooring of the upper portion of the Old Museum Building, the making of a solid con- crete bottom to the ground story, and its con- version into a Storehouse. The space allotted for hay, straw, and other stores, was very limited until these alterations (which have cost about £85) were effected. The extra accommodation thus provided will enable other improvements to be made,—in particular that of the addition of a portion of the former hay and straw sheds to the carpenter’s shop, which was much needed. It is proposed to fit up the upper portion of the old Museum as a room for small Mammals of the Orders Rodentia and Marsupialia. The very desirable alterations will thus be made of keeping these classes of animals separate from the small Carnivora, with which they are now associated in one confined and crowded house, and of allowing them much greater space, besides that of giving to the public greater facilities for examining these interesting animals. , III. The erection of a Shed for cattle, horses, and sheep at the back of the old Museum, and the paving of the adjoining yard with small granite blocks. The first of these works was executed entirely with the materials taken out of the old Museum, at a small cost for extra labour. The paving (in a solid manner) of the ad- joining court, where so much traffic is always passing, has long been urgently required, and was effected by the Society’s workmen at a cost of about £30 for materials, IV. The thorough repair and extension of the Water- fowl Ponds situated at the south end of the Gardens, and the making of a solid road behind them, for the use of the public and for carts coming into the Gardens. 15 The heavy traffic during the past winter occasioned by the building of the New Antelope House rendered the road at the back of the line of ponds next to the Park quite impassable. This has now been thoroughly repaired and conyerted into a firm and substantial way, which will be very shortly opened to the public. The shrubs have been partially removed, so as to throw open the ponds on the southern side, and the whole of the enclosures put into repair, their areas having been considerably extended by the additional space thus obtained. It is proposed gradually to surround these ponds with a new and improved rat-proof fence, made by the Society’s workmen, a portion of which has been already erected. Besides the more considerable works just enumerated, numerous other improvements and alterations of greater or less importance have been effected, amongst which may be particularized the labelling of the various buildings in the Gardens with the names given to them in the Garden- guide; and it may be safely stated that the Society’s Garden-establishment was never in a better state of repair and efficiency than at the present moment. 6. MENAGERIE. The following Table gives the numbers of Quadrupeds, Birds, and Reptiles in the Menagerie on December 31st of the year 1860, and the corresponding numbers on the previous 31st of December, by which it will be seen that a considerable increase has taken place. Animals in the Menagerie. December 31, Comparison. 1859. | 1860. Quadrupeds ... 364 467 Incr. 103 a ais ee 819 931 Incr. 112 | Reptiles ...... 137 192 Incr. 55 1320 1590 TIner. 270 The list of animals, of which specimens have been ex- hibited for the first time since the last Anniversary, shows that, though it becomes more difficult every year to add novelties to the collection, no less than 36 species have 16 been received during the past twelve months, which had not been previously obtained in a living state for the Society’s Gardens. “EM oO & co WO MAMMALS. . The Rufous-backed Monkey (Cercopithecus rufo- viridis). . The Moor Macaque (Macacus maurus). . The Small Indian Ichneumon (Herpestes nepalensis). . Alian’s Wart-Hog (Phacocherus eliani). . The Tibetan Yak (Bos grunniens). . The Yellow-footed Kangaroo (Petrogale xanthopus). . The Thick-tailed Opossum (Didelphis crassicaudata). BIRDS. . The one-streaked Hawk (Astur monogrammicus). . Black Crested-Hagle (Spizaétus occipitalis). . Indian Starling (Aeridotheres ginginianus). . Summer Tanager (Pyranga estiva). . Chinese Blue Jay (Urocissa sinensis). . Chestnut-breasted Finch (Donacola castaneothoraz). . Red-tailed Grass Finch (Estrelda ruficauda). . Glaucous Macaw (Ara glauca). . Triton Cockatoo (Cacatua triton). . Pallas’ Sand-grouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus). . Australian Quail (Synecus australis). . Barred Emeu (Dromeus irroratus). . The Saddle-billed Stork (Mycteria senegalensis). . White-crested Tiger-Bittern (Tigrisoma leucolophum). . Ruddy-headed Goose (Chloéphaga rubidiceps). . Australian Wild Duck (Anas superciliosa). REPTILES. . The Long-necked Chelodine (Chelodina longicollis). . White-throated Regenia (Regenia albogularis). . Ocellated Regenia (Regenia ocellata). . Gould’s Monitor (Monitor gouldi). . Brazilian Lizard (Sceloporus chlorolepidotis). . American Chameleon (Spherops anomalus). . The Xenodon (Xenodon rhabdocephalus). 17 31. Brazilian Rat-Snake (Spi/otes variabilis). 382. The Natal Snake (Causus rhombeatus). 83. Australian Viper (Pseudechis porphyriaca). 34. Australian Yellow Snake (Hoplocephalus superbus). FISHES. 35. The Thunder-Eel (Coditis fossilis). 36. Murray-river Cod (Galawias scriba). Among the Mammals, the most noticeable species ex- hibited for the first time since the last Anniversary is, perhaps, the Ain1an’s Wart-Hoc. A female of this Wart-Hog was presented to the Society by Her Majesty the Queen in January last, and forms a valuable addition to the already full series of Swid@ in the Society’s possession, of which special mention was made in the last year’s Report. The Ailian’s Wart-Hog is readily distinguishable on com- parison from the Southern species—the Phachocherus ethio- picus—of which the Society have possessed an example for several years. This may be seen very advantageously, as the two animals are now placed side by side in the Gar- dens. Another very acceptable addition to the series of living Suide was effected in November last by the receipt of a fine young male Basirusa (Babirusa alfurus) obtained by exchange from the Zoological Gardens of Rotterdam. This animal is living in good health in the Menagerie, though, unfortunately, its more delicate nature and the amount of protection required renders it impossible to place it at present in the Swine-house among the others of the family to which it belongs. Amongst the Birds also particular attention must be called to the acquisition of living examples of the Barred Emeu of Western Australia, which seems to form a distinct species or local variety of the well-known Dromeus of New South Wales and the south-eastern portion of the Conti- nent. A Rhea, which was purchased quite young three years ago, seems, now that it has obtained adult-plumage, to have valid claims to be considered as different from the two: previously known species—the American and the Darwin’s Rhea—both of which are also represented in the Society’s Menagerie. Amongst the Struthious birds also, a young Cassowary, acquired by exchange in the <, B 18 past autumn, presents such variations in the form of the throat-wattles as seem to necessitate its specific sepa- ration from the common species. These additions to the Struthiones have rendered the collection of this group of birds without doubt the finest that has ever been brought together, and will, the Council have reason to believe, be still more appreciated, when certain alterations which they hope to make on the completion in its entirety of the New Antelope House, enable them to arrange the whole of these birds together side by side in the northern portion of the Gardens. Though the breeding-season of the past year was very unfavourable, particularly for birds, the list of species that have reproduced in the Menagerie since the last Anniver- sary is not Jess numerous than those of the previous years. List or SPECIES WHICH HAVE BRED IN THE GARDENS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, BETWEEN THE 297TH or APRIL, 1860, anp THE 297TH or Aprit, 1861. MAMMALS. . Rhesus Monkey (Macacus rhesus). . Puma (Felis concolor). Silver Fox (Canis argentatus). . Collared Peceary (Dicotyles torquatus). . Nylghau (Portaz pictus). Eland (Oreas canna). . Leucoryx (Orya leucoryz). . Punjab Sheep (Ovis cycloceros). . Wapiti Deer (Cervus canadensis). . Persian Deer (C. wallichii). . Barbary Deer (C. barbarus). . Sambur Deer (C. Aippelaphus). Rusa Deer (C. rusa). . Axis Deer (C. azis). . Hog Deer (C. porcinus). . Mazame Deer (C. campestris). » Llama (Auchenia lama). . Alpaca (A. pacos). 9. Common Agouti (Dasyprocta agutt). 20. Barbary Mouse- (Mus barbarus). . Sciurine Opossum (Belideus sciureus). Fe ee et ed et OONAOTEWWHWrOOMON DUE WWH ~ pany 19 22. Bennett’s Kangaroo (Macropus bennettii). 28. Virginian Opossum (Didelphis virginiana). BIRDS. 24. Senegal Dove (Turtur senegalensis). 25. Chinese Dove (Turtur risorius). 26. Crested Ground Dove (Ocyphaps lophotes). 27. Impeyan Pheasant (Lophophorus impeyanus). 28. Cheer Pheasant (Catreus wallichit). 29. Purple Kaleege (Gallophasis melanotus). 30. White-crested Kaleege (Gallophasis albocristatus). 31. Black-backed Kaleege (Gallophasis melanotus). 32. Cape Francolin (Francolinus capensis). 33. Californian Quail (Callipepla californica). 34, Brush-turkey (Talegalla nove hollandie). 35. Javan Pea-fowl (Pavo muticus). 36. Black-winged Pea-fowl (Pavo nigripennis). 37. American Rhea (Rhea americana). 38. Emeu (Dromeus nove hollandia). 89. Black Swan (Cygnus atratus). Cereopsis (Cereopsis nove hollandia), 41. Ruddy Shell Duck (Casarca rutila). 42. Shoveller (Rhynchaspis clypeata). 43. Pintail (Dajfila acuta). 44. Dusky Duck (Anas obscura). 45. Yellow-billed Duck (Anas zanthorhyncha). 46. Bahama Duck (Pacilonetta bahamensis). 47. Red-billed Duck (P. erythrorhyncha). 48. Summer Duck (Aiz sponsa). 49. Common Teal (Querquedula crecca). 50. Hybrid Castaneous Ducks (Fuligula nyroca and F, cristata). as S REPTILES. 51. Water Viper (Cenchris piscivorus). 52. The Painted Emys (Emys picta). With regard to the Himalayan Pheasants, concerning which so much interest is now felt, the Council have to report as follows :— At the commencement of the past year, the breeding B2 ~ 20 stock consisted of three pairs of the Black-backed, two pairs of the White-crested, and one pair of the Purple Kaleege, one pair of Cheers, and three of Impeyans. These ten females produced altogether 141 eggs, being 27 less than the same number produced in the year 1859. The number of young birds hatched, however, was greater, being 82 instead of 62. But the number reared, owing to the bad weather, was slightly less—being only 45 instead of 50. ‘The whole of the young birds were disposed of without difficulty among the members and correspondents of the Society, except the four young Impeyan Pheasants ; for which, however, there are numerous applicants as soon as the sex of the birds shall be ascertainable. The following lists give the results of the breeding- seasons of 1858, 1859, and 1860, compared together in a tabular form :— Date. ee of Fees “ates Reared.| Died. 1858. | Black-backed Kaleege ...... 5 |) 2 61 2 », | White-crested Kaleege ...... 1 6 5 1 », |Purple Kaleege ............... 1 | 184 19 17 2 » | Cheer Pheasant............... 2 26 25 1 », |Impeyan Pheasant ......... 2 12 8 4 11 184 | 126 | 116 10 1859. | Black-backed Kaleege ...... 3 59 18 16 2 », | White-crested Kaleege ...... 2 33 12 9 3 » |Purple Kaleege ............... vend 22 8 7 1 » |Cheer Pheasant............... | ine 44 19 15 4 », |impeyan Pheasant ......... 2 10 5 3 2 10 | 168 62 50 12 1860. | Black-backed Kaleege ...... 3 af 27 14 13 » | White-crested Kaleege...... 2 24 20 12 8 » |Lurple Kaleege ............... a 17 11 8 3 ,, | Cheer Pheasant............... 1 20 15 7 6 », |Impeyan Pheasant ......... 3 33 11 + ir Since the last Anniversary the interest taken in the Collection by many of the Society’s former Patrons has continued unabated, and many new correspondents in various parts of the world have given proofs of their readi- 21 ness to support the Society, as is evidenced by the follow- ing— \ List or Donors AnD DoNATIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. Her Masesty rue Queen. An Alian’s Wart-Hog. His Masxesty tue Kine or Portueat, F.Z.S. A Bonelli’s Eagle. Two Imperial Eagles. A Common Kite. His Royat Hicuness Prince ALFRED. Two Porcupines. His Royat Hieuness tHe Duke dE Oporto. A Leopard. The Marquis of Bath, F.Z.S. Two Common Otters. The Viscount Powerscourt, F.Z.S. Two Philantomba Antelopes. A Toco Toucan. The Earl of Southesk, F.Z.S. A Beaver. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons, F.Z.S. Two White Guinea Fowls. Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart., ¥.Z.S. Two Exmoor Ponies, His Excellency Sir George Grey, K.C.B., F.Z.S. Four Cape Hyraz. A Broad-tailed Sheep. His Excellency W. D. Christie, F.Z.S. An Opossum. Edward Gabriel, Esq., H.B.M. Commissioner at Loando. A Spotted Hyena. An African Civet Cat. An African Goat. A Marabou. A Philantomba Antelope. A Duyker Bok. A Crested Eagle. Lieut.-General Sir J. Gaspard Le Marchant, G.C.M.G., Go- vernor of Malta. An Oudad. An Addaz. Three Dorcas Gazelles. C. M. Robinson, Esq. A Pair of Yaks. The Baron Jackman. A Pair of Zebus. The Baron Joseph James de Forrester, Corr. Mem. A Bonelli’s Eagle. Hon. J. F. Stuart Wortley. R. Nunn, Esq. J. A. Olding, Esq. E. D. Hewkes, Esq. Donor unknown. J. Wilks, Esq. John Salmon, Esq. Mons. H. Pierre Pichot. D. A. C. Festing, Esq. 22 84 Chinese Sand Grouse. A Vulpine Opossum. Two Egyptian Foxes. A Common Weazel. An Ocelot. A Formosa Deer. A Brush-tailed Wallaby. Siz Barbary Mice. An Ocelot. Percy Dodgson, Esq., 14th Light Dragoons. An Ichneumon. Lieut.T. H. Archer, 63rd Regt. A Musk Rat. E. Lowry, Esq. Charles Darwin, Esq., F.Z.S. Samuel G. Rawlins, Esq. R. Colyar, Esq. C. Pringle, Esq. A. F. Hurt, Esq. J. T. Sharp, Esq. E. Percy Thompson, Esq. R. J. Montgomery, Esq. J.T. Hamilton, Esq. A. Arcedeckne, Esq., F.Z.S. J. Wingfield Malcolm, Esq. Charles Martin, Esq. John Bayliss, Esq. — Hampton, Esq. An Indian Paradocure. Two Moscow Rabbits. A Paradoxure. A Gazelle. Two Portuguese Foxes. A Cat from Carthagena. A Common Badger. A Jackal. An Irish Hare. A young Brown Bear. A Peceary. An American Black Bear. Two Java Paradoxures. An Agouti. An Agouti. Lieut. C.J. Burgess, 46th Regt. An Ichneumon. Hon. Charles Ellis. Major Boyd. ~ — Young, Esq. Bryan M¢Carthy, Esq. Colonel Charles Ford, R.E. S. Pretor, Esq. S. Silva, Esq. Joseph Chapman, Esq. A. P. French, Esq. J. Pittman, Esq. G. Billing, Esq. J. Mann, Esq. Gordon Sandiman, Esq. Archibald Weir, Esq. Two Beavers. An Alligator. Two Lizards. Two Canadian Porcupines. An Ocelot. A Java Deer. A Spider Monkey. A Wanderoo Monkey. A South American Monkey. A Bonnet Monkey. Two Mona Monkeys. A Wandervo Monkey. A Monkey. A Diana Monkey. Two Baboons. A Capuchin Monkey. 23 — Morris, Esq. George Gray, Hsq. Bosville Durrant, Esq. Capt. Reader. E. Kessor, Esq. Walter Blackmore, Esq. Mrs. Gaskell. Kennet Harris, Esq. Mr. Richmond. H. Alexander, Esq. P. Thompson, Esq. — Shepherd, Esq. — Tyler, Esq. A Rhesus Monkey. An Entellus Monkey. A White-nosed Monkey. A Wanderoo Monkey. A Capuchin Monkey. A Bonneted Monkey. A Rhesus Monkey. A Macaque Monkey. A Bonnet Monkey. A Capuchin Monkey. A Macaque Monkey. A Rhesus Monkey. A Vervet Monkey. Lieut. Gilmour, H.M. 1st Royals. George Clive, Esq. Capt. Taylor. Edward Blyth, Esq., Curator Calcutta, Corr. Mem. Z.S. Robert Scott, Esq. Edgar Leopold Layard, Esq., A Lady from Mozambique. Major Magenis. Capt. Spencer. G. Hough, Esq. A. Downs, Esq. W. F.C. Bartlett, Esq., R.N. Robert Marshall, Esq., F.Z.S. John Blount, Esq. — Strutt, Esq. J.Gurney Barclay, Esq., F.Z.8. George Johnson, Esq., F.Z.S. Miss Robinson. A Vervet Monkey. A Snowy Owl. A Stanley Crane. of the Royal Asiatic Society, Two Geckos. An Alexandrine Parrakeet. F.Z.8. A Tawny Eagle. An African Buzzard. Thirty-six Chrysalides. Two Whydah Birds. Two Wazxbills. Two Peregrine Falcons. An American Falcon. A Common Stork. Twenty-two American Quails. Two Muscovy Ducks. A Red-winged Parrakeet. Two Tinamous. A Ringed Parrakeet. A Buzzard. A Long-eared Owl. Three Indigo Birds. Two Green Parrots. Dr. F. Mueller, Botanical Gardens, Melbourne, Corr. Mem. ZS. C. Clifton, Hsq:, F.Z.8. Two Black Swans. Two Wedge-tailed Eagles. Nine Australian Quails. Two Honey Buzzards. A Wood Pigeon. 24 T. O’Connor Morris, Esq. A Bald-headed Pigeon. Sir Charles C. Smith, Bart. Three Passerine Ground Doves. Capt. David Herd, Corr. Mem. Z.S. An American Eagle. Two Fisher Martins. Mrs. Christie. A Red Tinamou. Mrs. Belgrave. Two Buzzards. M. T. Boswell, Esq. A Cockatoo Parrakeet. Mr. Chief Justice Temple. 4 Guan. Mrs. Low. A Pair of Doves. A. Denison, Esq., F.Z.S. Four Chestnut-breasted Finches. J. H. Hunt, Esq. A Gannet. P. Frazer, Esq., Corr. Mem.Z.S. An Australian Goshawk. A Kangaroo Rat. Lady Hill. A Gull. E. Lukyn, Esq. Six Kingfishers. Donor unknown. Two Common Herons. Richard Tress, Esq., F.Z.8. A Ringed Parrakeet. A Great Sulphur-crested Cocka- too. F. Bernal, Esq., H.B.M. Consul at Carthagena. Two Hangnests. Capt. Rees, of the Ship ‘ Sir F. T. Williams.’ Two Chinese Pheasants. Dr. H. B. Holbeck. Two Turkey Buzzards. H. Footner, Esq. Two Peregrine Falcons. R. W. Archibald, Esq., 58th Regt. Two Nightjars. Two Sparrow Hawks. Arthur Russell, Esq., M.P., F.Z.S. Two Carolina Water Tortoises. Edward Wilson, Esq. A Yellow-bellied Snake. Nine Australian Serpents. Two Laughing Kingfishers. An Australian Wild Duck. An Australian Water-hen. H. E. Dresser, Esq. A Madagascar Tortoise. Mr. Jamrach. A. South Americar Lizard. James Murton, Esq. A Common Adder. Donor unknown. A Boa Constrictor. Sparks Moline, Esq. A West Indian Turtle. J. Fforde, Esq. A South American Boa. Mrs. Robinson. A Common Tortoise. A. Kelly, Esq. Three Tortoises. 25 Capt. Abbott. Dr. Holbeck. A. Crosbie, Esq. ~ H. Longman, jun., Esq. Capt. Selby. Mrs. Luihminant. An Iguana from Antigua. 5 Water and 4 Land Tortoises. A Chameleon. Four Chameleons. A Tree Boa. A Water Tortoise. Dr. Otto Wiicherer, of Bahia, Corr. Mem. Z.S. Capt. Sawyer. J. Warner, Esq. F. T. Streeton, Esq. P. Joske, Esq. G. Bond, Esq. R. T. Smith, Esq. A. Arcedeckne, Esq., F.Z.S. — Louis, Esq. R. H. Holman, Esq. A. Todd, Esq. J. N. Tomkins, Esq., F.Z.S. Dr. A.Giinther, For. Mem. Z.S. W. Hindley, Esq. A. Arcedeckne, Esq., F.Z.S. Miss M. McLean. Alfred Smee, Esq. Dr. James Salter, F.Z.S. A South American Rat Snake. A Green Snake. A Snake. A Lizard. Ten American Lizards. A Chameleon. A Chameleon. An Australian Water Tortoise. Two Harlequin Beetles. Two examples of Actinia dian- ’ thus. A Shell with Serpule. Three Lobsters. Twenty specimens of Actinia dianthus. Three Slow Worms. Examples of Actinia crassicor- nis. Specimens of Actinia crassicor- nis. Eight Sabelle. A Medusa. An Ascidian. A Collection of Hydra fusca. Fifteen examples of Anthea cereus. Twelve Trochi. 130 Mussels covered with Bala- nus. A Physalia arethusa. Seven young Salmon. Collections of Marine Fishes. Conclusion. In concluding their Report, the Council desire to express their cordial thanks to those Fellows who have served Cc 26 during the past year on the Committees of Audit, Finance, and Publication, for the valuable assistance they -have rendered, in the respective branches of business which have been referred to them. They would also wish to record the Society’s best thanks for the many liberal Donations which the Library and Menagerie has received since the past Anniversary, as evidenced by the long List of Donors to these establish- ments respectively which have been already read to the Meeting. 27 PUBLICATIONS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. Ur to the close of the year 1860, the scientific publications of the Zoological Society were of two kinds—“ Proceedings,” pub- lished in an octavo form, and “ Transactions,” in quarto. In accordance with a recent change in the By-laws, these two publications were united, at the commencement of the year 1861, under the title “‘ Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London.” According to the present arrangements, the “ Proceedings” contain not only notices of all business transacted at the scien- tific meetings, but also all the papers read at such meetings and recommended to be published by the Committee of Pub- lication. From thirty to forty coloured plates and engravings are attached to each annual volume of the “ Proceedings,” to illustrate the new or otherwise remarkable species of animals described in them. Amongst such illustrations, figures of the new or rare species acquired in a living state for the Society’s Gardens are often given. The “ Proceedings” for each year are issued in three parts, in the months of May, August, and February, the part pub- lished in February completing the volume for the preceding year. 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OF Opes 012 6 ae LY SaaS ae Peers A) eet 1; 5,0 aes Sanne Hale rah (, 0 $8a00 Ay Age, SUBSE OMS eat) 14 0 Soin Tey Wet aes (yO Sire LS 4500 Goat LOI. Oe) Same 1 40 REPORT OF THE AUDITORS OF THE ACCOUNTS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, Appointed January 3, 1861. Tue Committee of Auditors have carefully examined the Accounts of the Society for the year ending December 31, 1860, and having inspected the Books and seen Vouchers for all the Payments ordered by the Council during the year, now lay before the Society an Abstract of such Accounts, together with a Statement of the Assets and Liabilities, and their Report thereon. 2 RECEIPTS. 7 £ “sald: Balance of Cash brought from Dec. 31, 1859...|...-c-.sscesescoes|sersccosscceeeees es 1,784 4 9 i INCOME. cee 5 £ s. d, £ s. d. 1853 ING IMISSION MM ECS tac. .scecssvascsusconeeetes tO A) Subscriptions .......... 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Year. £ og: yd | Boesd| Sy os \diek. 4 Sd assed, Cash at Banker’s...|.......... ak sal weoeuted Rea tlave neaaeen sic 1748 7 9|1748 7 9 Paid for £6000 Redticed: 3 per |>|s.gscnacaccaosslesescsereoecss 5513 19 10],....0...0022)9013 19 10 Cents. ..... Beas Subscriptions ...... US* 0° oO ll) UGG ONO txcsteawncesess1-0cnecenmncued 274 0 O Transactions ...... 48 6 6 WIMAOM(C | ceneaesccceds oc crcasesescenes 51 6 6 Proceedings......... 141 1 6 |. 122 - 8 Of..cccossccee ob lesvar saaee-gas 263 9 6 GatdeniSales (5.03482 19 ..0 | SULTING secaacteceeewa!. wcaneacsbbess 79410 0 Museum Sales...... 20 0 0 Dore OO Severe. eee ass} srcescecass oF 45 0 0 Ivory Tickets ......, 7 7 9 UGA TG|iecesesessecses|sccces ase aimee] et oun eo) LIABILITIES | Debts. & 8. d. GP sand Bills, &c. unpaid, estimated at— For the Gardens, say .......-. eebicecton 503 8 4 General Establishment ...... 197 15 9 New Lodge for Head Keepers| 472 0 0 _ ——| 1173 4 1 Rent, Rates, &c. unpaid— For the Gardens, say .......ss0e0s oncom 152 10 2 General Establishment essere 5412 9 207 2 11 £1380 7 0 d Particulars of Payments in 1860. Belonging to Previous Current Total. Year. Year. Rent, Rates, Taxes, &c. :— 48. a #2 3s.d. # =s.d. Gardens........-se0- RiUule selenide aac cae 21416 1 604 14 0 1,041 11 General Establishment ........-..--++. 5114 5 170 7 3 }a 9 eens wears, Pensions, &c. :— BYOONS ce cccicccccatencvcavcevtccteeesslovcereccesiee 2,535 12 3 General Establishment ...........-++++ eet ous 990 4 4 } 8,525 16 7 NRG IOL ATHNIRIB, oie cigcierele aioe n siardo rd sities seeesielluysececceys 1,100 5 8 1,100 5 8 Carriage of Animals and Keepers’ Expenses :— Freight, Dock Charges, and Gratuities, £15 10s. 5d.; Carriage and Keepers’ expenses, £151 Gs. 11d.......-.-e+|.scsseccenes 16617 4 16617 4 SMITE AS cle'4.a.cie'a'¢ sieioicieccesieanveecesicwgee 185 1 3 2,642 18 5 2,827 19 8 Menagerie Expenses :— Straw, £35; Coals and Coke, #63 7s.; Drugs, #6 8s. 10d.; Police, £50 1s. 6d.; Water Supply, #42 7s. 11d.; Miscellaneous, £9 88. .........00 200,158 8" lccaees acess a] Straw, £423 9s. 6d. ; Wages, £339 17s. 2d.; Coals and Coke, £116 16s.; Coals for Engine, #92 2s.; Water Supply, #25; Mops and Brooms, 21 7s.; Bird Sand, #14 8s. ; Shoe- Ane OLE. i ise «pees bree. Fo Wier Sere 1,044 10 8 Pa ad £15 15s.; Labels, #12 19s. ; 1,437 16 0 5d.; Gas Supply, #5 15s.; Police, £4 13s.; Oil, Soap, and Candles, 13 2s. 7d.; Weighing Machine, #7 4s.; New Cover to Houdah, £10; Spring-cart, £17; Miscella- c NEOUS, L100 3S. 1d... seeeseeereseseleccccccccece 186 12 1 |) Keepers’ Dresses ..........-sececceees dh csenlvelleccite aaa 99 8 6 99 8 6 Works, Materials, Repairs, &c.:— Gardens.— Materials, &c. ......+.+++6-+ BO Gn Sh re aaee os os © Mioterialt, Lae £504 158.; Wages, } OSIG TART. Scie cclnn vce Waiecis cccelee slo ceccaeas 821 1 6 3 Hanover Square.—Painting, &c. inside o 2 Birks OG FIGURE iss.0 6 oc. scapveaees as Seni (o.w aek aren 7 i a New Buildings and Works connected .........-. CS 717 1,767 17 5| 2,381 5 0 Garden Expenses :— Wages, £375 4s. 6d.; Peat and Loam, #16 16s.; Plants, £6 16s. 6d.; Brooms, £3 12s.; Tablets, #4 16s. ; Miscellaneous, £16 88. 6d. ....-. 06 |... cece eee 423 13 6 42313 6 House and Office Expenses :— Gardens.—Gas supply ...-.-+eeeeeeeee PAGE) aemieeas sate Bic Gas, £9 12s.3d.; Soap and Candles, €5 13s. 6d.; Keepers’ Washing, £6 0s. 6d.; Medical attendance on Keepers, £20; Subscription to North London Hospital, £5 5s.; Miscellaneous, MONO ABA GES a civinlc a0. COME aes ems > |\ wccdehels dee 5615 8 Hanover Square.—Gas, £3 8s. 7d. ; Mis- cellaneous, £9 18. 8d.......ee+0+0+5 1210 3 Gas and Fittings, £9 19s. 3d. ; Coals and 22419 0 Wood, £20 1s.; Brooms and Mats, £2 5s. Qd.; Tea, Coffee, &c., at Evening Meetings, £9 13s. 10d.; Oil Cloth for Kitchen, #5 lls. 4d. ....|........00. J 4711 2 Newspapers, £6 6s. 9d.; Posting Reports . and Balloting Papers, £11 10s. 7d. ; other Postages and Stamps, £36 18s. 3d.; Miscellaneous, #51 6s. 10d. ..|,.......... 106 2 5 Band Expenses :— Music, £105 ; Programmes, £10 16s. ..|............ 115 16 0 115 16 0 Advertisements ............2006 paleh ected aelte toe ie vod Coke 160 7 0 160 7 0 Library Expenses :— New Books, £27 11s.; Binding, €611s.| 34 2 6 |...ssceecveees New Books, #65 1s. 3d.; Binding, £39 7s. 8d. ; Water-Colour Drawings and Mounting, £26 9s.; Stand for Draw- 204.18 8 ings, £5 5s.; Portfolio, #1 J1s.; New Book-shelves and Alterations, WASS 28, Bde sccdess aidieiah estdejea cain lac cic aenee 170 16 2 Stationery and Account Books .........---+--+ 7 9 6 43 8 8 5018 2 Printing (Miscellaneous) ......-..+-++++++-++++ 5010 8 96 9 2 146 19 10 Transactions :— Letterpress and Paper, £38 5s. 6d.; Printing Plates and Paper, £13 10s.) 51 15 6 |..-.--seeeeeee Drawings, £39; Colouring, #44 5s. 3d. ; 136 15 3 SECTS ead DAB GAs eee ees cies oes Vs cee acces tas 8419 9 Proceedings :— Letterpress, £93 17s. 6d.; Printing Plates, £6 8s.; Drawings, £9 13s. ; Colour- . Wigiyetl a cnese ties sorcceceuve es osive 11218 6 Letterpress and Paper, £263 19s. ; Plates and Paper, #81 2s. 5d.; Drawings, £140 lis.; Colouring, #221 14s. 5 5d.; Binding, #53 10s. 1d.; Pre- DEMUMINOEES IT Naa dasvateasievelcasscuecase Museum Expenses ...........s.00.0- 1ll 0 0 Law Expenses ....... sue gd encdesevicscececcve 474 4 Returned Subscriptions ...... ; ‘ 0 Cost of Medals ......... anau 0 1605 3 6] 14,344 12 5} 15,949 15 11 Ordinary Payments ................-++-+-----| 968 10 5 | 11,981 19 12,950 10 0 Extraordinary Payments ..............- tats ve 63613 1 2,362 12 4 a9 5 11 1605 3 6 | 14,344 12 5! 15,949 15 11 Comparison of Receipts in 1859 and 1860. RECEIPTS. Income of |- Increase. | Decrease. | 1859. 1860. / Admission Fees :— poets niedle Be gy doll ow, ope BO an BAKt 4os.csccspcecces Hor Ore0 90 0 0 30) “OBO i a aer eee IBreseMijo.a--eseres | 225 0 0 305,, 05 Of. 130 10) SO nsec Annual Subscriptions :— | PAREN osscerseee ee | 122 1040 148 0 0 26:00 Oe eee Present ......000000 | 2,607 1 0} 264618 0 ei Dea by fA SA 8 Mntnre t2.2c ee. 25.0.0 PAO. JOY |ieememecessee eee 1 "ONO Compositions.............6 ' 690 0 0 840. 0-.:0.| 150. Ons O0eeeatare Ts Ivory Tickets...............| 9956 70 Fl 85209] eee eee 2718 0 Admissions tothe Gardens 9,389 6 0 |10,054 16 0} 665 10 0 |.......00.... Garden Sales............... TUS 5: A287. <3) 2.6. | LGB re Seon oeceeeeenee Rent for Refreshment IROOMN s.5-0.assces ccuzes 400 0 0 600 0 0 200) 0: "On| =e TransactiOns......-.c0ccores 58) 5 9 110 15 6 9229 SAE secede Proceedings ...........00+8 203 14 11 367,18) 5 lt VOLS Oa ess Museum Sales ............ 45 9 0 103 12 0 he > Some cere pee Ares Dividends ...............006 144 7 6 1/45 Js 16 30) OC WOM eee. e ade Interest on Deposit Ac- COUMG? cedaceste seer tees DUM AO! Dalal cece olepseeacaasclece some teeeane ee LD OSs i | } 15,194 15 2 |16,863 18 1] /1,719 11 8 | 50 7 11 Increase...... 6692 3) oIQial co cteees caaaaapets Vasc 50 7 11 | Ded. Decr. | 16,863 18 11 | 16,863 18 11 |/1,669 3 9 l Total Receipts in 1860............... £16,863 18 11 Total Payments in 1860 ............ 15,949 15 11 Receipts over Payments ............ 914 3 0 Comparison of Payments in 1859 and 1860. PAYMENTS. Expenditure of 1859. Be 8 Arrears of previous year ...... 846 10 Rent, Rates, Taxes, &c.......... 693 3 Salaries, Wages, Pensions, &c.| 3,944 10 Cost of Animals.............0+... 617 11 Carriage of ditto and Keepers’ EEPENEER » .1iccceosccsessees 349 9 IPEOWINIONIS 's osdiwe css cosvoovscccance 2,501 2 Menagerie Expenses............ 1,159 0 Keepers’ Dresses ............ asl? 10116 New Buildings and Works CONMECHEM «....ccacccescvecs 1,166 9 Other Works, Materials, &c....) 867 7 Garden Expenses ..........+.... 546 5 Band Expenses ............seee0 199 10 Cost of Medals «...........00000 36 1 Advertisements ............ ecoves| 158 14 House and Office Expenses ...} 258 19 Library Expenses ............... 82 12 Stationery and Account Books 27 19° Printing (Miscellaneous) ...... 78 12 Proceedings, including Print- BI ees eR edore-b sans oon on ode 601 4 PUPAMRACHIONS .2.5..0.2.ccccencasess 125 14 Returned Subscriptions eaenn 3 0 14,345 14 Increase......| 1,604 1 15,949 15 Ordinary Expenditure ......... 12,328 19 Extraordinary ditto ............ 2,016 15 14,345 14 woon® _ oon ROOF COC OU, orn one _ ~ — 0 SSS SS Seo) 15,949 15 11 |2,530 910/926 8 1 8 12,950 10 0] 621 1011 15,949 15 11 /}1,604 1 9 Increase. Decrease. 1860. A Sa he Logs de 1,605 3 6 LOD LG, IA "| Mcactants doors. Aho ia 81 18 3) err aes Dae LO Nadi lock owrebeias taste 1,100 5 8 402. Vebasl iledcanncectuccn BCT samy Cae: al (en ee Pe 2,642 18 5 14D LD UO dl casanctactecess 1 9 ae A y fy FR Te eee Bal ADS Go fot. cacop senass ules eat be aaa G01) Bod. | csccetaudenaes 938 10 1 G1 Ben 0 Nowacpeactecons 42S Nd OF lecdccccecundes-ees DESY LGA teecas.cscctacuseas refi: Mam | eee = eal 160 7 0 Pe Sea | RR BE Ss | ail abs Sa bape a Sh 170 16 2 SS. 445 Zi Le scacasacboness 43 8 8 To 9) Onl, nan cticbarce: a NE? Ui, UG Ol cn nceeree cece ee aiicwsoszs sananents 926 1 | Ded. Decr. 15,949 15 11 |1,604 1 9 2,999 511] 982 10 10 Expenditure incurred in 1860. Paid in the Total. Year. £ Rent, Rates, Taxes, &c. ......... 775 Salaries, Wages, Pensions, &c....| 3,525 Cost of Animals 1,100 Carriage of Animals and Keep- 166 ers’ Expenses Provisions....... seseuscuseas Se eac ee 2,642 Menagerie Expenses 1,231 Keepers’ Dresses 99 New Buildings and Works 1,767 connected Other Works, Materials, &c...... 938 Garden Expenses....... eecescecnes Band Expenses ........seseeeeee = Cost of Medals.............eeeeeees Advertisements ............. ote House and Office Expenses Library Expenses .........,.4+ ee Stationery and Account Books.. Printing (Miscellaneous)....... Proceedings, including Printing. Transactions, ditto ditto.... Returned Subscriptions ......... Law Expenses........ cecceee & pee A 982 4 3,525 16 1,117 17 168 2 2,853 0 1,438 18 99 8 2,260 18 983 4 424 11 115 16 8 18 160 7 = o eae ® SCOR NOANWOCTOCOOr UF ADOT FF Dr MOADaAnoePOCOSRoO FT OON Or OIA OTH: i) 15,724 19 8 12,869 5 8 2,855 14 0 Ordinary Expenditure............ Extraordinary Expenditure ... Nore 3 {15,724 19 8 9 The Committee of Auditors have much pleasure in aliuding to the large increase of Income as shown by the foregoing statement; the Receipts being £1669 more than in the pre- vious year, and £2180 above the average of the last five years. This amount has been exceeded only five times, including the Exhibition year, during the thirty-five years which have elapsed since the Society was established. Notwithstanding the very unfavourable state of the weather during the past season, such indeed as has hardly been pre- valent during any previous year of the Society’s existence, the Receipts at the Gardens amounted to £10,055, being £665 more than the preceding year, and £1073 over the average of the last five years. It is very satisfactory to observe that the number of Mem- bers added to the list of the Society during the year was 98, showing an increase of 15 over the preceding year, and of 24 over the average of the last five years. A corresponding increase has also occurred in the Compo- sitions, which have amounted to no less than £840. This amount surpasses that of the previous year by £150, and is £412 more than the average sum received in the same way during each of the last five years. In fact, looking to all the heads of Income, but three instances occur in which an in- crease has not taken place ; and the amount of decrease, under these three heads together, is only £50 7s. 11d. The Payments in 1860, including the arrears of 1859, were less than the actual receipts by the sum of £914 3s. The anticipation of a surplus at the close of the year, and the favourable state of the Balance at the Banker’s, induced the Council, in February 1860, to purchase £1000 Reduced 3 per Cents, which addition increased the Funded property of the Society to £6000. The Liabilities on the 31st of December were estimated at £1380, and the Balance at the Banker’s, on the same day, was £1748 7s. 9d. The manner in which the Income has increased is, on every account, a subject of congratulation and satisfaction. The admissions to the Gardens and the large number of Com- pounders show an increased interest in the Society among all classes of persons, whilst the very large sum derived from the sale of duplicate animals gives reason to believe that the objects pursued by the Society are warmly appreciated in all parts of the country. 10 In concluding their Report, your Committee beg to express their satisfaction with the Accountant, Mr. Leigh, and to ren- der their thanks to him for the admirably clear and accurate manner in which the accounts have been placed before them. EDW. GREENAWAY. SAMUEL OXENHAM. WILLIAM MARTYN. BK. C. TAYLOR. OSBERT SALVIN. EDWARD JOHNSTONE. RICHARD H. S. VYVYAN. 11 Hanover Square, February 28, 1861. PRESENTED a £ ADD 12ND Le ALK. igUd ZA\ah MUSED oe Vout ; Ww Poni ~~ See! ai r tix . xp YS Soy Cr Sot. 3 AD YRAL WVE REPORT Ga! 0 i Oi a rae gD OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, READ AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, APRIL 297, 1862. LONDON: PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. 1862. ¥TAIDOZ J MOUTKMOL 1O OATS Ie ENO halAne SUT Te eee SAMGL ert L1H A ne yO LKOUK .Oud REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. April 29, 1862. Berore commencing the ordinary topics of their Thirty- third Annual Report, which, in accordance with the pro- visions of the Charter, they have the pleasure of submitting to the Society this day, the Council feel called upon to allude to the loss that the Society has suffered since the last Anniversary in the death of their late President, His Royal Highness The Prince Consort. An address of condolence and sympathy having been already presented to Her Majesty the Queen, fully ex- pressing the sentiments of the Society upon this occasion, the Council feel that they need not now enlarge upon this mournful topic, further than to remind the Society of the great and undeviating interest ever exhibited by their late President in the objects which this Society have most at heart, and of the many valuable donations which His Royal Highness’s patronage was the means of conferring upon them. In selecting a successor for the residue of the year to the Office thus left vacant, which was the course prescribed to them by the Charter, the Council felt that the great services which the Right Hon. Sir George Clerk had rendered to the Society during the many years he had occupied a place amongst them, and the numerous occasions in which he has acted as one of their Vice-Presidents, not to allude to his numerous other qualifications, rendered him in every respect fitted to occupy the Presidential Chair ; and they trust that the Society, by the unanimity of their votes this day, will show that they fully agree in the choice that the Council have thus made, and are prepared to continue their President in the office for which the Council have selected him. : A 2 4 I. GENERAL ESTABLISHMENT. 1. Orprnary MemBers, FeELLows, AND ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS. The number of Fellows, Fellows Elect, and Annual Subscribers at the present time amounts to 1700. Of these there are— Compounders, paying £20. . . . . 200 Ditto GMtG £30) oS.) 2 ee ee Paying annual contributions of £2. . . 264 Ditto ditto Mie 7; ata Dormant Meee cen Mere thee 139 Admission-fees unpaid. . . . . . . 31 Ditto remittedioiim tye tsutn Ald Annual Subscribers, paying £3 . . . . 43 1700 The number of Fellows elected since the last Anniver- sary has been 91; of Annual Subscribers 3; and one Fellow has been re-admitted under the provisions of the By-Laws, Chap. 1, Sect. 9. The number of Deaths during the same period has been 64; the number of Resignations has been 16; and the Removals ordered by the Council, in conformity with the Laws of the Society, amount to 30. The number of Candidates for admission is 20. 2. CORRESPONDING AND ForREIGN MEMBERS. The number of Corresponding Members of the Society is now 175. Of these 11 have been added to the Society since the last Anniversary, namely,— Dr. W. O. Ayres, San Francisco. Edward B. Bogg, M.D., Hong Kong. Dr. J. Victor Carus, Leipzig. Andrew Downs, Esq., Halifax. Dr. Huggins, Trinidad. Dr. F. Miller, Melbourne. F. A. Sealy, Esq., Madras. Josiah Rivers, Esq., Cape Town. Dr. Sampson Roch, R.A., Mauritius. Robert Swinhoe, Esq., China. James Yate Johnson, Esq., Madeira. 5 All these gentlemen are capable of affording most valu- able cooperation in the objects of the Society. The only Foreign Member elected since the last Anni- versary has been Dr. P. von Bleeker of Leyden, a distin- guished and most active naturalist, well known for his extensive researches in Indian ichthyology. 3. FINANCES. a. Income. The state of the Income of the Society during the past year, although not quite equal to that of the very favourable year which preceded it, cannot be regarded as otherwise than very satisfactory. The severe financial pressure that con- tinued throughout the greater part of the year1861, and pro- duced, as is well known, a large diminution in the receipts of the principal railways and other public companies, naturally also exercised some effect on the Society’s income, drawn as it is in a great measure from the public at large. The total amount of receipts from every source during the year was £16,072 4s. 9d., against a corresponding sum of £16,863 18s. 11d. received in 1860, and showing a falling off to the amount of £791 14s. 2d. But on examination of the Table of the Society’s Income during the thirty-four years of its existence, it will be found that the year 1861 occupies a high place on the list. In only seven years during these thirty-four have the total receipts reached to so large a sum, and in two of the years it must be recollected the Society’s income was augmented by ex- traordinary circumstances beyond its usual amount. If the average Income of the Society during the previous six years, which is, on the whole, perhaps a fairer test, is taken, it will be found to have amounted to £15,048, so that the Income of the year 1861 exceeds the average of the six preceding years by more than £1000. The amount carried forward to the Society’s credit from the year 1860 was £1748 7s. 9d., which, added to the income received during the year, made a total sum of £17,820 12s. 6d. available for the year’s expenditure. The receipts from entrances to the Gardens during the year were £9757 13s. This amount, though less by £297 3s. than the sum received from the same source in 1860, is greater than the corresponding amount for any of the previous five years, and places the year 1861 seventh 6 highest on the list of receipts since the Gardens were opened to the public in 1828. The receipts from admis- sions to the Gardens during the previous six years have been as follows :— £ £ 1855 .... 8,454 LSD aca we O5 OL TSDGR aris, 205 1859" ...- 93389 RSV Segall teNShsy3 1860 .... 10,055 The average Income of the Society from Garden receipts has, therefore, been £9161 during the previous six years ; and it will be observed that in the year 1861 that average was exceeded by the sum of £597. The subjoined Table shows, in parallel columns, the number of Visitors in each year during the same period, divided into the different categories adopted for them in the Society’s records. Paying. eee Charity OnMondays| Children | Children Fellows Years.| and {On ordinary d others} Total. : and other | under 12 | 22¢ Friends. | days at 1s. days at 6d. | years at 6d. having free each. admission. each. each. 1855.| 68,481 | 91,631 | 136,970 | 17,920 | 11,170 | 326,172 1856.| 70,316 | 94,326 | 159,839 | 19,703 | 15,424 | 359,608 1857.| 64,744 | 84,799 | 171,397 | 18,277 | 17,526 | 356,743 1858.| 60,501 | 81,762 | 173,738 | 17,979 | 17,600 | 351,580 1859.| 60,362 | 87,528 | 179,973 | 20,543 | 15,950 | 364,356 1860.| 62,798 | 85,284 | 212,406 | 19,218 | 15,200 | 394,906 1861.| 65,859 | 89,843 | 198,805 | 21815 | 15,515 |381,837 It will be seen by this Table that the year 1861 ranks as highest of these years after 1860. If any further proof were required of the fact that the popularity of the Society’s Gardens, as a place of resort on holidays, is not in any way diminished, it was suffi- ciently manifested by the large number of entrances which took place on Whit Monday last. On that occasion, the weather being favourable, the Gardens were crowded from their opening until after sunset. No less than 25,807 persons paid for admission in the course of the day, be- sides which there were 172 privileged Visitors. The total number of Visitors was therefore 25,979, being the largest number that have ever passed the gates in one day since the opening of the Gardens to the public in 1828. 7 It will be noticed that the large amount of £1247 19s. is credited to the Society under the head of Garden Sales for the year 1861. It may be mentioned that this amount is raised from three different sources—by the sale of dupli- cates from the stock of living animals (being nearly en- tirely such as have been bred in the Gardens)—by the dis- posal of the manure, hides, and other refuse from the Garden Establishment—and by the sale of the bodies of the animals that die in the Menagerie for museums and anatomical col- lections. The sum realized under each of these heads respectively, in the year 1861, was as follows :— Receipts for “ Garden Sales” in 1861. Duplicates Sale of dead from the a specimens Total Society’s | hides &e for — Menagerie. 7 | museums. | Snis Gi) 6 68 Gi SG sd 2 a Arrears, 1858-60 ...... 296 16 1 12 90 13 14 0}. 32219 ..1 Met SOO E on otac,-cseeaecees 667 11] 144124] 113 66] 92419 11 | 963 17 2} 157 14] 127 0 6| 1247 19 0 b. Expenditure. The ordinary expenditure of the Society incurred during the year 1861, under which head is placed every item necessary to preserve the Society’s establishment in its present state of efficiency, was £13,337 19s. 2d., being £468 13s. 6d. more than the corresponding amount in the ata year. The general high prices of many articles, gely consumed by the Society, which have lately pre- vailed, and the augmentation in the number of the larger animals in the Menagerie, will, it is believed, satisfac- torily account for this increase. The remaining sum of £3980 10s. 7d., whereby the total expenditure of the Society, incurred during the year, was raised to £17,318 9s. 9d., was entirely devoted to extraordinary expenditure. By this term the Council wish to indicate all such additions and improvements to the establishment as would, in the case of most public companies, be charged against the capital account—being strictly of such a nature that they might at any time be deferred or left unexecuted, without impairing the efficiency of the existing establishment, should 8 any unfavourable state of circumstances arrive which might render it advisable to decrease the expenditure. The par- ticular manner in which this sum of £3980 10s. 7d. was expended will be further alluded to when the Council come to speak of the Society’s Garden Establishment. c. Assets and Liabilities. The Cash Assets of the Society on the 31st of Decem- ber 1861 amounted to— = Tl 8 rT Cash at the Banker's. °: 2: } 0). S465 a0 Cost of £6000 Red. 3 per Cents. . . 5513 19 10 6360 4 10 The Liabilities at the same period were esti- A et ie i fine occ sneer Leaving a Cash Balance in favour of the So- CIEL Vg Di letesageicteeshieect at el. Sh ki | te aa The sums due to the Society for arrears on the 21st of December were estimated as follows :— Annual Subseriptions . . 254 0 Ivory Tickets. . - . « 23 2 Transactions . ... . 54 8 Proceedings . . . . «244 3 Garden Sales. . . . « 246 13 WTAARAOOR ternal’ wltenen Making a Total Balance in favour of the DOCIELY OF sno e, St ste wee te, SOROS Te without taking into account the value of the Society’s col- lection of living animals, estimated at upwards of £17,000. II. PUBLICATIONS. In their Report presented to the last Anniversary Meet- ing, the Council announced the commencement, by the re- commendation of the Committee of Publication, of a New 9 Series of the Society’s “ Proceedings,” with the slightly altered title “ Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London.” The three parts of the New Series for the year 1861, both with and without tke Illustra- tions, have accordingly been duly issued. The volume of Illustrated Proceedings for the year 1861, formed by the union of the three parts, is now also ready for distribution amongst such of the Fellows as prefer to receive it in that form, at the reduced price of £1 12s., the price charged to the public being £2 5s. The commencement of a New Series has seemed to be a favourable opportunity for introducing “running titles,” and making several other slight improve- ments in the form of publication. The size of the volume for the past year, containing as it does 458 pages, is suf- ficient to testify to the number and extent of the commu- nications made to the Society’s Scientific Meetings, which have greatly increased during the past three or four years. The Council believe that they are also justified in stating that the scientific value of these papers is generally acknowledged to be of a high standard, and that the Society’s “ Proceedings” are now universally recognized as constituting one of the most important Journals by which the promotion of Zoological Science is furthered. The greater portion of an Index to the twelve volumes of “ Proceedings,” from 1848 to 1860, is now in type, and the volume will shortly be ready for issue. The first section of the seventh and last part of Volume IV. of the “ Transactions ” has been issued since the last Anniversary. It is devoted entirely to an elaborate Memoir by Mr. W.K. Parker on the Osteology of Baleniceps rez. Although the Society have been unfortunate in not being able to keep these birds alive in their Gardens for a longer period than a few months, the Council think it will be generally acknowledged that every pains has been taken to render the two specimens of this singular bird, received from Mr. Petherick, available in the interests of science. Two further parts of the “Transactions” are now in pre- paration and will shortly appear. The second section of Part VII. of Volume IV. will contain Dr. Sclater’s paper on the Struthious Birds in the Society’s Menagerie, and the Index and Title-page to that volume. The first part of Volume V., which will be ready for issue at the same time, will contain a continuation ot Professor Owen’s series of papers on the Anthropoid Apes—being specially devoted 10 to the Gorilla, and to a comparison of its structure with that of Man. A classified Catalogue of the Animals living in the Society’s Gardens has been drawn up by Mr. Louis Fraser, under the superintendence of the Secretary, and will shortly be issued—a large portion of it being already in type. It is believed that this will form a valuable re- cord of the stage to which the Society have now advanced in their object of exhibiting to the public a living series of the different forms of the Animal Kingdom as nearly perfect as it can be made, and at the same time be a useful guide to the Society’s numerous correspondents who are desirous of transmitting desiderata to the Menagerie. III. LIBRARY. The money spent on the Society’s Library during the past year has been nearly entirely devoted to completing the sets of the foreign scientific periodicals, many of which, as has been mentioned in the Report read at the last Anniver- sary, were found to be incomplete. The sum of about £87 has been spent in binding ; and this branch of the Society’s establishment may now be considered, as far as it goes, to be in efficient condition. The Council trust that the state of the Society’s finances will shortly be such as to enable them to prepare and print a Supplement to the Catalogue of the Library which was printed some years ago. The principal Donations to the Library since the last Anniversary consist of Transactions and Proceedings from the following Institutions :— The Royal Society of London. The Linnean Society of London. The Royal Geographical Society of London. The Royal Horticultural Society of London. The Royal Society of Literature. The Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. The Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club. The Dublin University Zoological and Botanical Asso- ciation. The Royal Trish Academy, Dublin. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. The Boston Society of Natural History. 11 The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston. The Imperial Academy of Sciences of Vienna. The Royal Academy of Arts of Berlin. The Museum of Natural History, Paris. The Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Pesth. The Royal Academy of Sciences, Amsterdam. The Royal Museum, Leyden. Imperial Academy of Arts and Sciences, Munich. The University of Basle. The Society of Arts and Sciences of Batavia. The Royal Academy of Sciences of Gottingen. The Royal Academy of Sciences of Stockholm. The Royal Academy of Sciences of Munich. The Zoological Society, Amsterdam. Mémoires, Journals, Bulletins, Annals, and Reports have also been received from The British Association for the Advancement of Science. The Linnean Society of London. The Royal Geographical Society of London. The Royal Agricultural Society of England. The Geological Society of London. The Society of Arts. The Royal College of Physicians. The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain. The Royal Institution of Great Britain. The Photographic Society of London. The Art-Union of London. The Royal United Service Institution. The Royal Institution of Cornwall. The Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society. The Royal Dublin Society. The Geological Society of Dublin. The Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg. The Imperial Society of Naturalists of Moscow. The Royal Society of Sciences of Liége. The Zoological Gardens, Frankfort. The Royal University of Christiania, Norway. The Royal Academy of Sciences, Madrid. The Acclimatization Society of Sicily. The Royal Asiatic Society, Bombay Branch. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. The Acclimatization Society of Victoria. The Royal Horticultural Society. 12 The Academy of Sciences, Turin. The Natural History Society of Hamburg. The Plymouth Institution and Devon and Cornwall Natural History Society. The Berwickshire Naturalists’ Club. The Imperial Academy of Arts and Sciences, Kénigsberg. Dutch Society of Sciences, Haarlem. The State of Arkansas, U.S.A. Natural History Society of Frankfort-on-Maine. The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences, Mauritius. The American Journal of Science and Art (New Haven, Conn.). The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist, Montreal. The Imperial Society of Acclimatation, Paris. The Society of Naturalists, Bogota. The Cooper Union, New York. The Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta. The Smithsonian Institution, Washington. The Lyceum of Natural History of New York. The Boston Society of Natural History, U.S.A. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. The Franklin Institute. Donations have also been received from the Council of the City of Manchester; The Secretary at War,Washington, U.S.A.; The Commissioner of Patents, Washington, U.S. ; Dr. F. H. Troschel, For. Mem.; Professor Duméril, For. Mem.; A. Russell, Esq., M.P., F.Z.S.; Signor J.J. Bianconi ; Dr. Cobbold ; Thomas Bland, Esq.; Dr. W. Peters; Dr. EK. Rufz deLavison ; Dr.K.Mobius ; Dr. EmilioCornalia; Dr. Deshayes ; W. M. Gabb, Esq. ; John Gould, Esq., F.Z.S. ; Government of New Zealand ; Art-Union of London; New York State Library; Mons. H. Pierre Pichot; L. Rosenthal, Esq., F.Z.S.; C. Collingwood, Esq.; the Editor of the ‘Atheneum’; the Editor of the ‘ Literary Gazette’; the Editor of the ‘ London Review’; and the Editor of the © Pharmaceutical Journal.’ IV. GARDENS. a. BUILDINGS AND WorKS. The large sum of £3556 16s. 10d. was devoted to special works in the Society’s Garden Establishment during the year 1861. The particular sums which together form this 13 total have been already detailed in the Report presented to the Society by the Auditors. The Council will now proceed to pass each of these items in review, and to explain the objects which led them to undertake the several works. The sum of £1839 1s. 6d. was the balance required for the completion of the New Antelope House, and the adjoin- ing yards and fences. Shortly after the last Anniversary this building was sufficiently complete to allow the larger Antelopes to be removed into the comfortable quarters there provided for them, and the house is at present occupied by the following members of this interesting family :— 1 Bless-bok. 3 Leucoryx. 1 Lechee. 2 Nylghaus. 1 Sable Antelope. 1 White-tailed Gnu. 1 Hartebeest. 1 Brindled Gnu. 2 Addax. In the autumn of last year the Council thought it would be prudent to avoid any risk which so valuable a series of these delicate animals might incur from excessive cold during the approaching winter by providing artificial warmth for the New House. The manner-in which their plans for this purpose have been carried out by Messrs. Weeks, to whom the contract for erecting the requisite hot- water apparatus was entrusted, deserves to be mentioned with great praise. The results arrived at have been most successful, a temperature of not less than 50° having been maintained in the Antelope House during the severest frosts, and not one of these tender animals having suffered from the occasionally extreme cold of the past winter. At the same time the warming apparatus erected for the purpose has been used to heat hot-water pipes in the dens of the large Carnivores, and an improvement which the Council have long wished to make in the building occupied by these latter animals thus effected. The amount of Messrs. Weeks’s contract for these works is £285, which will be charged against the income of the present year— the sum of £65 13s. 6d., which will be found amongst the items of extraordinary expenditure for the past year, repre- senting the amount spent on masonry and earthworks connected with the apparatus, which were executed by the Society’s staff of workmen. The necessity of the enlargement of the space allotted to Visitors for procuring refreshments in the Society’s 14 Gardens was specially adverted to in the last Report. The Council felt that, looking to the prospect of a large number of Visitors expected in the Gardens during the approach- ing season, it was more than ever incumbent upon them to attend to the numerous complaints made of want of proper accommodation in this respect. The total cost of the large additional room, cellars and other accommodation now provided will eventually reach altogether to about £1500, of which £385 was incurred during the past year. The Council, however, think that under the circumstances they were fully justified in incurring this large expenditure, and that the sum thus laid out will greatly increase the attraction of the Gardens as a place of public resort. The following alterations, improvements, and repairs have been executed by the Society’s workmen during the year 1861, with the aid of additional labourers, on whose wages the sum of £257 16s. 7d. was spent. This sum, however, also includes the charge for the very heavy labour of laying down the courts to the New Antelope House, and completing the adjoining earthworks. I. New roads and new walks, at acost of £177 Os. 8d. for materials, The roads thus made were those surrounding the South ponds and on the outside of the courts of the New Antelope House. They have been laid down in the strongest and most substantial manner, and the former has well resisted the heavy traffic which has passed over it during the past winter. II. New Platform at the south side of the Hippopo- tamus Pond, at a cost for materials of £45 17s. 3d. The wooden stages at the south and east sides of the Hippopotamus Pond having become rotten and unsafe, have been removed and replaced by substantial erections built with bricks. The new Platform on the south side was finished last year. Since the commencement of the present year, that on the eastern side has been treated in a similar manner. The cost of the latter will be charged against the income of the present year. IlI. The continuation of the new rat-proof fence round the South ponds, at a cost of £61 10s. 1d. This fence has been completed since the commencement 15 of the present year: the ponds have been divided, and pairs of some of the most select of the Society’s large series of Waterfowl arranged in them ready for the approaching breeding-season. Various other minor improvements, specified in the Auditors’ Report, absorbed altogether the amount of £57 15s. 8d., which, with the sums already mentioned, makes up the total expenditure of £3556 16s. 10d. incurred on buildings and works in the Society’s Garden Establish- ment during the past year. Since the commencement of the present year the Society’s workmen have been kept fully employed. The Platform on the east side of the Hippopotamus Pond has been taken down and rebuilt in bricks, as already mentioned. The front row of adjoining Deer-sheds has been also entirely re- moved and replaced by substantial brick-built houses with slated roofs. A large number of the roads and walks in the Gardens have been picked up, regravelled, and covered with shell. The ground in front of the New Antelope House has been filled up and relevelled preparatory to being sown with grass-seeds. A new room has been fitted up for the Paradise-birds; and the Reptile House, Eland House, and various other buildings have been cleaned and painted, and put into a state of efficient repair. The Council have not thought it advisable to commence any large undertakings at the present period of the year, although there are several works of this character that call for their early attention. But, looking to the prospect of a very large number of visitors during the present summer, they have thought it right to place the roads, paths, and buildings in as thorough a state of repair as possible, and they believe that it will be acknowledged that they have succeeded in their endeavours to effect this object. b. MENAGERIE. The Society’s Menagerie during the past year has con- tinued in the same satisfactory state as that in which the Council had the pleasure of reporting it to be at the last Anniversary. The total number of Animals in the Gardens presented a slight decrease at the census taken on the 31st of December last, owing mainly to the large number of duplicates disposed of during the autumn—the proceeds of their sale during the year 1861 having, as the Council have 16 already mentioned, amounted to no less a sum than £963 17s. 2d. The number of the larger Mammals has, however, been considerably increased, principally by means of the South-African collections received from His Excel- lency Sir George Grey. Mr. J. Benstead, the Collector employed by the Society to receive in charge and convey to England the numerous valuable Antelopes and other animals presented to the Menagerie by the liberality of this distinguished benefactor of the Society, has twice returned to England since the last Anniversary, with his living freight in good health and condition. On the first of these occasions, May 28th, 1861, the species received were the following :— MAMMALS. 1. A female Koodoo Antelope (Strepsiceros kudu). This animal, which was believed to be the first example of this beautiful Antelope received alive in Europe, unfortunately died suddenly in the Gardens a short time after its arrival. 2. A female Bless-bok Antelope (Damalis albifrons). A single example of this Antelope had been previously re- ceived by Lord Derby, and was sold at the sale of the Knowsley Menagerie. 3. A female Reh-bok (Eleotragus capreolus). Of this Antelope the Society already possessed a female example. 4. A female Stein-bok (Calotragus tragulus); received in Europe for the first time. 5. A female Grys-bok (Calotragus melanotis) ; pre- viously received living by Lord Derby, but new to the Society’s Collection. 6. A male Blau-bok (Cephalophus pygmeus). Sir G. Grey had on a former occasion sent to the Society specimens of this Antelope. 7. A female Zebra (Equus burchellii) ; differing from the ordinary specimens of this animal in having the stripes further extended down the legs, and rather different mark- ings on the back. 17 8. A Maugé’s Dasyure (Dasyurus maugei); imported from Australia (purchased at the Cape). 9. A Pig-tailed Monkey (Macacus nemestrinus) ; pur- chased at the Cape; probably from Java. 10. Six examples of the Cape Hyrax (Hyrax capensis), or “ Rock-rabbit ” of the Colonists. BIRDS. 11. A young pair of the Stanley Crane (Tetrapteryxr paradisea). 12. A very fine example of the Wattled Crane (Grus carunculata) ; not exhibited in the Society’s Collection for several years. 13. A specimen of a new species of Water-hen from the Island of Tristran d’Acunha (Gallinula nesiotis, Sp. nov.), with the wings imperfectly developed. REPTILES. Eight Snakes and two Chameleons belonging to the following species :— Coronella cana. Lamprophis aurora. Leptodeira rufescens. Bucephalus capensis. Psammophis sibilans. Naia hae. Boodon lineatus. Chameleo pumilus. On the second occasion, Nov. 1st, the collection embraced the following specimens :— MAMMALS. . A young male Hartebeest (Antilope caama). . A female Reh-bok (A. capreola). . A Four-horned Sheep (Ovis aries, var.). . A male Ratel (Mellivora ratelus). mob = BIRDS. 5. Three Ostriches (Struthio camelus). 6. Three Stanley Cranes (Tetrapteryx paradisea). 7. Two Buzzards (Buteo jacal). The total expense of the freight and food of these two B 18 collections during the voyage, including also the Collector’s Salary for the past year, was £423 13s. 9d., which sum will be found charged against the Society under the head of Extraordinary Expenses for 1861. This amount is ob- viously considerably exceeded by the value of the animals thus obtained. Although Sir George Grey has now left the Cape Colony, his place has been taken by a gentleman who kindly promises to continue to the Society and their Collector the assistance afforded by his predecessor. And the Council have great hopes that, under the patronage of the present Governor, H.E. Philip E.Wodehouse, Mr. Ben- stead will be successful in the effort he is now making to procure a young African Elephant, and several other fine animals, which have long been desiderata to the Menagerie. The following species of animals added to the Society’s collection since the last Anniversary were new to the Menagerie. List or Sprcres ExuipiteD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE Society’s GARDENS BETWEEN APRIL 297TH, 1861, anD Aprit 29TH, 1862. MAMMALS. . The Koodoo Antelope (Strepsiceros kudu). . The Bless-bok (Damalis albifrons). . The Stein-bok (Calotragus tragulus). . The Grys-bok (Calotragus melanotis). . Bay Antelope (Cephalophus badius) . . Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger). . Japanese Deer (Cervus sika). Formosan Deer (Cervus taévanus). WW OP 09 OH BIRDS. . Berigora Hawk (Hieracidea berigora). . Booted Eagle (Aquila pennata). . Bichenow’s Finch (Estrelda bichenovit). - Red Finch (Estrelda phaéthon). . Barred Finch (Poéphila cincta). . Lesser Bird of Paradise (Paradisea papuana). - Black Cockatoo (Microglossa alecto). . Blue-streaked Lory (Kos reticulata). SOrwinoobp Owe ——, —_ = 19 9. Blood-marked Pigeon (Phlogenas cruenta). 10. White-browed Tree-Partridge (Dendrortyx leucophrys). 11. Buff-breasted Partridge (Ptilopachys fuscus). 12. Robust Tinamou (Tinamus robustus). 13. Island Hen (Gallinula nesiotis). 14, Steamer Duck (Micropterus cinereus). 15. Mountain Duck (Casarca tadornoides). REPTILES. . Dwarf Chameleon (Chameleo pumilus). . Hoary Snake (Coronella cana). . Rufescent Snake (Leptodeira rufescens). . Aurora Snake (Lamprophis aurora). . Cape Tree-Snake (Bucephalus capensis). . Indian Snake (Chrysopelea ornata). . Ringed Boa (Epicrates cenchris). . Blind Xenodon (Xenodon typhlus). . Crowned Snake (Scytale coronatum). OMANATLOWe FISHES. 1. The Yarra Bream (Galazias scriba). The two Paradise birds, which Mr. A. R. Wallace suc- ceeded in bringing home alive to this country on his recent return from the East, form one of the greatest novelties and most interesting objects that have been exhibited in the Society’s Gardens for several years. The Council accepted some proposals from Mr. Wallace to attempt to procure living Birds of Paradise some time since. But though Mr. Wallace visited, in person, several of the loca- lities inhabited by species of these birds, he failed in every attempt to preserve the specimens alive when captured, and had given up all hopes of being able to succeed in this object. It was only a short time before last Christmas, when in the interior of Sumatra, that Mr. Wallace received information of two examples of the Paradisea papuana having been brought alive to Singapore. Mr. Wallace immediately proceeded to Singapore, purchased the birds for the Society, and left with them by the next mail, reaching London in safety on the 1st of the present month. The four species of Himalayan Pheasants bred during the past season in the Society’s Gardens with tolerable freedom, B2 20 considering the many disadvantages they are there sub- jected to. There were reared altogether 54 young birds, as the subjoined Table shows, being 9 more than in the pre- ceding year. These were disposed of amongst the Mem- bers and Correspondents of the Society at the usual prices. 1858. | 1859.| 1860.| 1861. Black-backed Kaleege ......... 61 16 14 1] White-crested Kaleege ......... 5 9 12 18 Purple Kaleege ........:......... 17 7 8 15 CREEL 0. covcsvesceceenoonvesstoues 25 15 7 3 TMpeyan .iceeerescseseeseconcens 8 3 4 7 116 50 45 54 Three Elands have been born in the Gardens since the last Anniversary, making a total of twenty-one births of this Antelope in our Establishment since the arrival of the late Lord Derby’s herd, bequeathed to the Society in 1851, as the subjoined List will show. The fact that all of them have been safely reared and, with one exception, reached maturity, sufficiently demonstrates the hardy nature of this animal and its ready adaptability to domestication. List of Elands born in the Society’s Gardens. No. Date. Sex. No. Date. Sex. 1. | 1853, June 29 ...| female. 12. | 1856, May 21...... female. Z. SNe ULL Va oa dees male. 13. » December 4] male. 3. | 1854, January 10..) female. 14. | 1857, July 18...... 7 4. ») July 8 4...0: ‘ 15. | 1858, May 22......| female. 5. oo aye estate 2a 16. » August 10... ay 6. | 1855, March 3 *" 17. | 1859, August 30... = 7. » May 13 . 18. | 1860, Septemberl ey amt 8. » June8...... i 19. | 1861, July 27 i 9. » Sept. 27 ...| male. 20. » Deec.20 ... 5 | 10. | 1856, March 1 ...| female. 21. | 1862, March 17...| male. | 11. » April 10 ...| male. ! The following is a list of the Mammals and Birds that have bred in the Society’s Gardens since the last Anniver- sary. 21 List or SPECIES WHICH HAVE BRED IN THE GARDENS OF THE ZooLoGicaL SOCIETY BETWEEN THE 297H or APRIL 1861 AaNpD tHE 297H or Aprit 1862. CO OND OE OW . Cambaian Dove (Turtur senegalensis) . Collared Dove (Turtur vinaceus). » Red Ground Dove (Geotrygon montana). MAMMALS. - Puma (Felis concolor). . Silver Fox (Canis argentatus). . Badger (Meles taxus). Brown Bear (Ursus arctos). White Bear (U. maritimus) . - Collared Peceary (Dicotyles torquatus). . Eland (Oreas canna). - Punjab Sheep (Ovis cycloceros). . Barasingha Deer (Cervus duvaucellii). . Japanese Deer (C. stka). . Sambur Deer (C. hippelaphus). . Axis Deer (C. azis). . Hog Deer (C. porcinus). . Jaguar (between Felis onca and F. hernandesii). . Yak (Bos grunniens). Zebu (B. indicus). . Giraffe (Camelopardalis giraffa). - Moufflon (Ovis musimon). . Bennett’s Kangaroo (Macropus bennettii). BIRDS. Turquoisine Parrakeet (Euphema pulchella). Bronze-winged Pigeon (Phaps chalcoptera). - Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus). . Impeyan Pheasant (Lophophorus impeyanus). . Cheer Pheasant (Catreus wallichii). . Purple Kaleege (Gallophasis melanotus). . White-crested Kaleege (G. albocristatus). . Black-backed Kaleege (G. melanotus). Cape Francolin (Francolinus capensis). Californian Quail (Callipepla californica). . Emeu (Dromeus nove hollandie). - Mantchurian Crane (Grus montignesia). 22 16. Black Swan (Cygnus atratus). 17. Black-necked Swan (C. nigricollis). 18. Ashy-headed Goose (Chloéphaga poliocephala). 19. Ruddy Shelduck (Casarca rutila). 20. Pintail (Dafila acuta). 21. Dusky Duck (Anas obscura). 22. Gadwall Duck (A. strepera). 23. Bahama Duck (Pecilonetta bahamensis). 24. Hybrid Castaneous Ducks (Fuligula nyroca and F. cristata). The following is a List of Donors and their several Dona- tions to the Menagerie since the last Anniversary. His Roya HieHness THE PRINCE oF WALES. Two American Grey Squirrels. His Hreuness THE Prince Dueep Sineu, F.Z.S8. A Green Fruit-eating Pigeon, A Green-winged Pigeon, A Necklace Dove, Four Rain Quails, An Indian Paradozure. His Excellency Sir George Grey, K.C.B., F.Z.8. A Burchelle Zebra, A Koodoo, A Bless-bok, A Grys-bok, Two Reh-boks, A Stein- bok, A Blau-bok, Four Cape Hyraces, A Dasyure, A Pig-tailed Monkey, A Wattled Crane, Two Stanley Cranes, A Moor-hen, Eight Snakes, Two Chameleons, A Hartebeest, A Four-horned Sheep, A Ratel, Three Ostriches, Three Stanley Cranes, Two Jackal Buz- zards. His Excellency P. E. Wodehouse. A Toco Toucan. Admiral Sir Henry Keppell. A Tortoiseshell Turtle. Three Marmozet Monkeys. A Touraco. Hon. J. C. Ellis, F.Z.S. Three Musk Deer. Two Land Tortoises. Two Water Tortotses. Capt. T. E. L. Moore, R.N. Four Magellanic Geese. A Steamer Duck. Hon. Mrs. Stuart. A Jerboa. A Black Kite. Dr. Huggins, Corr. Mem. Two Small Guans, A Painted Sunbird, A West Indian Rail, A Curassow. Admiral Sir George Sartorius. 4 Rhesus Monkey. 23 Robert Swinhoe, Esq., Corr. Mem. Alexander Huth, Esq. Capt. Cruikshank. James Clark, Esq. Dr. Wilson, Esq. Capt. Hand, R.N. Robert Owen, Esq., Corr. Mem. E. L. Layard, Esq., F.Z.S. W. D. Stewart, Esq. The Earl Fitzwilliam. H. K. Dixon, Esq. M. F. de Paula Manero. Capt. Commerell, R.N., V.C. T. B. Potter, Esq., F.Z.S. Mr. Mason. T. N. Hunt, Esq., F.Z.S. Dr. James Salter, F.Z.S. J. C. Cumming, Esq. Wm. Broderick, Esq. Charles Kent, Esq. Capt. G. C. Bird. Capt. Pope. W. H. Leach, Esq. — Dyer, Esq. A. Denison, Esq., F.Z.S. A. Russell, Esq., M.P., F.Z.S. A Formosan Deer. A Laughing Kingfisher. A Kangaroo. Two Shanghai Sheep. Two Chinese Geese. An Indian Rock Snake. A Rhesus Monkey. Four Chinese Sand-Grouse. A Honduras Turkey. A Globose Curassow. A Guan Tinamou. Two Colins. A Secretary Bird. An Ocelot. A Collared Peccary. Two Crested Curassows. Two Red-billed Ducks. An Axis Deer. A Cross-bred Cashmere Goat. An Ichneumon. A Marmozet. A Chinese Sand- Grouse. Eight Capercailzie Eggs. A Nightingale. Two Canadian Geese. Collections of Marine Fishes. Seven young Kingfishers. A Buzzard. An Indian Ichneumon. A Chinese Kite. Thirteen Chinese Golden Fish. A Black-backed Gull. A Rhesus Monkey. Eleven Australian Finches. A Water Tortoise. J. H. Gurney, Esq., M.P., F.Z.S. John Hancock, Esq. Hon. A. A. Annesley. Charles Simpson, Esq. A. Arcedeckne, Esq., F.Z.S. A Capuchin Monkey. A Hen Harrier. Three Water Ouzels. Eight Japanese Fowls. A Common Macaque Monkey. Five Lobsters. Sia Crayfish. 24 Capt. Denham, R.N. T. J. Arnold, Esq., F.Z.S. Mrs. Hopper. Dr. Hugh Falconer, F.Z.S. Madame Didiée. A. W. W. Bandernaike, Esq. The Secretary at War. Robert Drummond, Esq., F.Z. Capt. Watson, H. Justin, Esq. W. Hindley, Esq. A. Downs, Esq., Corr. Mem. Rooper, Esq., F.Z.S. A. Douglas, Esq. onteiro, Esq. Harris, Esq. H. Holmes. F. J. J. R. J.M A M. r W. =_ Davenport, Esq. ree. Faulkner, Esq. C. Wildash, Esq. C. A. Long, Esq. H. Probyn, Esq., R.N. Capt. Barwood. Dr. Lankester. H. B. Bingham, Esq. Percy S. Godman, Esq., Corr. = CoE. Dr. B G. R. F. J. C. A. Staples, Esq. Joseph Radford, Esq. R. Morrison, Esq. Mrs. Chas. Wheeler. John Bardsley, Esq. Capt. George Bruce. C. C. Dawson, Esq. Sam. Smith, Esq. J. W. Larking, Esq. J. W. Lambe, Esq., R.N. A Great Black Cockatoo. A White-crested Cockatoo. A Spotted Salamander. A Proteus. A Brown Bear. An Indian Snake. Two Chinese Sheep. S. A Scotch Hare. A Laughing Kingfisher. A Boa Constrictor. Eighteen Actinia dianthus. Eight Snakes. Five Bull Frogs. Enght Frogs. Four American Ruffled Grouse. Two Seals. A Vervet Monkey. A Genet. A Vulpine Phalanger. A Curassow. A Trumpeter. A Crayfish. A Peregrine Falcon. An American Black Bear. An Ursine Opossum. A Rhesus Monkey. A Marmozet Monkey. Two CommonMacaqueMonkeys. Two Natterjack Toads. A Peregrine Falcon. Mem. Three Wood Owls. Two Common Buzzards. A Marmozet Monkey. A Virginian Owl. Three Japanese Fowls. Two Pennantian Parrakeets. Three Rhesus Monkeys. Two South American Alligators. A Vulpine Opossum. A Sparrow-Hawk. A Turtle Dove. A White-headed Eagle. G. Dann, Esq. T. Young, Esq. Capt. Stanley. H. N. Dupree, Esq. W. Shorto, Esq. A. Dodd, Esq. C. Clifton, Esq., F.Z.S. E. S. Preston, Esq. Capt. Spain. W. Brooks, Esq. W. Rose, Esq. Mrs. Chas. Foster. A. Woodcock, Esq, F, Roxburgh, Esq. R. F. Tomes, Esq. C. Ashby, Esq. T. H. Stewart, Esq., F.Z.S. Capt. Herd. Capt. M. O. Stewart. G. R. Lake, Esq. Duke of Northumberland. A. J, Scott, Esq. P. John, Esq. Mrs. Finney. — Brooke, Esq. E. D. Cotton, Esq. Capt. Wishart. Capt. Rainy. Capt. N. F. Edwards, R.N. Alfred Ikin, Esq. G. H. Horsfall, Esq. Mrs. Hawker. G. H. Parkinson, Esq. — Marsh, Esq. G. Wemyss, Esq. J. B. W. Crewe, Esq. Mrs. S. C. Hall. 25 An Indian Parrakeet. A Marmozet Monkey. A Sloth Bear. A Bonnet Monkey. Ten Chameleons. A Kestrel. An Ichneumon. Two Nightingales. Four Bohemian Chatterers. Two European Wolves. A Pig-tailed Macaque Monkey. Seven Loach. A Bonnet Monkey. A Collection of Actinie. Five Hermit Crabs. A Hen. An Entellus Monkey. Collections of Marine Animals. An American Black Bear. A Musquash. A Golden Agouti. Two Dormice. A Common Swan. Four Black-backed Kaleege. An Alexandrine Parrakeet. A Collection of Anemones. A Rhesus Monkey. A Herring Gull. Two Canadian Geese. A Rhesus Monkey. Two Marmozet Monkeys. Two Acouchys. A Warning Lizard. Two Piping Crows. Two Rosehill Parrakeets. A Common Macaque Monkey. A Ratel. A Barbary Ape. A Common Macaque Monkey. G. N. Lawrence, Esq., Corr. Mem. Three Land Tortoises, G. Cavendish Taylor, Esq., F.Z.S. J. W. P. Orde, Esq., F.Z.S8. Two Rock Pigeons. Sia Terrapins. c 26 T. L. Mears, Esq. A Musk Deer, Alfred Smee, Esq. 5000 Trout Ova, James Selfe, Esq. A Kangaroo. A Vulpine Phalanger. Mrs. Cockburn. A Vulpine Phalanger. W. Thompson, Esq. A Collection of Marine Animals. Dr. Wiicherer, Corr. Mem. Two Snakes. T. Newell, Esq. A Spotted Eagle. Mr. Douglas. A Vervet Monkey. Conclusion. In conclusion, the Council have to ask the Society for their best thanks to the gentlemen comprising the Com- mittees of Finance, Publication, and Audit, who have devoted much time and attention to the several branches of the Society’s business confided to their care, and to the numerous donors to the Society’s Library and Menagerie. With regard to the prospective condition of the Society’s affairs, they may add that they have every reason to antici- ‘pate being able to make a still more favourable Report at the next Anniversary, looking to the probability of a large number of visitors during the approaching summer, and to the fact that the receipts at the end of the first quarter of the present year already showed an accession of income over the corresponding portion of the preceding year, to the amount of £582 3s. 2d. Signed for the Council, P. L. SCLATER, Secretary. 11 Hanover Square, April 29th. a REPORT OF THE AUDITORS OF THE ACCOUNTS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, Appointed January 16, 1862. Tue Auditors having carefully examined the Accounts of the Society for the year ending December 31, 1861, inspected the Books, and seen Vouchers for all the Payments ordered by the Council during that period, now beg to lay before the Society an Abstract of such Accounts, with a Statement of the Assets and Liabilities, and a Report thereon. RECEIPTS. £ os) od: Balance of Cash brought from Dec. 31, 1860... *teeesecececcesessleccssesessecsesesesee] 1,748 7 9 i INCOME. = er Shee 1856 Proceedings............ Mpimemnes aasdusicnecenlverecdevecvaeeteat 118 0 Proceedings........ Meeetsurecnadaswsses sien 2) 836 1857 Rinienctions See Sonssascene secs ace 018 O _—_— 3.6 6 Proceedings ........... eeeeeee Beenwscsesceses 2 3 6 | rranecon ten deccnecescececcncscccconens 214 0 1858 } Garden Sales ........ Rnseenasekicce csauuaee 4616 0 ( Annual Subscriptions ......00.c0cc0000.., 3.0 0 SS 5413 6 Proceedings anescrs-osaghunt ete 20 12 5 Transactions ....... Spots Coote ss: coeeecess oes. D 1859 Annual Subscriptions ............. eo evenee 22 0 0 AvOKy wickets. deseccs.css ee eee 20 Garden‘Sales:).45:.:..0802 a Lee 14 4 6 ——— 64 611 Admission “ees ,....0.!..0.s:2.200en 40 0 0 Annual Subscriptions ........0..6...06 ° 93 0 0 Ivory Tickets ..........0 ow on saulssoeateere G6" 0 1860< Proceedings....... Sn ssconsenves Ponobecaace LG? Wie? Transactions). 2...6.cc.ses. sowie sioaiora 38 5, 6 Garden Sales .......... neceans ena eleictaewe 261 15 1 Mussurn (Sales.2Hty.se.d.055 4 ee os 25 0 0 See 617 3 9 { Admissions to Gardens tevcvesssecsseeees| 9,757 13 0 Rent for Refreshment Room ............ 754.5 5 Garden Sales ....... @destalscssakenecneccete 925 3 5 Admission Fees ......,.... odapectesveeters 390 0 0 Comparitions ss ixs ps ctuaud oo ee crate «| 450 0 0 18614 Annual Subscriptions ............0.. Pa 2,644 15 0 Ivory Tickets .........., ceeaseseeruescecees 84 1 0 Proceedings............ eeeseatcbecn OOOO TE 7619 0 Transactions ............0. Bseceeteeesenuee LAG 0 Dividends ........, Saensnecswscctoc cnt cosets G2 LNG (Miscellaneous .s..sceecesaseesocccce,, sence 5015 9 —————_| 15,313 16 1 1862 Annual Subscriptions (anticipated) ...|.......cccesceeses 17.5 (0750 INCOME RECEIVED IN UB Gieencs sencinasss|!.cs200n. eee 16,072 4 9] 16072 4 9 17,820 12 6 H PAYMENTS. Gardens. Peer EXPENDITURE. Belonging £ sa) £ 8. d. £ +5. a. to years 1860 Fon” Hates;\Paxes, GGyyicce-s..0-e-| 153517 8) 68 7 19 207 5 0 ROS n eases ccccasane b cmmpiguan sees eee 990 11 11] 182 7 11 1,172 19 10 Paid on account of the previous year,........ 1,144 9 2) 235 15 8 1,380 4 10 Rent, Rates, Taxes, &c. ...... italaertt. 4 I) 160 4,99 Salaries, Wages, and Pensions ...... 2,694 1 0/1,000 2 4 Gostiof Animals :..)..2:.ers,ccseoree bss 657 10 6 Carriage of Animals and cian, 496 5 5 Expenses......... hsm eesesescsess Keepers’ Dresses...,.....ssseeeeees poet el 219) 66 Menagerie Expenses ....,.+++..-+0 asf Ayode a 11 RUISIOLIN, Conc peascoh svescussscss = ssp sean 3,003 17 2 New Buildings and Works connected} 2,313 15 8 Other Works, Repairs, and aca 1,149 8 ,| 1861 RIMENE sack save addntaspeay «Ge cncede Coe Garden Expenses .e..00..2...000 sees] | S04 16011 Band Hapenses ..0.c.ccccisccdeecs veces es ae Advertisements ............essseeees | 13319 6 House and Office Expenses............ 17 Ak, 9) “142 189 8 Library Expenses .......... ered Sree ae tetteseereseseeees, 153 TL 2 SBEIDHEDOY fee cteseed.ccc.s 49617 5 Neue eee ese a 148 7 4/ MT LAD ARES, saccleloats avtatars sbidielac'e: re sales ssa cuie's Canvas and Baize, £19 17s.5d.; Saddlery, #11 10s. 8d.; New Chairs and Re- pairing, #27; New Tank, #8; New Cistern, #9 12s. 6d.; Police, #4 19s. 6d.; Sea-water and Carriage, #7 17s. 6d.; Soap, Oil, and Candles, £9 9s.; Miscellaneous, £99 12s. 5d.|.... BREE LIETORSOS! acuta win 'sje ic se oe .ole dele seeiesins se Works, Materials, and Repairs :— *Materials and Repairs. .....22-+eeeeeeee Materials and Repairs, #623 0s. 8d.; Wages; 5260 7s. lid. ............ New Buildings and Works connected . Garden Expenses :— PROGINS 5 wicicjc wiednnn. «ceive ch'enwissenpiciina Wages, 389 3s. 7d.; Mats, £9 8s. 6d. ; Miscellaneous, £36 48. 10d. ...... Band Expenses :— Music, #157 10s.; Programmes, £20 Mth cd.csccicdeuceceneuene Eig niteo Advertisements ............- selaleuisialans Sree House and Office Expenses :— Gardens.—Gas supply ....---eeeeeeee Gas supply, #13 16s.; Medical ‘attend- ance on Keepers, #20; Subscription to North London Hospital, 25 58.; Soap andCandles, #5 4s. 4d. ; Sheet- ing, Flannel, &c., £8 10s. Od. ; Keepers’ Washing, £5 6s. 6d. ; Miscellaneous, #19 15s. 2d. ...... Hanover Square.—Gas supply, £3 11s. 4d.; Miscellaneous, £13 14s. 9d. .. Gas, £7 1s.; Tea, Coffee, &c., at Even- ing Meetings, £9 19s.; Coals and Wood, #22 17s. ; Oiland Soap, #3; Stamps and Postages, £37 6s. 2d.; Posting Reports andBalloting Papers, #13 5s. 3d.; Newspapers, £4 16s. . Sibel 5 Miscellaneous, 44 138, 2d. .. Li enses :— Mer Books, #38 8s. 8d.; Duty, #2 13s. 8d.; Binding, #12 17s. 9d. .... New Books, £63 1s.; Duty, &c., €6 12s, 4d.; Binding, #74 12s. 8d.; New Shelves, #2 3s. 2d.; Arranging 41 16 11}.. ery a 512 3}. tee eee w eee . 17-6 Eig}. 54.0 ~ Books; 167 Siavdeccciepaec css aeaeecosils en anon eens PERIOMIEE YS i's 3/5. 05s cele pees « Bi aliens ae eae Printing (Miscellaneous)............ apevuscwes Transactions :— POTEET acn.als'a cfelaio w'e'cajewis ene a cccie Has Drawings; £55 88.; Printing Plates and Paper, £50 15s. 6d.; Colouring, ae | 5.5 oro 0 6 £48 2s.6d.; Binding, BGs; Tdtal<7.02c0 as Proceedings Drawings, -€7 16s.; Colouring, #8 13s. Od. ; Letterpress, £63 13s. Qd.; Binding, WES GE 7Oe tae on saadeasens Drawings, £109 1ls.; Printing Plates, #109 17s. 11d.; Colouring, #146 4s. 4d.; Letterpress, #125 118. 3d. ; Paper, £72 5s.; Binding, 57 18s. 5d.; Preparing Index, #12 83 9 ~ lls. «SEER as ORE eg cet BAA 45 Sxud vend oe - IONE laa ewau ds srwes 00 decjcsceie® shee a 15,504 2 e| 16,974 © 4 3,003 17 2| 3,213.19 2 | | > 1,793 15 3 125 7 6} J aisha oth 1,149 8 7 aateeinectanee th pena 434 16 11 178 7 178 7 133 19 133 19 oN 83 10 0 160 4 4 142 18 3 633 19 8 6 12 10 19 11 8 00 8 0 15,594 2 8 ) 16,974 7 13,197 1 3,776 1 12,310 12 8 3,283 10 0 Comparison of Receipts in 1860 and 1861. RECEIPTS. Income of Increase. Decrease. 1860. 1861. Admission Fees :— Geese. eG esd & as @ Bee va: Bastucancosntecee: 90 0 0 40.0. KOM). eroe eee 50 0 0 Present .c-,s<-002- 355 0 0 390 0 0 Da: OUR ie. cae Annual Subscriptions :— Past isp sc ieee thatt 148 0 0 ES 2:0) Od cancer cdo BED 30 0 0 Present) s...s--s0: 204618) (O"|S26a4: TSO Oo acca ceseeeeee 2793.70 ttre teccacesten ce 14 0 0 bz, 0, 0 3y, OLAOD ce eee Compositions............++ 840 0 0 S60) 50) 10) Vase ape opueeonen 390 0 0 Ivory. Lickets:..-s-c00-2+-.- AL 92 9 0 21: W003 ee Admissions tothe Gardens! 10,054.16 0 | 9,757 13 0 |....c.seccscceceee 297 3 0 Garden Sales............... U28ds soaeG il) 1524719) Oo l- ccuvaca saan 39 4 6 Rent for Refreshment BOOM iiss Gass sncossbe. 600 0 0 7X een) HUES: GARG Jeet | [acgsp See Transactions .....ceesssccas 110 15 6 54 10 1G6ul-seseeetens eee Hoult 0 Proceedings ............06 367 18° 5 256. US ciFai icy eee Ef. Sede 110 19 10 Museum Sales ............ 103 12 O 25% LOUO ai acenncrmeneemene 78 12 0 Dividends .........-.0.. soe 174 7 6 Wail 7 wanles | »oacsssereameeteas 110 0 Miscellaneous .......0ce0/ss000 Sinsadais Jovase? 50 15 9 B01 Oa Ce ee 264 2 2/1,055 16 4 Ded. Incr. 264. 2.)2 16,863 18 11 |16,072 4 9 WEGrERSOY ceenl ernie acicaossete se 791 14 2 16,863 18 11 |16,863 18 11 791 14 2 Total Payments in 1861 ............ £16,974 7 6 Total Receipts in 1861 ............... 16,072 4 9 Payments over Receipts ............ 902 2 9 : Comparison of Payments in 1860 and 1861. } Arrears of previous year ...... Rent, Rates, Taxes, &c.......... Salaries and Pensions Cost of Animals.................. Carriage of ditto and Keepers’ Expenses BPETOVISIONS ....02..,-22s00..ceeese | Menagerie Expenses... Keepers’ Dresses ............00 New Buildings and Works ee errr errr BONMECHED |. 6s denesseccces | Other Works, Repairs, and Materials ..... Se Ceee thee Garden Expenses ............... | # Band Expenses ..............+... Advertisements ..... seeecee ‘House and Office Expenses .. | Library EEXPenseS ......000.000. | Stationery and Account Books | | Printing (Miscellaneous) ...... || Proceedings, including Print- Pansat ditto ditto ... eturned Subscriptions .,... aw Expenses Cost of Medals .............0000. Drdinary Expenditure ......... Extraordinary ditto ............ PAYMENTS. Expenditure of 1860. 10 0 5 11 or oun, anwo- NON wooare 15,949 15 11 Increase. Decrease. Beene eee eeaweter eee errr TT TOP a ee ew en ew ew enee eee eee eeeweeee 13 5 |1,034 110 110] Ded. Deer. 1 kes 8 Expenditure incurred in 1861. Paid in the Year. = fact Of Rent, Rates, Taxes, &c. .........] 634 8 10 Salaries and Pensions ...... 8,694 3 4 4 Cost of Animals 657 10 Carriage of Animals and Keep- 496 5 ers’ Expenses Provisions 3,008 17 Menagerie Expenses .| 1,572 17 | Keepers’ Dresses .......00+0 eae 101 19 New Buildings and Works 2,313 15 connected Other Works, Repairs, and 1,149 8 IMALETIAIS) cesmstiostac ese cbeeisat Garden Expenses....... Baebes ..| 434 16 Band Expenses ....e+.ss0e+ mceee|) les ad j Advertisements ...........00 Rees enLoe Glo House and Office Expenses 220 16 Library Expenses Stationery and Account Books... Printing (Miscellaneous)......... Proceedings, including Printing. Transactions, ditto ditto.... Returned Subscriptions ......... Law Expenses....... Sgoneacgs Row 15,594 2 8 Ordinary Expenditure............| 12,310 12 8 *Extraordinary Expenditure ...| 3,283 10 0 Oh 15,594 2 8] 1,724 7 1 * Particulars of Extraordinary Expenditure. ao NTOPRONOFR COONS New Refreshment Room .......0s..csccscscesesesceses Rien venearstios thane sees) 1002 New Antelope House, Yards and Fences ...... aeeeas Hot-Water Apparatus to New Antelope House and Carnivora Dens New Roads and New Walks ....cs.c....ccesscossseeess erhepecenseseanepe New Platform at Hippopotamus Pond (South side).......... Seuscens | New Ratproof Fence round the Duck and Gull Ponds.............. A New Cattle-Shed............. Banas seamen saven'sas6 ceecacnetnesssensscraee ee Completion of Improvements at Parrot Room New Cistern, and Plate Glass for New Tank.............00« Seddaekas 50 New Netting for Young Impeyan Pheasants and Quails craves Head Keeper’s Lodge ........+.....se0+ B93 s0pc oo Soc dA SBOROARSDHA ABHOR Addition to New House for Swine...........::ccccecesssseeees Saanensnte Room for Stores eee Salary to Agent, and Expenses of the Society’s Collection at the Cape of Good Hope ......- Sibcc 0g) SBC eooee soeenclnees Wages paid to Extra Labourers ’....ilessesstedessoscacccseeseees Reheasne 19 16 0 16 423 13 257 16 = Q So SY ANS © araf mBovew~anvorann TO CONC OCOCOFWDOON eg £3,980 10 7 9 The Committee of Auditors observe that the Receipts, though less than those of the preceding year, have reached the sum of £1,024 above the average Income during the last six years. They have reason to hope that the increased Expenditure of the year 1861 will have effected an advan- tageous investment for the Society,—many permanent im- provements having been made in the Gardens, and the num- ber of really valuable Animals having been considerably increased. The Auditors have pleasure in observing that the above- mentioned improvements have not occasioned any diminution of the Funded Property of the Society, which remains £6,000 Stock, as was the case at the end of the preceding year. In conclusion, your Auditors beg to assure the Society that they entirely concur with the opinion of their prede- cessors as to the admirably clear and accurate manner in which the Accounts have been arranged by the Accountant, Mr. Leigh, whose conduct in this respect appears to them worthy of the highest praise. EDW. GREENAWAY. EDWARD HAMILTON, M.D. JAMES TENNANT. EDWARD JOHNSTONE. BENJAMIN LEADBEATER. R? HENRY S. VYVYAN. WILLIAM MARTYN. 11 Hanover Square, February 25, 1862. 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BEST ee cA y | a ha RAVE emir An. 4 i a - Tekan sts 7 ( % LIST OF THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. f Tue scientific publications of the Zoological Society are of two _ kinds —“ Proceedings,” published in an octavo form, and “Transactions,” in quarto. At the commencement of the year _ 1861, a new series of the former work was commenced, under _ the title “ Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoolo- gical Society of London.” According to the present arrangements, the “ Proceedings” contain not only notices of all business transacted at the scien- _ tific meetings, but also all the papers read at such meetings and recommended to be published by the Committee of Pub- » lication. From forty to fifty coloured plates and engravings _ are attached to each annual volume of the “ Proceedings,” to illustrate the new or otherwise remarkable species of animals described in them. Amongst such illustrations, figures of the _ new or rare species acquired in a living state for the Society’s Gardens are often given. The “ Proceedings” for each year are issued in three parts, in the months of May, August, and February, the part pub- lished in February completing the volume for the preceding year. They may be obtained with or without the illustrations. The “ Proceedings ” without illustrations are delivered to the _ Fellows of the Society gratis on demand. The Fellows are like- wise entitled to purchase all the other publications of the Society at a reduction of one-fourth from the price at which they are published, and to receive the Illustrated Proceedings of the Society at a fixed subscription price of 10s. per part, or £1 : 12s. for the annual volume, bound in cloth. The “Transactions” contain such of the more important communications made to the scientific meetings of the Society as, on account of the nature of the plates required to illustrate them, are better adapted for publication im the quarto form. The numerous papers of Professor Owen on the Anthropoid Apes, and on the various species of Dinornis, all form part of 1s series. The following is a complete list of the publications of the ociety already issued. They may be obtained at the Society’s ce (11, Hanover Square, W.), at Messrs. Longmans’ the Society’s publishers, at Mr. J. Rothschild’s, the Society’s Agent t Paris and Leipzig, or through any bookseller. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. 8vo. 2 vols. To Fellows. To the Public. Part sla 830-3 lemlivolsSvosee se Price 4s. 6d. ... 6s. stella Leae: ME Paes eoee eo ccc eee 53) 48; OG. meee Os: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. yo. 28 vols. Price to Price to the . Price to Price to thy Fellows. Public. Fellows. Public, Part I. 1833. 1 vol. 8vo. 4s. 6d. ... 6s. |Part XV. 1847. 1 vol. 8vo. 4s. 6d. ... 6s. | a II. 1834. “5 ASUOG.re OS |i 5 XVI. 1848. a 4s. 6d. ... 6s. po) LLB Sb: of 48:00, s-- OS. i ye XV AL, 1849, . 4s. 6d. ... 6s. ep LAY Mes Yoy, --- 6s. | ,,. XVIII. 1850. Be 4s. Gd. ... 6s. 5 V. 1837. % 4s..00.30. 108s -\ees, XIX. 1851. re 4s. 6d. ... 6s » VI. 1838. As ASNGd 52! Gseal/ek, XX. 1852. A 4s. 6d. ... 6s. ay eV LLY 1839; = 4s. 6d. \.... 6s, }\ 5, XXI. 1853. » VIII. 1840. Be 4s. 6d. ... 6s, | .,. . XXII. 1864; o» IX. 1841. & 4s. 6d. ... 6s. | ,, XXIII. 1855. be X. 1842. y AysOteare, OSs | 99x kL Veen uth on XT. 1843: of 456d... 6s. | ,, © XXVOURSF ens 18445 3 4s. 6d. ... 68. | 5, XXVI. 1858. ewan » XIII. 1845. 4s. 6d. ... 6s. | ,, XXVII. 1859. 0 As, 6d. ... 6s. » XIV. 1846, re 4s. 6d. ... 6s. | ,, XXVIII. 1860. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, with Illustrations. 8yvo. 138 vols. To Fellows, 5 - is] Ay blia sia: Ele Net 1848, containing 23 Plates ... eos “Price T1101) ct ioe 1849, ,, DB chan ri tees wre yup: hin Qos ll ae is)3 0 eae AOS ee nos. 5s) “reclpiwed crctth never LR TBS ae ess pd ee id cos ong (0 LO iO. seca ee Teper per oe. bos Od a7 eee 1853, i, Bai EDK -- » 018 0 .. 14 0 1854, ,, 29 tos soca ie aes op dovO Opridet RF iGo 1206, 4-9 SEE aah wr iane as fore flan dsicth sald eee TS5G, 5 arse OOo ays ae fh gee vas ed had)” «ae ne T8575 2 DO) hig eee Roemer Nike loam V mete Neg 8 1858, ,, 45 488, OR aT VFO OF 20De ee BEAMS GAM er 4Boriys icy as eel D2 Od Bee a0, 1860,. ,, ple SF ant Ll? Dinas Berek Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London. 8v Without Illustrations. With Illustrations. 4 To Fellows. To the Publia To Fellows. To the Publi 1861, Parts I., II., IIT. ...... 1s. Gd. each. .. 2s. each. .... 10s. each. .. 15s. each, Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 4to. 3 vols, and 7 parts. To Fellows. To the Public. Soe as Ss. d. Vol. I., containing 59 Plates ... ++ Price 313 6 .., 418 0 Vol. II., rh (ise ve mente 55) 40 Ore he Ging Vol. III., a G3 Nae fae ay Cie SMlOmme nA alee) Vol. IV., Part 1, Shei or ash 390) 2 Og eeOtn se OMT OmmG ieee WV teees cat eee) ys « OLR RGR SLT fh TBO) suas bu e J ao Osy6i0t . »iJu2e. Loo 15,044 0 1 The sums due to the Society for arrears on the 31st of December 1862 were esti- mated as follows :— cE ite. ote Annual Subscriptions . . 346 O O Ivory Tickets. . . |. 14 14-50 Transactions 2) \4,.° 8045. 2067 )12006 Pracéedings!'4'+(..% 6a S27 PY, Bl Garden-Bales ©) +0. Uo G) 27391610 1 — 979 3 8 Making a Total Balance in favour of the Society hs cates paar . 8S BN SI0RS Wie without taking into account the value of the Society’ s col- lection of living animals, which cannot be estimated at less than £20,000. The Liabilities at the same period were esti- qiated ato gttig is ee eo, eg eee Lee Leaving a Balance in favour of the Society of 14,677 8 9 9 II. OFFICE, 11 Hanover Sevare. 1. PuBLICATIONS. The Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the So- ciety, both with and without Illustrations, have been regu- larly issued since the last Anniversary. The three parts for 1862 united together form a volume of nearly 400 pages, illustrated by forty-six Plates, chiefly of new and interesting animals described for the first time at the Scientific Meetings of the Society held during the year. The first part of the Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Society for the present year, containing the communications made to the meetings held during the months of January, February, and March, is likewise published. Of the * Transactions” three parts have been issued since the last Anniversary. The second section of Part VII. of Volume IV. contains papers by Dr. Sclater on the Struthious Birds living in the Society’s Menagerie, and by Mr. Gurney on Aguila desmursii, both illustrated by Mr. Wolf, to- gether with the Index and Title-page for Volume IV. The first part of Volume V. contains the seventh of Professor Owen’s series of essays on the QOsteology of the Anthropoid Apes, treating especially of the general characters of the skeleton of the Gorilla. The second part of the same volume contains Professor Owen’s Monograph on the Aye-aye. Both these important Memoirs are illus- trated by elaborate Plates prepared, under the author’s superintendence, by Mr. Erxleben. The expenses of the two latter parts of “ Transactions,” which amount, so far as they have been met within the year 1862, to £60 10s., being beyond the ordinary expenditure of the year, have been charged to extraordinary expenses, and form part of the sum of £121 9s. 5d. previously alluded to. In accordance with the recommendation of the Com- mittee of Publication, the Council have recently determined upon supplying to the Fellows and Foreign and Correspond- ing Members the whole of the publications (both “ Pro- ceedings ” and “ Transactions”) issued for each year, at a subscription price of £1 1s. per annum, provided such subscription be paid before the Anniversary Meeting of the year. At the same time they have thought it advi- sable, looking to the somewhat increased expense that the 10 Society may be put to under this new regulation, to recom- mend the abrogation of the By-Law which entitles Fellows of the Society to claim copies of the letter-press of the “ Proceedings” without payment. The classified List of Animals living in the Society’s Gardens, mentioned in the last Report as being in pre- paration, was issued shortly after the last Anniversary. It has been found of very great use, as establishing a conve- nient book of reference for naming the animals in the Society’s Menagerie, and likewise as a guide to the Society’s numerous correspondents who are desirous of supplying desiderata to the collection. The cost of preparing this list amounted to £50 19s. 5d., which has been likewise charged to the extraordinary expenses of the past year. A second edition of this list, giving the exact state of the Society’s Menagerie at the pre- sent time, is now in preparation, and will shortly be ready for issue. To this it is intended to add an appendix, con- taining a complete list of all the Mammals and Birds which have been exhibited alive in the Society’s Gardens since their institution in 1825. The issue of the Index to the “ Proceedings” from 1848 to 1860 has been delayed by the slow progress of the volume through the press ; but arrangements have now been made for its completion within a few weeks. It will be noticed that the sum of £10 on account of this Index has been charged under the head of extraordinary expenses incurred in 1862. 2. LIBRARY. The greater part of the foreign periodicals in the So- ciety’s Library having been bound up, and the sets com- pleted, as announced in the last Report, the Council thought it would be desirable to purchase certain standard books on zoology which had long been wanted for reference, and without which it is impossible that the many scarce and interesting animals which are continually added to the So- ciety’s Menagerie can be correctly determined. The total sum expended in this way was £145, of which £109 4s, 6d., being the amount of excess over the ordinary expenditure under this head, forms part of the extraordinary expenses for the year 1862. The principal Donations to the Library since the last 11 Anniversary consist of Transactions and Proceedings from the following Institutions :-— The Royal Society of London. The Linnean Society of London. The Royal Geographical Society of London. The Royal Horticultural Society of London. The Royal Society of Literature. The Tyneside Naturalists’ Field-club. The Dublin University Zoological and Botanical Asso- ciation. The Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. The Boston Society of Natural History The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston. The Imperial Academy of Sciences of Vienna. The Royal Academy of Arts of Berlin. The Museum of Natural History, Paris. The Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Pesth. The Royal Academy of Sciences, Amsterdam. The Royal Museum, Leyden. The Imperial Academy of Arts and Sciences, Munich. . The University of Basle. The Imperial German Academy of Naturalists, Jena. The Society of Arts and Sciences of Batavia. The Royal Academy’ of Sciences of Gottingen. The Royal Academy of Sciences of Stockholm. The Zoological Society, Amsterdam. Memoirs, Journals, Bulletins, Annals, and Reports have also been received from The British Association for the Advancement of Science. The Linnean Society of London. The Royal Geographical Society of London. The Royal Agricultural Society of England. The Geological Society of London. The Society of Arts. The Royal College of Physicians. The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain. The Royal Institution of Great Britain. The Photographic Society of London. The Art-Union of London. The Royal United Service Institution. The Royal Dublin Society. The Geological Society of Dublin. 12 The Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg. The Imperial Society of Naturalists of Moscow. The Zoological Gardens, Frankfort. The Royal Academy of Sciences, Madrid. The Acclimatization Society of Sicily. The Royal Asiatic Society, Bombay Branch. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. The Acclimatization Society of Victoria. The Royal Horticultural Society. The Society of Natural Sciences, Lausanne. The University.of New York. The Society of Natural Sciences, Strasbourg. The Royal College of Surgeons. The Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester. The Entomological Society of Russia. The Natural History Society of Bonn. The Imperial Society of Emulation, Abbeville. The Royal Academy of Belgium. The Natural History Society of Neuchatel. The Academy of Sciences, Turin. The Natural History Society of Hamburg. The Plymouth Institution and Devon and Cornwall Natural History Society. The Berwickshire Naturalists’ Club. The Imperial Academy of Arts and Sciences, Kénigsberg. Dutch Society of Sciences, Haarlem. The State of Arkansas, U.S.A. The Natural History Society of Frankfort-on-Main. The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences, Mauritius. The American Journal of Science and Art (New Haven, Conn.). The Imperial Society of Acclimatation, Paris. The Society of Naturalists, Bogota, The Cooper Union, New York. The Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta. The Smithsonian Institution, Washington. The Lyceum of Natural History of New York. The Boston Society of Natural History, U.S.A. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, U.S.A, The Franklin Institute. Donations have also been received from The Secretary at War, Washington, U.S.A.; The Commissioner of Patents, Washington, U.S.; Dr. F. H. Troschel, For. Mem.; Pro- fessor Duméril, For. Mem.; A. Russell, Esq.,M.P., F.Z.S.; 13 Signor J. J. Bianconi; Art-Union of London; New York State Library; C. D. Tanqueray Williaume, Esq.; W. Thompson, Esq.; Mr. R. Ridgley ; Dr. Babington ; Isaac Lea, LL.D.; Rev. L: Jenyns; Dr. Anton Fritsch ; Mons. F. J. Pictet; Professor Owen; Thomas Bland, Esq. ; A. Newton, Esq. 5 Dr. Holford; G. W. Francis, Esq. ; John Hogg, Esq.; Professor J. C. Schiodte; Dr. James Hunt, F.R.S.; the Editor of the ‘ Canadian Naturalist and Geo- logist,’ Montreal; the Editor of the ‘Atheneum’; the Editor of the ‘Parthenon? ; the Editor of the ‘ London Review’; and the Editor of the ‘ Pharmaceutical Journal,’ III]. GARDENS, REGENT’S PARK. 1. Burup1InGs AND Works. * The numerous buildings in the Society’s Gardens have been kept in an efficient state of repair, since the last Anni- versary, at a cost of £1029 8s. 11d., being a reduction of £119 19s. 8d. on the amount spent in a similar way during the previous year. This includes the payment of the Society’s ordinary staff of labourers, and the cost of all the materials employed by them upon repairs. The following new works and buildings were also executed, partly under contract, and partly by extra workmen added for that pur- pose to the Society’s staff, to the amount of £2172 1s. 3d. £ os. d. Refreshment Room and fittings thereto . . 382 0 3 Refreshment Stall in North Garden and Paths adjoining. . PURY 29226 006)! 1 New Pheasantry and Path adjoining eRe OTSA “6 New Tell-tale Gate and House . . 572 X0!"'0 Warming apparatus in Antelope House and Carnivora Dens. AZOS HOPS Iron fence for yards of the Antelope House (10540? > New Sheep Sheds and Fences. . ORL eee aay New Kangaroo Sheds and Wall adjoining . 64 16 11 New Deer and Antelope Sheds . . . . 41 18 10 New Building for hardy Mammals . . . , 272 610 New Stove in the Small Mammals’ House. . . B76 10 New Wire-work at. Biirver? s ‘Pond 14 New Pond in Crane Paddock . . 10 19 New Platform at Hippopotamus ord. fy Wega 2) Poy OOD KIO on 14 New rat-proof fence at Duck Ponds 36 8 5 New Drain near Wapiti House . 7 14 10 New Canvas for Fish House . . 5 16 2 New/Garden(Pitswi/. 0.) senmt. Lat B —— 9 4 2 Gravel for Sere Paths throughout the Gardens. . . : tisasiord ».p8 Paokb —_—. £2172" died With regard to the two first of these items, the Council have explained in their last Report the circumstances under which it appeared that an increase of the accommodation for the supply of refreshments to visitors to the Gardens was requisite. ‘The completion of the new refreshment- room, placed at the back of the former building, together with the cellars and kitchen adjoining, and the necessary fittings thereto, required the sum of £382 Os. 3d. The erection of a new refreshment-stall in the vacant space opposite the Parrot House in the North Gardens, and the consequent alterations of the adjoining paths and banks, were effected for the sum of £226 16s. 1d. The construction of a new Pheasantry at the west corner of the paddock in the South Gardens, and of the new broad walk between it and the Three-island Pond, were carried out by the Society’s workmen at a total cost of £273 16s. It may be stated that the new Pheasantry has proved very successful in the object for which it was designed—that of enabling the young Himalayan Pheasants to be reared on fresh ground, and in the consequent decrease of mortality amongst the young birds. The large crease in the number of visitors using the entrance to the Gardens from the Broad walk rendered it necessary to open an additional entrance-gate on this side, and to construct a second money-taker’s lodge. These works were carried out for the Society by Messrs. Bramah and Messrs. Lucas at a cost of £57 10s. The warming apparatus for the new Antelope House and the Carnivora-dens (which was constructed by Messrs. Weeks in the autumn of 1861), having been found to answer very satisfactorily after several months’ usage, was paid for out of the income of 1862, to the amount of £293 Os. 6d., while the sum of £105 10s. 1d. was spent on the iron fence of the yards on the south side of the new Antelope House, i i i ti ee 15 which by a small additional expenditure during the past winter have now been rendered quite complete. The want of proper accommodation for the fine specimens of different species of Wild Sheep possessed by the Society has long been felt. Some of these animals have been until recently kept in small pens in a very confined situation opposite the Old Museum. In the spring of last year the Council determined upon removing them to a vacant space next to the new walk in the South paddock, where good substantial sheds and yards, surrounded by a strong oak fence, have been erected for their accommodation, at a cost of £262 7s. 7d. The old sheds occupied by the Wild Sheep have since been removed, and a substantial brick- built building erected in its place, where the Society’s series of the interesting Australian family of Kangaroos and other Marsupials may be arranged with greatly in- creased accommodation. The amount expended on the new Kangaroo-sheds and the adjoining wall during the past year was £64 16s. 11d., whilst the whole of the re- maining cost of this great improvement to be charged against the expenditure of the present year is estimated not to be likely to exceed £140. The cost of completing the rebuilding in brick of the front row of the Antelope Sheds near the Hippopotamus House amounted to £41 18s. 10d. In the autumn of the past year a new building for hardy Mammals, to replace the unsightly boxes in which many of these animals had been formerly kept, was erected for the Society under contract with Messrs. Lucas for the sum of £257; and the further amount of £15 6s. 10d. was ex- pended in the necessary alterations of the paths, and in a wall erected at the back of the new building. Various other additions to the buildings and smaller” works in the Society’s Garden, the particulars of which have been given in the general summary just read, amounted in the whole to £98 4s. 2d., and together with the item of £93 14s. 6d., being the expenditure incurred in regrayelling the walks after the extra usage to which they were subjected during the summer, make up the sum of £2172 1s. 3d., which is, as has been already stated, the total amount of extraordinary expenditure incurred in the Society’s Garden Establishment during the year 1862. 16 si 9, MENAGERIE. The Society’s Menagerie has received many important additions since the last Anniversary Meeting of the Society, and the number of animals of every description, particularly that of the larger mammals, has been considerably aug- mented. The usual census taken at the end of the year 1862 showed a total increase of 334 in the number of specimens of Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles exhibited, as compared with the corresponding number on the 31st of December 1861, as the following Table will show :— December 31, —__—_—___—_————| Jnerease. 1861. | 1862. Quadrupeds ........ 450 | 485 35 Birds iissviiias t6 ares 843 1,114 271 Reptiles acted ints 121 149 28 1,414 | 1,748 334 The following species of animals added to the Society’s collection between April Ist, 1862, and April 1st, 1863, were new to the Menagerie. List or Srercres EXHIBITED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE Socinry’s GaRDENS BETWEEN APRIL Ist, 1862, AND Apri Ist, 1863. MAMMALS. . Indian Ratel (Ratelus indicus). . Swinhoe’s Deer (Cervus swinhoit). . Demidoff’s Galago (Galago demidoff). . Aye-aye (Chiromys madagascariensis). - Dorsal Squirrel (Sciurus dorsalis). . Formosan Monkey (Macacus cyclopis). . Java Squirrel (Seirus plantani), . Saki Monkey (Pithecia monachus). . Hairy-nosed Wombat (Phascolomys lasiorhinus). 10. Cretan Goat (Capra beden). 11. Syrian Wild Cat (Felis maniculata). 12, Andaman Wild Boar (Sus andamensis). 13. Fat Dormouse (Myocus glis). 14, Australian Hapalote (Hapalotis mitchellii). OONNOBW We 17 BIRDS. 1. American Crow (Corvus americanus). 2. American Raven (Corvus carnivorus). 8. Modest Finch (Amadina modesta). 4. Indian Pastor (Pastor malabaricus). 5. Pied Grallina (Grallina australis). 6. Crowned Eagle (Harpyhaliaétus coronatus). 7. Spotted-breasted Crested Eagle (Spizaétus zonurus). 8. Blue-eyed Cockatoo (Cacatua ducorpsit). 9. Masked Parrot (Pyrrhulopsis personata). 10. Samoan Fruit-Pigeon (Carpophaga microcera). 11. Banded Fruit-Pigeon (Ptilopus fasciatus). 12. Horned Tragopan (Ceriornis satyra). 13. Pucras Pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha). 14, Kagu (Rhinochetus jubatus). 15. Australian Shieldrake (Casarca tadornoides). 16. Australian Gallinule (Gallinula tenebrosa). REPTILES. . Bennett’s Water-Tortoise (Emys bennettit). . Ocellated Skink (Tropidolepisma majus). . Smooth Snake (Coronella levis). . Asculapian Snake (Coluber esculapii). . Four-rayed Snake (Coluber quaterradiatus). . Dark-green Snake (Zamenis atrovirens). Ows.awe FISHES. 1." Ceylonese Dace (Leuciscus, sp. ?). 2. American Cat-fish (Pimelodus catus). 8. Ceylonese Osphronemus (Osphronemus trichopterus). The total expenditure in the purchase of new animals, and on their freight and carriage, during the year 1862 was £2181 1s. 6d., being more than double the sum usually spent in this manner; but many valuable additions © were thereby secured to the Society’s Menagerie. The sum of £962 19s. 2d. represents the extraordinary expen- diture incurred under the present head during the past year, and consists of the following items. The sum of £381 12s. 6d. was devoted to the purchase of the Paradise birds and to the alterations effected in the gallery of the B 18 old Museum building in order to render it suitable for their accommodation. , The costs incurred by the Society’s col- lector in South Africa, his salary, and the freight of the animals brought home by him, amounted together to £563 15s. 1d.; and the sum of £17 11s. 7d. has beem de- voted to the purchase of some young Red Deer intended for shipment to New Zealand for His Excellency Sir George Grey, who is endeavouring to introduce these and other useful animals into that colony. With regard to the Paradise-birds, the Council have great satisfaction in stating that these attractive birds remain in perfect health. In the past summer it was thought advisable to remove them from the room originally fitted up for them in the Old Museum building, and to place them in a more airy though very sheltered situation in the New Aviary. Here they have done well throughout the winter, and are now throwing off their ornamental plumes and replacing them by new feathers. The room originally fitted up for their accommo- dation has not, however, been suffered to remain empty, but, having been devoted to the reception of Spider- monkeys and others of the more delicate Quadrumana, has proved a great source of attraction to the public. - The most remarkable mammal added to the Society’s collection since the last Anniversary is certainly the Aye- aye of Madagascar (Chiromys madagascariensis). ‘The Aye-aye was, until very recently, only known to naturalists from two specimens in the Paris collection. ‘The first perfect example reached the British Museum in spirits about two years ago, and formed the basis for the Mono- graph of this animal by Professor Owen recently pub- lished in the Society’s “Transactions.” On the 12th of August last a fine living female of the Aye-aye reached the Society’s Gardens in safety, having been most liberally presented to the Menagerie by Edward Mellish, Ksq., of the Mauritius, and still remains in good health in our Gardens. Amongst other interesting novelties in the list of animals exhibited for the first time, particular attention should be called to the Japanese Bears, the Horned Tragopan Phea- sants, and the Kagu. For the last-named bird, an in- habitant of New Caledonia, so little known as to have only just received a scientific appellation, the Society are in- debted to one of their own body, Dr. George Bennett, of Sydney, to whom, in recognition of his many valuable 19 donations to the Society’s Menagerie, the Council have presented the Society’s Silver Medal. The Himalayan Pheasants imported by the Society in 1857 all bred again in the Gardens during the past summer, and their produce was disposed of among the Members and Correspondents of the Society. The following Table shows the number of birds raised in each successive year since their introduction :— 1858. | 1859.| 1860.| 1861. |} 1862. Black-backed Kaleege ........+ 61 16 14 11 36 White-crested Kaleege......... 5 9 12 18 15 Purple Kaleege .........c..00cae. 17 7 8 15 “14 OLICED RAR SOA Dey APE CECERe ROPE REC 25 15 7 3 2 PORHEYAN. Gedasrcanesa"|" 35 OL inl S735 be 4 As. 6d. ... 6s. > VEsI8S8: ss AS AGA. F 685441 55 me” W852: - 4s. 6d. ... 6s. » VIE 1839. if 45./6d..... 68. )9G;5 XXI. 1853. 55 4s, 6d. ... 6s. » WIII. 1840. ps 45..6d. .j..6§;-|\.,, (MAXI. 1854, , 4s. 6d. ... 6s. > wx alee 2 AS: Od. -s,/68,. | 55 XXIIN.. 18D5, 93 4s. 6d. ... 6s. - X. 1842. ae AS Od. gte08s. | -. 55 Sa LN. 00; < 4s. 6d. ... 6s. Pg. ies |<)! =) 45.008 22 Gs * >) ORES 18573 2 As. 6d. ... 6s. » XII. 1844. i Asi Gdies2i6e. Ais JVI 18585 = 4s. 6d. ... 6s. » AIIF, 1845, a 4s. 6d. ... 6s. >» XXVIII. 1859. Ss 4s. 6d. ... 6s. » XIV. 1846. as 4s. 6d. ... 6s. | ,, XXVIII. 1860. i 4s. 6d. ... 6s. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. 8vo. 18 vols. To Fellows. To the Public. G8 tthe git, 1848, containing 23 Plates ... aoe, rice Lp 1 O 1 eno 1849, a ite eee a aiapt toe Mele al’ ld 7s 1850, ~ Aye b.3 SR Sida! ht 118 0O 1851, i Gone .f sat oodO! SID = 10 Ie Lo 1852, f. hiv: ss - ict“E te OFL6200 kik 1853, mm 2) Sas aud aceemeel ntl anne 1. 44.0 1854, * 4S a pps eA Saeed ian Wee Ue Tl. 6.0 1855, re ADRs. exe yee. 7 6 118 0 1856, bs 33). 3f as a © nang 1 37206 1857, ? ao +4; oad eyed oO lio? (6 1858, +3 Abe 455 _— £3: Vssareadl ol: Z tO cask? Se 1859, rH 7: |S Sa Ped Meee Wea EH) g» Seat 1860, 3 AD to oa se2 9s ee he 2. 20 ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 1848-60. 8vo. 6vols. To Fellows. To the Public. Ss. d. £ 5s. d. Mammalia ............ 1 vol., containing 83 Plates ... Price 2 8 0 ... 3 3 0 AVES *stesseresasceades 2 vols, i. Bs 7a, des a TH, O 1276! 60 Reptilia et Pisces ... 1 vol., i, Boe ¥ Aas soe: 310.2 liebe TO IMoliSCaiss.<..c0ss o.oo cisauth wom duekaiee Geme 119 8 Gravel for restoring Paths throughout the Gardens 93 14 6 New Bonks forthe wWnbraryy cect verte wclee-os ocsscheatch usc chnn tet conecaetee 109 4 6 New Catalogue of Vertebrated Animals 5019 5 New General Index to Proceedings, 1848 to 1860 10 0 0 New Part of Transactions ...............0- 60 10 0 Advertising in the Exhibition Building 15 14 0 Gratuities ....... iw aeuarofetoleisietatelereisislaie'slet eisicicinieieaticiie Banheocetonadd sane sescr 263 0 0 9 The Auditors have extreme pleasure in congratulating the Society on the continued improvement of the finances, the Income being little short of £9000 more, and the Liabilities nearly £400 less, than they were at the end of the year 1861, and the total Receipts exceeding the total Payments by the sum of £8683 15s. 3d., while proof of increased interest in the Society’s objects and belief in its stability is given by the fact, that the number of Compounders is double that of the preceding year. The total Receipts in the year 1862 were £27,397 5s. 6d., exceeding those of 1861 by £11,325 Os. 9d., no less a sum than £20,707 16s. having been derived from admissions to the Gardens. It is not only when compared with the results of 1861 that the Society’s present position appears favourable, but the same is the case when comparison is made with those of any preceding year, as in the hitherto most favourable season of 1851, when the Great Exhibition was much nearer, and the rival attractions at Sydenham, Battersea, and elsewhere did not exist, the number of Visitors to the Gardens was 667,243, and the Income of the Society £26,452 19s. 11d., whereas in 1862 the number of Visitors was 682,205, and the Income, as above stated, amounted to nearly £1000 more than in that favoured year. In whatever light the condition of the Society is viewed, whether as to its present position, as to the interest taken by the Public in its objects, or as regards its future prospects, your Committee see cause for perfect satisfaction. . In concluding their Report, the Auditors beg to assure the Society of their entire concurrence with the opinion frequently expressed by their predecessors, as to the clear manner in which Mr. Leigh has arranged the accounts laid before them. EDW. GREENAWAY. EDWARD JOHNSTONE. WILLIAM MARTYN. ROBERT LOW. JOHN ALGER. JAMES TENNANT. R? HENRY S, VYVYAN. 11 Hanover Square, February 24, 1868. PRESS ATED 24 APR. 1903 REPORT OF THE C. OF RC r L OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, READ AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, APRIL 29rx, 1864. LONDON: PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET 81'REET. 1864, REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, April 29, 1864, In accordance with the provisions of the Charter, the Council have now the pleasure of submitting to the Society their Thirty-fifth Annual Report. This, in con- formity with former precedents, they propose to divide into three heads, the first of which will relate to the general affairs of the Society, the second to the operations carried on at the Office in Hanover Square, and the last to the state of the Gardens and Menagerie in the Regent’s Park, I, GENERAL ESTABLISHMENT. 1. Orpinary Memsers, FeLtLows, AND ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS. The number of Fellows, Fellows Elect, and Annual Subscribers at the present time amounts to 1754. Of these there are— Compounders, who haye paid £20. . . 185 Ditto AiO. £S0s..i0 Af gt ete |, 868 Paying annual contributions of £2. . . 232 Ditto ditto 3h! » y, | 887 Dormant —.-.. . Raney acre ir 42 Admission-fees unpaid. . . - « + + 27 Ditto remitted ...,+ «+e 14 Annual Subscribers, paying £3 . . - . 54 1754 The number of Fellows elected since the last Anniver- sary has been 170; of Annual Subscribers 15 ; and two Fellows have been re-admitted under the provisions of the By-Laws, making a total addition of 187 Members to the roll of the Society since the Anniversary in 1863, A2 4 This large accession of numbers is a source of great gratification to the Council, as there can be no better test of the great and increasing popularity which attends the operations of the Society as at present conducted than such a rapid increase in the list of its Members. And on examining the subjoined comparative statement of the elections and removals that have taken place during the preceding ten years, it will be observed that the year 1863, although exhibiting a remarkable advance over the pre- ceding, can scarcely be considered exceptional in this re- spect, as the renewed increase in the number of elections, which commenced in 1859 (after a short period of reduc- tion), has continued up to the present time, and bids fair to go on doing so. Comparative Statement of Elections, Deaths, Resignations and Removals Years. 1854, 1855. 1856. 1857. 1858. 1859. 1860. 1861, 1862. 1863. during the past Ten years, with the number of Fellows and Annual Subscribers at the end of each Year. 48 Died. Resigned. Removed, 2 = (3 3-¢ | Compounders. |Subscribers. eee ST ee ls gé Subscribers, 3 %°2| Subscribers. r ag fe 2 ) 4og Son oa ea Hono- Seal =) See eee Bg |€20.)630./ oy. | £2: | £3.) eo. | ¥s, 3 5| 22. | £3. |g "S| 6 Zz 142 7 4 18 12 7 8 “ 1 1 2 60 81 ll | 4 18 18 4 18 73 86 9} 4 18 14 3 17 Be 65 61 12 2 de 17 18 7 16 3 23 98 59 | 12 | 5 24 18 1 19 79 83 13 4 17 16 8 20 a4 ee 78 98 11 4 20 22 3 19 2 6 16 103 98 11 7 f 1 19 21 5 23 2 oe 89 95 6 1 16 24 1 10 1 4 19 7 89 164 9 4 12 23 3 19 2 8 80 Amongst the names of those who have joined the Society since the last Anniversary, it is with no small degree of satisfaction that the Council have to record that of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Shortly after the last Anniversary, His Royal Highness, who had mani- fested the interest he takes in the Society’s affairs by re- peated visits to the Gardens, intimated to the Council his desire to become connected with the Society. Upon this being understood, the Council, in conformity with former precedents established in the case of the Royal Fellows and Annual Subscribers, — aN oO oo * ~ N I o 1736 1716 1721 1716 1725 1731 1815 December 31. PDE tine 5 Family, forthwith admitted His Royal Highness to be a Fellow of the Society, and placed his name upon the books. Since that time, His Royal Highness has given further testimony of his good will towards the Society by con- senting to his name being placed on the roll of Members as Vice-Patron of the Society, next to that of Her Majesty the Queen, the Patroness of the Society. It should, however, be mentioned that, in spite of this large accession of new Members, some apparent decrease in the total number of Fellows of the Society will proba- bly appear at the end of the present year, in conse- quence of the recent removal of ninety-five names from the “ Dormant List.” The “Dormant List” contains the names of those Fellows who, residing abroad during the whole year, are not, according to the By-Laws, liable to pay their annual subscription. Upon a recent examination of this list, it was found that a large number of the Fellows whose names were upon it had been absent from the country for many years, without their addresses being known. It appeared to the Council that this was objec- tionable, as keeping on the books of the Society the names of a large number of individuals many of whom have had no intercourse with the Society for a considerable period, and concerning whose existence there was no means of ob- taining information. The Council, therefore, adopted the following regulations relative to the Dormant List of Fellows :— I, That no Fellow’s name should be kept on the List of Dormant Members for a longer period than three years, unless the address of his foreign residence is known. IJ. That any Fellow whose name shall have been removed from the Dormant List, in accordance with the above resolution, on returning to this country and making due explanation, should be restored to the List of Fellows upon payment of his subscription for the current year. Under these regulations, and in execution of the authority given them by the By-Laws, the Council, on the 17th of February last, removed from the List of Fellows ninety- five names of Members who had been “ dormant” for eight years and upwards without their addresses being known; 6 and an apparent (though not real) decrease in the total strength of the Society has been thus occasioned. The number of Deaths since the last Anniversary has been 61; the number of Resignations has been 13; and 8 Members have been removed from the roll under the By-Laws for non-payment of their debts due to the Society. The present number of candidates for admission is 30, making a total of 96 additions to the list of Fellows since the 1st of January of the present year. 2. ForEIGN AND CORRESPONDING MEMBERS. One Foreign Member only has been elected by the Society since the last Anniversary, namely, Dr. Herman Burmeister, late of Halle, now Director of the Museum of Buenos Ayres, the addition of whose name makes the number of 25 Foreign Members authorized by the By- Laws complete. Thirteen Corresponding Members have been elected during the same period, namely :— Joshua Alder, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne. William Henry Ashmall, Esq., Cameroons River, West Africa. Capt. R. H. Beddome, Official Conservator of Forests, Madras. Edward Drinker Cope, Esq., Philadelphia. William Dunn, Esq., Civil Engineer, Akyab. Henry Gighioli, Esq., Villa Chiti, Pisa, Italy. Ronald Gunn, Esq., Launceston, Tasmania. Albany Hancock, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The Baboo Rajendra Mullick, Calcutta. Colonel George Ramsay, C.B., Resident at the Court of Nepal. Odo William Leopold Russell, Esq., of H.M. Diplomatic Service. s M. Auguste Sallé, 13 Rue Guy de la Brosse, Paris. Lieut.-Col, Patrick Stewart, Royal Engineers. 3. INcoME. After the very large sum received by the Society during the Exhibition year of 1862, it could hardly have been expected that the Income of the year 1863 would have Ras te ated 7 exceeded the average. Experience in such cases has shown that such periods of unusual increase are ordinarily followed by corresponding intervals of reduction. It is with no small pleasure, therefore, that the Council are able to report that in the present instance nothing of the sort is perceptible. The Income of this Society in the year 1863 reached a total of £20,284 12s. 11d., being the largest sum ever received by the Society in any one year, except the two Exhibition years, as the following Table will show:— Income of the Zoological Society of London. £ | £ *1862 .... 27,397 1855 .... 14,089 *1851 .... 26,453 1858 .... 14,034 1863 .-.. 20,284 1829 .... 14,030 $1836 .... 19,118 1837 .... 13,954 1831 ,..0¢ 17,559 W839 13,427 1853 ...,, 17,508 1852, <. 12/803 1854 .... 16,901 PRRrsan te Tagao 1860 .... 16,864 ee PGCE US >: SOUT FOS 1834 .... 16,829 | 1828 «4. 11,512 1861 .... 16,072 1842 .... 10,088 1635 3.< 5 +).16,030 1843 .... 9,137 1830 .... 15,955 | 1845 .... 8,831 1832 .... 15,489 teAG Ts. <2 98.771 1856 .... 15;280 p= 77844 =... 8,659 1859 .... 15,195 | 1846 ..,: 8,305 1850 .... 14,957 | 1848 .... 8,165 1833 .... 14,839 1847..2;% 7,765 1857... «14,822 1827...» 4,078 1838 .... 14,090 1825-6 .. 1,829 * Two Exhibition years. + First Exhibition of the Giraffes. The average Income of the three years preceding 1862 was rather more than £16,000, so that the year 1863—so far from exhibiting any decrease, as might have been reasonably expected—gives a solid increase of upwards of £4000 when compared with the average income of the three ordinary years which preceded it. Of the items which have contributed to make up this in- crease, the most noticeable are that of Annual Subscriptions, which show an increase of £335 when compared with 1862 ; that of Compositions in lieu of Annual Subscrip- 8 tions, which produced £1200; and that of Admissions to the Gardens, under which the amount of £11,781 will be found credited to the Society. If the two Exhibi- tion years are put aside, it will be observed that no such large sum has been received from the public for entrance into the Society’s Gardens since their first opening in May 1828. The two great National Holidays of Easter Monday and Whit Monday 1863 produced a very large number of visitors to the Society’s Gardens. On the latter day in particular the Gardens were more crowded with visitors than has ever been previously the case in any one day since their opening to the public—the enormous number of 30,374 persons having passed into. them between 9 o’clock a.m. and sunset, and the receipts therefrom having reached the large amount of £757 14s. 6d. The cash-surplus carried forward to the Society’s credit from the year 1862 was £2120 Os. 3d. This sum added to the amount of Income received during the year, together with the sum of £891 8s. 6d., being the proceeds of the sale of £1000 Reduced 3 per Cents, part of the reserve-fund, gave the total sum of £23,296 1s. 8d, available for the expenditure of the year 1863. 4, EXPENDITURE. This sum of £23,296 1s. 8d. was disposed of in the following way. The ordinary expenditure of the Society amounted to £16,024 16s.; the sum of £5227 15s. 2d. was devoted to special objects which are usually classed under the title of Extraordinary Expenditure, and a balance of £2043 10s. 6d. was thus left to the credit of the Society at their bankers at the end of the year 1863. But these sums include the arrears of the year 1862, and exclude the liabilities of the Society left unpaid on the 31st of December, 1863. When the sum of £1626 12s. 5d., being the first of these amounts, is deducted, and that of £5796 17s. 7d. (being the amount of liabilities at the close of the year) is added, it will be found that the Society’s total expenditure for the year 1863 was £25,422 16s. 4d. Of this the sum of £16,139 1s. was required to meet the ordinary expenses of the year, and the remaining sum of £9283 15s. 4d. belongs strictly to extraordinary expendi- ture, the nature of which will be shown hereafter, 9 With regard to the ordinary expenditure of the Society the Council have but few special remarks to offer. As the nuinber of larger animals in the Gardens increases, and the buildings devoted to their exhibition are enlarged from time to time, so, it is obvious, must the expenditure con- sequent upon this increase of the Society’s operations be augmented. But with an income of upwards of £20,000 entirely arising from ordinary sources, and every prospect of its maintenance at that figure, the Council cannot think that the expenditure of £16,000 on the ordinary proceed- ings of the Society will be regarded as excessive. It remains therefore to speak of the sum of £9283 15s. 4d., which was incurred under the head of extraordinary expenditure in the year 1863. This may be divided into four heads, as shown in the following account — 1. New Buildings and Works. LB 8h. dj L£ & Lodges, Aviary, and Monkey House, and Works connected therewith ............ 7000 0 O Warming Apparatus for New Aviary...... 47 0 0 Warming Apparatus for New Monkey EAOUSE See ccazeces ee evi nadelhccipeesatercs 190 0 0 Making New Path at back of the Aviary, and Sundry Work ............secceseeeees 35 14 0 Cattle Sheds and Hay Sheds adjoining... 71111 8 Reconstructing Elephant Pond......:..... 204 1 8 Additions to Small Mammal House ...... 17 11 O Completion of Fence at New Antelope WELQUBGisisnnne oe. e do exeshanteamenaccicacers~c 17 18 0 New Seats at Hippopotamus Platform ... 17 10 0 New Gates near Bison House .....-....... 28 3 6 Slating Reptile House .............sseseeee0 1010 0 New Wrought-Iron Hurdles for fencing, 30 1 0 Completion of Kangaroo Sheds............ 28 1 2 New Tank in the Fish House.............+. 6 5 5 Gravel, &c. and Wages for restoring PALIN cxavesysssacestccpseesaccaeccannescee son 246 10 2 Salary to Clerk of the Works.............. 119 14 0 8710 11 7 2. Menagerie. Cost of Expedition to India..............008 220 0 0 Provisions for Red Deer sent to New Zealand ...... Geedepesthuesvasuerssasesseodees Wierd G 237 7 6 3. Office. Painting outside of House ..........cccceseeeeeee ts deleted eee 15 5 0 10 4, Publications. 2a ¥ L£sd New Catalogue of Animals.......++s0++0er+ 50 0 0 New Index to Proceedings, 1848 to 1860 151 14 3 List of Vertebrated Animals ....-....+++++ 36 2) 0 Balance of extra part of Transactions .... 62 15 0 New Catalogue of the Library ...+++..+++ 20 0 0 ———._ 320 11 ‘3 £92 8315 4 It will be thus seen that by far the greater portion of this large sum was devoted to new buildings in the Society’s Gardens, and works connected with them, concerning which full details will be given below. 5. AssETS AND LIABILITIES. The Cash Assets of the Society on the 31st of Decem- ber 1863 amounted, as has been already stated, to— Ee eer: 8 Cash at the Banker's... .... » «,- 2,043 10.6 Cost of £13,000 Reduced 3 per Cents . .12,032 11 4 14,076 1 10 The sums due to the Society for arrears on the 3lst of December 1863 were esti- mated as follows :— 0 °5*8214 A) Annual Subscriptions . . 348 O O Ivory Tickets. . . . - 25 4 0 Publications . . . . . 277 18 6 Garden Sales. . . . . 480 9 4 —- 1131 11 10 Making a Total Balance in favour of the Society Of { 2): 2). .aee0d woh pualqe' £15 20F18 98 without taking into account the value of the Society’s col- lection of living animals, which cannot be estimated at less than £25,000. The Liabilities at the same period were esti- medal Shas ese: 6 Gatee og Oaebeaee Leaving a Balance in favour of the Society of £9410 16° 1 II. OFFICE, 11 Hanover Square. 1. PUBLICATIONS. The Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the So- ciety, both with and without Illustrations, have been regu- 11 larly issued since the last Anniversary. The three parts for 1863 united together form a volume of 580 pages, illustrated by forty-two Plates, chiefly the production of Messrs. Wolf, Ford, and other eminent zoological artists. The first part of the Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Society for the present year, containing the communications made to the meetings held during the months of January, February, and March, is in the press and will be published very shortly. Of the “Transactions” one part has been issued since the last Anniversary, namely, part iii. of the fifth volume, containing the following papers :-— Mr. W. H. Flower, “On the Brain of the Javan Loris (Stenops javanicus) .” Messrs. Alder and Hancock, “ Notice of a Collection of Nudibranchiate Mollusca, made in India by Walter Elliot, Esq., with descriptions of several new genera and species.” Mr. W. K. Parker, “On the Osteology of Gallinaceous Birds and Tinamous.” The value and interest of these papers, and the beauty of the Plates by Messrs. Wolf, Erxleben, and Williams which illustrate them, will, it is believed, fully keep up the repu- tation already acquired by the Society’s “ Transactions.” In their last year’s Report, the Council called particular attention to the new plan of allowing the Fellows and Cor- responding Members of the Society to receive copies of all the Scientific Publications of the Society, upon payment of a subscription of £1 1s. per annum, provided such sub- scription be paid before the Anniversary Meeting of the year. They have now to announce that this arrangement has so far succeeded that 242 Fellows have registered themselves as Subscribers to the publications under this regulation. The Council, however, cannot but believe that as the number and value of the Society’s Scientific Publi- cations becomes known—the ordinary selling price of the “« Proceedings ” and “ Transactions” issued in each year being seldom less than from £4 to £5—more of their Members will be anxious to avail themselves of the privi- lege thus offered to them. Besides the ordinary Scientific Publications of the ~ Society during the past year, a second edition of the “Classified List of Vertebrated Animals exhibited in the Society’s Collection” has been prepared under the Secre- 12 tary’s superintendence, and is now on sale at the price of One Shilling and Sixpence, reduced in the case of Mem- bers of the Society to One Shilling. A complete list of all the Mammals and Birds which have been exhibited alive in the Society’s Gardens since their institution in 1825 has likewise been prepared by Mr. Louis Fraser, under the Secretary’s superintendence, and is now in the printer’s hands. The Index to the Society’s “ Proceedings” from 1848 to 1860, alluded to in the last Report, was received from the printer and issued to the public shortly after the last Anniversary. 2. LIBRARY. The sum of £287 1s. 2d. was expended on the main- tenance and increase of the Society’s Library during the year 1863. Of this the greater part (£194 3s. 4d.) was devoted to purchasing standard works on Zoology, which’ are requisite for ordinary use as books of reference. A Supplement to the Library Catalogue, printed some years since, has likewise been prepared, and is now in the printer’s hands. Besides the purchased additions, the Society’s Library has received since the last Anniversary Transactions and Proceedings from the following Institutions :— ENGLAND. The Royal Society, London. The Linnean Society, London. The Royal Geographical Society, London. The Geological Society, London. The Royal Institution of Great Britain. The Royal Horticultural Society, London. The Photographic Society, London. The Society of Arts, London. The Royal United Service Institution, London. The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain. The Royal Agricultural Society of England. The Anthropological Society of London. The Tyneside Naturalists’ Field-club. The Pharmaceutical Society. The Entomological Society, London. The Royal Society of Literature. 13 The British Association for the Advancement of Science. The Royal Institution of Cornwall. The Literary and Philosophical Society of Leeds, ScorLanp. The Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. IRELAND. The Royal Dublin Society. The Geological Society of Dublin. The Catholic University of Ireland. The Natural History Society of Dublin. Kast Inpigs. The Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal. AUSTRALIA. The Acclimatization Society of Victoria. AMERICA. The American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia. The Franklin Institute, Boston. The Smithsonian Institution, Washington. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The Lyceum of Natural History, New York. The Academy of Natural Sciences of California. The Natural History Society of Boston. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. The Patent Office, Washington. The State Library, New York. The Natural History Society of Montreal. The Nova Scotian Institute, Halifax. SWITZERLAND. La Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles, Lausanne. La Société de Physique et d’Histoire Naturelle de Genéyve. ; Der Naturforschender Gesellschaft in Basel. BELGIUM. L’Académie Royale de Belgique. La Société Royale des Sciences de Liége. 14 HOLLAnNpD. De Koninklijk Zoologische Genootschap, Amsterdam. De Hollandsche Maatschappiy der Wetenschappen te Haarlem. ITALY. La Societa Geologica di Milano. La Societa Italiana di Scienzi Naturali, Milano. Russia. L’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg. La Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. SCANDINAVIA. Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs, Copen- hagen. L’ Académie Royale Suédoise des Sciences 4 Stockholm. Det Kongelige Norske Frederiks Universitets i Chris- tiania. j FRANCE. La Société Impériale Zoologique d’Acclimatation, Paris. La Société Linnéenne de Normandie. L’Académie Impériale des Sciences de Lyons. La Société Impériale d’Agriculture, d’Histoire naturelle, et des Arts utiles de Lyons. GERMANY. Der Senckenbergische Gesellschaft, Frankfurt. Der K@nigl. Bayer. Akademie der Wissenschaften, Miin- chen. . Der Konig]. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der Gesellschaft fiir die gesammte Naturwissenschaften in Halle. Der Zoologische Gesellschaft, Frankfurt a. M. Der Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien. Der Kunst- und Handwerks-Verein und Naturforschen- der Gesellschaft zu Altenburg. Der Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein, Hamburg. Der Geologische Reichsanstalt zu Wien. Der K. K. Zoologisch-botan. Gesellschaft in Wien. Der KGniglichen Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der Georg-Augusts Universitat, und der Kénigl, Gesell- schaft der Wissenschaften zu Gottingen. 15 Der Kéniglichen Physikalische-okonomischen Gesell- schaft zu Konigsberg. Der Verein fiir Vaterlindische Naturkunde in Wir- temberg. Donations of Works, Memoirs, and Papers have also been received from Dr. F. H. Troschel ; The Editor of the Pharmaceutical Journal; M. Crosse; James D. Dana, Esq.; Arthur J. E. Russell, Esq., M.P., F.Z.S.; James Hunt, Esq.; Dr. Isaac Lea; John Gould, Esq., F.Z.S. ; Dr. Alexander Smith; Robert Garner, Esq.; Cuthbert Collingwood, Esq.; A. E. Foley, Esq. ; Prof. Gio. Giu- seppe Bianconi; Dr. Pedro F. da Costa Alvarenga ; R. Swinhoe, Esq., F.Z.S.; Prof. Owen, F.R.S.; Dr. C. T, Beke; Don Angel Guirao; Messrs. R. Howse and J. W. Kirkby; G. Gulliver, Esq.; The Editor of the Intellec- tual Observer; C. Carter Blake, Esq. ; Dr. Edwards Crisp, F.Z.S.; G. French Angas, Esq.; ‘The Commissioner of Patents, Washington ; and Messrs. Silliman and Dana. III. GARDENS, REGENT’S PARK. 1. Burnpines AND WoRKsS. The large surplus of Income accruing to the Society from the results of the year 1862 (whereby the funded property of the Society was increased ultimately to the sum of £15,000 Stock) rendered the Council anxious to carry out the plans commenced so successfully in the case of the New Antelope House, of adding to the large permanent buildings in the Society’s Gardens. In the spring of the past year, ac- cordingly, as already noticed in their Report to the last Anniversary Meeting, the Council entered into a contract with Messrs. Lucas for the building of three new Entrance- lodges, a new Aviary, and a new Monkey House, at a total cost of £6500, according to plans prepared for them by Anthony Salvin, Esq.,Jun. These buildings, although delayed far beyond the time originally contemplated by the Council for their completion, are now finished and in working order, with the exception of the Monkey House, the interior fittings of which are not yet completed; and the Council cannot but believe that they will all of them prove satisfactory to the Fellows of the Society, and, as regards both beauty and utility, form material additions 16 to the Garden Establishment. Concerning each of them a few words of explanation may be requisite. 1. The three new Lodges replace the wooden boxes until recently tenanted by the money-takers at the entrance to the Society’s Gardens. These buildings, although erected originally to serve merely temporarily for the purpose to which they were devoted, had been suffered to remain for many years without alterations, or anything more than necessary repairs. ‘The new Lodges have been fitted up with every requisite necessary for the purposes for which they are intended. They are also ornamental adjuncts to the Society’s premises, and have the further advantage of giving shelter from the weather to persons entering the Gardens, whilst they pay the entrance-fees or write their names in the visitors’ books. 2. The New or Eastern Aviary, as it is proposed to call it, occupies nearly the same ground as the former Aviary which was removed to make room for it. It is, however, larger in dimensions, and has been constructed on very different principles, being, as the Council believe, in several respects superior to any other building for the care and exhibition of birds that has yet been erected in this country. The elevation of the floor above the ground brings the objects displayed within it more nearly to the level of the eye of the spectator, and is also of advantage to the inmates themselves, in securing better drainage and affording more air and light. The passage through the interior of the building must be also regarded as an improvement, as enabling the birds to be seen in winter and in bad weather, when under ordinary circumstances they are inaccessible to visitors. 3. The New Monkey House, which has been erected on one of the best sites in the Society’s premises, will replace what is at present perhaps the most defective portion of the Society’s Garden-establishment. The closed window- less building which has been devoted to the exhibition of Quadrumana ever since the first establishment of the Gardens has been long condemned as objectionable in many respects, and is, moreover, fissured in a dangerous way from having been built on imperfect foundations. The Council therefore gladly embraced the opportunity offered by the surplus of Income in 1862 to carry out a plan for replacing it by a building constructed upon entirely different principles. ‘The chief object aimed at in the New Monkey . _— 17 House has been to give the animals as much light and sun as possible ; and though it may be objected that a building of glass and iron is likely to prove hot in summer and cold in winter, it is believed that both these inherent defects will be remedied in the present instance—the first by the introduction of Creepers and plants, and the great care taken to ensure ventilation, and the second by the use of the same hot-water warming apparatus that has been found so efficient in others of the Society’s buildings. It is also hoped that the New Monkey House will be free from the bad odours, which no amount of care has succeeded in removing in the case of the former building. The contract-price with Messrs. Lucas for the erection . of the three Lodges, the New Aviary, and the New Monkey House was £6500. Their total cost, including warming-apparatus, internal fittings, and the necessary rearrangement of the ground outside, will probably exceed £7000, which sum will be found charged to their account under the head of extraordinary expenditure in 1863. Another important work executed during the past year, and charged to its expenditure, is the row of Cattle-sheds in the paddock near the South entrance to the Gardens. A building of this sort, wherein the Society’s collection of Bovine animals might be brought together and exhibited in a connected series, had long been a desideratum. The strong oak fencing requisite in such a case, in order to render the yards fit for the reéeption of Bisons, Buffaloes, and other animals of this class, rendered the building rather expen- sive, considering its character; but the Council have every reason to believe that it is thoroughly well adapted for the purpose intended, and that under the circum- stances the sum expended upon it (£711 11s. 8d.) was not excessive. The thorough repair of the Elephant-pond and inclosure was also effected during the past summer—the size of the basin having been somewhat reduced, so as to allow of a more frequent change of water, the back rebuilt, and the bottom repaved—at a total cost of £204 1s. 8d. Various minor additions to the buildings in the Gardens, the particulars of which are given in the table of extra- ordinary expenditure, cost altogether the sum of £156. The sum of £246 10s. 2d. was devoted to the thorough repair of the walks, the large number of visitors to the Gardens in 1862 having rendered an additional outlay B 18 (beyond the sum usually devoted to that purpose) very desirable. The number and importance of the new buildings in process of erection in the Gardens rendered it desirable that the services of an efficient clerk of the works should be secured while they were in progress ; and the salary paid to him, at the rate of £3 3s. per week, will also be found charged to extraordinary expenditure. These items, it will be found, make up the total sum of £8710 11s. 7d., being the amount charged to extraordinary expenditure under the head of Works and Buildings in 1863. 2. MENAGERIE. The general state of the Society’s extensive Menagerie has continued to remain highly satisfactory since the last Anniversary. The census taken on the Ist of January last showed a slight but unimportant decrease in the total number of vertebrated animals in the Gardens during the year; the number on the lst of January, 1863, having been 1748, and that on the Ist of January, 1864, 1730. Of the latter 567 were Quadrupeds, 1063 Birds, and 100 Reptiles, forming in the whole by far the largest and most complete series of living animals in Europe. Although it becomes more difficult every year to find additions in the shape of animals that are quite new to such a collection, the subjoined list df 12 Mammals, 35 Birds, 22 Reptiles, and 8 Fishes, that were exhibited alive for the first time in the year 1863, will show that the Council’s efforts in this direction have also met with some success. They have, however, on the present occasion, no such strange forms as the Aye-aye or the Kagu to record as added to the series for the first time. List or Species ExHIBITED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE YEAR 1868. MAMMALS. . Howling Monkey (Mycetes wrsinus, Humb.). . Yellow-cheeked Lemur (Lemur xanthomystax, Gray). . Allen’s Galago (Galago allenii, Waterh.). . Common Porpoise (Phocena communis, Less.). . Japanese Bear (Ursus japonicus, Schl.). OR 09 tO Pere 19 . Western Wapiti Deer (Cervus canadensis, var. occi- dentalis). . Sondaic Ox (Bos sondaicus, Mill.). . Andaman Wild Boar (Sus andamensis, Blyth). . Penang Squirrel (Sciurus vittatus, Rafii.). . Fat Dormouse (Myowus glis, Schreb.). . Hairy-nosed Wombat (Phascolomys lasiorhinus, Gould). - Black Wombat (Phascolomys niger, Gould). BIRDS. . Whistling Eagle (Haliastur sphenurus (Vieill.)). . Crowned Harpyhaliaétus (Harpyhaliaétus coronatus, Temm.). . Saker Falcon (Falco sacer, Schl.). . Fraser’s Eagle-Owl (Budo poensis, Fraser). . Variegated Touracou (Schizorhis africana, Lath.), . Green-cheeked Amazon (Chrysotis viridigenalis, Cass.). . Yellow-cheeked Conure (Conurus chrysogenys, Mass. et Souan.). . Ka-ka Parrot (Nestor hypopolius, Forst.). . Swift Parrakeet (Lathamus discolor, Shaw), . White-billed Hornbill (Buceros albirostris, Shaw), Pied Hornbill (Buceros pica, Scop.). . Pied Grallina (Grallina australis, Gray). . Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus hemorrhous, Gm.). . Brazilian Tanager (Ramphocelus brasilius, Linn.). . Dufresne’s Waxbill (Estrelda dufresnii, Vieill.). . Brazilian Blue Grosbeak (Guiraca cyanea, Linn.). . White-vented Seed-Finch (Spermophila hypoleuca, Licht.). . Olive Finch (Phonipara olivacea, Linn.). . Melodious Finch (Phonipara canora, Gm.). . Yellow Sparrow (Passer luteus, Licht.). . Sooty Crow (Strepera fuliginosa, Gould). . Great Grey Shrike (Lanius meridionalis, Temm.). . Double-ringed Turtle Dove (Turtur bitorguatus, Temm.). . Barred Turtle Dove (Geopelia striata, Linn.). . Bartlett’s Pigeon (Phlogenas bartlettii, Scl.). . Horned Tragopan (Ceriornis satyra, Cuv.), . Pucras Pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha, Less.). . Scemmering’s Pheasant (Phasianus seemmeringii, Temm.). B2 CONT OH OB 09 te 20 . Rufous Francolin (Galloperdix spadiceus, Gm.). . Greek Partridge (Caccabis saxratilis, Bechst.). . Allen’s Porphyrio (Porphyrio allenii, Thomps.). . Sombre Gallinule (Gallinula tenebrosa, Gould). . West-African Tantalus (Tantalus ibis, Linn.). . Australian Coot (Fulica australis, Gould). . Little Grebe (Podiceps minor, Linn.). REPTILES. . Starred Tortoise (Testudo stellata, Schw.). . Annulated Terrapen (Emys annulata, Gray). . Duméril’s Water-Tortoise (Podocnemis dumeriliana, Wagl.). . Scorpion Terrapen (Cinosternon scorpioides, Gray). . Madeiran Lizard (Tetra punctata, Gray). . Australian Lizard (Grammatophora muricata, Shaw). . Bosk’s Spine-foot (Acontodactylus boskianus). . Sand-Asp (Vipera ammodytes, Klein). . Four-lined Snake (Coluber quadrilineatus, Pall.). . Green and Yellow Snake (Coluber viridiflavus). - Leopardine Snake (Coluber leopardinus). . Parallel-lined Snake (Periops parallelus). . Clifford’s Snake (Zamenis cliffordii, Schl.). . Dorsal Snake (Philodryas dorsalis, Ginth.). . Diamond Snake (Morelia spilotes, Lacép.). . Eryx Snake (Hryz jaculus, Daud.). . Sharp-snouted Snake (Heterodon madagascariensis). . Ewing’s Tree Frog (Hyla ewingii, Dum. et Bibr.). . Yellow-footed Tree Frog (Hyla citropus, Dum. et Bibr.). . Krefft’s Tree Frog (Hyla krefftii, Giinth.). . Leaf-green Tree Frog (Hyla phyllochroa, Ginth.). . Australian Toad (Pseudophryne australis). FISHES. . Salmon (Salmo salar, Linn.). . Charr (Salmo umbia). . Great Lake Trout (Salmo ferox, Jard. and Selb.). Broad-nosed Eel (Anguilla latirostris, Yarr.). . Grayling (Thymallus vezillifer, Agass.). . Sturgeon (Acipenser sturio, Linn.). . Small-spotted Dog-fish (Scylliwm canicula, Linn.). . Pope Fish (Acerina vulgaris). ae 21 In the foregoing list the recent additions made to the Society’s series of Pheasants are perhaps those which have excited the most general interest, and best offer occasion for afew remarks. In the month of April, last year, the Secre- tary of the Society read at one of the scientific meetings a paper (since published in the ‘ Proceedings’) on the family Phasianide, in which fifty-six species of this splendid group of birds were enumerated as known to science. Of these, no less than twenty-nine have been already, at different times, obtained living for the Society’s collections, and exhibited in their Aviaries. The Society’s present series of this family embrace the following species :— . The Impeyan Pheasant (Lophophorus impeyanus). . The Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus). . The Japanese Pheasant (Phasianus versicolor). . Scemmering’s Pheasant (Phasianus semmeringii). . The Wallich’s Pheasant or Cheer (Phasianus wal- lichit). . The Golden Pheasant (Thaumalea picta). The Rufous-tailed Pheasant (Huplocamus erythroph- - thalmus). . The Silver Pheasant (Huplocamus nycthemerus). . Horsfield’s Kaleege (Huplocamus horsjieldi). . The Black-backed Kaleege (Euplocamus melanotus). . The White-crested Kaleege (Huplocamus albocris- tatus). . 12. Sonnerat’s Jungle-fowl (Gallus sonneratii). 13. The Tragopan (Ceriornis satyra). 14. The Common Pea-fowl (Pavo cristatus). 15. The Black-winged Pea-fowl (Pavo nigripennis). 16. The Indian Polyplectron (Polyplectron chinquis). 17. The Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo). 18. The Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata). Of these, Seemmering’s Pheasant, the Rufous-tailed Pheasant, and the Black-headed Tragopan are all recent introductions, and, as there are pairs of each of them in the collection, may probably become permanent additions to the list of breeding Phasianide. HSOM NO ohWDE a In order to bring more effectually to the knowledge of their numerous correspondents and friends in the Kast and elsewhere the present state of the Society’s collection of these birds and the species that were still desiderata to 22 the list, the Council have sent out to India and China copies of the Secretary’s paper on the Pheasants above mentioned, illustrated by coloured figures of such of the ‘species as would appear to be the most desirable additions to the collection. The list is also accompanied with instructions as to the best method of keeping these birds in confinement, and of packing them for conveyance to England. With regard to the latter point, the many difficulties experienced by the Society’s correspondents in procuring the safe conveyance of Pheasants and other game-birds to this country will, it is hoped, be greatly diminished by recent arrangements made by the Council, in conjunction with Mr. John J. Stone, for the transmission of such birds by the overland route. Under these arrange- ments, birds of this nature, destined for the Society, may be forwarded from the different ports in India and China through Mr. John J. Stone’s correspondents, viz.:— Messrs. Mackenzie, Lyall, and Co. Calcutta .... 4 Win, Newton, Esq., Belatee Bungalow. Rangoon.... Messrs. Edmund Jones and Co. Singapore... Messrs. Paterson, Simons, and Co. Hongkong . Shanghai . * Messrs. Siemssen and Co. But as it is very desirable that the transit of the specimens to England should be as rapid as possible, it has been intimated to those persons who are anxious to assist in the desirable. object of introducing these new and splendid birds into this country, that they should in all cases, before sending off the birds, kindly communicate with Mr. Stone’s agents at the nearest port, to ascertain the most convenient time for despatching them. Another event which has taken place since the last Anniversary, and which the Council trust may result in the further acquisition of valuable additions to the Society’s Menagerie, is the mission of the Society’s head keeper, Mr. J. Thompson, to India. Several of the Society’s Corresponding Members in India—amongst whom may be particularly mentioned Mr. A. Grote and the Babu Rajendra Mullick of Calcutta, and Mr. W. Dunn of Akyab—having announced that they had collections waiting for transmission to the Society, amongst which were a pair of young Rhinoceroses, some Panolia Deer, examples of the Galeopithecus volans, and ed - 23 other valuable animals, the Council determined on sending out to Calcutta, to receive and bring back those proffered donations, Mr. Thompson, who had previously made the same journey with such signal success on the occasion of the introduction of the Himalayan Pheasants in 1858. They also gladly embraced the opportunity of sending out to the Babu Rajendra Mullick a selection of living animals likely to be acceptable to that gentleman, as some return for the many valuable donations that he has from time to time made to the Society’s Menagerie. The Society will be pleased to hear that Mr. Thompson, who left England in the ‘ Hydaspes’ on the 28th of November last, has reached Calcutta with only the loss of one individual of the col- lection under his charge. The following list contains the names of the Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles which have bred in the Society’s Gardens during the year 1863. List oF SPECIES WHICH HAVE BRED IN THE GARDENS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BETWEEN THE Ist or JANUARY 1863 AND THE Ist oF JANUARY 1864. MAMMALS. . Arabian Baboon (Cynocephalus hamadryas, Linn.). . Common Wolf (Canis lupus, Linn.), Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas, Schreb.). . Lion (Felis leo, Linn.). Tiger (Felis tigris, Linn.). Hybrid Jaguar (between male Felis onca, Linn., and Felis hernandesti, Gray). . Persian Deer (Cervus wallichii, Cuv.). . Japanese Deer (Cervus sika, Temm.). . Sambur Deer (Cervus aristotelis, Cuv.). 10. Molucca Deer (Cervus moluccensis, Mill.). 11. Hog Deer (Cervus porcinus, Zimm.). 12. Giraffe (Camelopardalis giraffa, Gmel.). 18. Aoudad (Ovis tragelaphus, Desm.). 14. Hybrid Ibex (Capra ibex, Linn.). 15. Eland (Oreas canna, Pall.). 16. Yak (Bos grunniens, Linn.). 17. Brahmin Cattle (Bos indicus, Linn., var.). 18. Piedmontese Cattle (Bos taurus, Linn., var.). 19. Bison (Bos americanus, Linn.). 20. Collared Peceary (Dicotyles tajacu, Linn.). OOS Hopowe 24 . Hyrax (Hyraz capensis, Schreb.). - Mitchell’s Hapalote (Hapalotis mitchellii, Ogilby). . Golden Agouti (Dasyprocta aguti, Linn.). . Hybrid Phalanger (between Phalangista vulpina, Shaw, and Phalangista fuliginosa, Ogilby). BIRDS. . Turquoisine Parrakeet (Euphema pulchella, Shaw). . Crested Ground Parrakeet (Calopsitta nove-hollan- die, Gmel.). . Pied Wagtail (Motacilla yarrellii, Gould). Naked-eyed Pigeon (Columba gymnophthalma, Temm.). Cambayan Turtle Dove (Turtur senegalensis, Linn.). . Vinaceous Turtle Dove (Turtur vinaceus, Gmel.). Red Ground-Dove (Geotrygon montana, Linn.). . Mountain-Witch Dove (Geotrygon cristata, Temm.). . Bronze-winged Pigeon (Phaps chalcoptera, Lath.). . Wonga-wonga Pigeon (Leucosarcia picata, Lath.). . Hybrid Pea-fowl (between male Pavo nigripennis and female Pavo cristatus, Linn.). . Horned Pheasant (Ceriornis satyra, Cuv.). . Cheer Pheasant (Catreus wallichii, Hardw.). . Japanese Pheasant (Phasianus versicolor, Temm.). . Impeyan Pheasant (Lophophorus impeyanus, Lath.). - Common Rhea (Rhea americana, Vieill.). - Mooruk (Casuarius bennettii, Gould). - Mantchourian Crane (Grus montignesia, Bp.). . Common Crane (Grus cinerea, Bechst.). . Hybrid Coot (between Fulica cristata, Lath., and Fulica atra, Linn.). . Upland Goose (Chloéphaga magellanica, Gmel.). . Ashy-headed Goose (Chloéphaga poliocephala, Gray). - Ruddy-headed Goose (Chloéphaga rubidiceps, Sclater). . Ruddy Sheldrake (Casarca rutila, Pall.). - Summer Duck (Aix sponsa, Linn.). - Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata, Linn.). . Bahama Duck (Pecilonetta bahamensis, Linn.). - Yellow-billed Duck (Anas xanthorhyncha, Forst.). . Herring-Gull (Larus argentatus, Brinn.). REPTILES. Water-Viper (Cenchris piscivorus, Gray). 25 FISHES. 1. Trout (Salmo fario, Linn.). 2. Salmon (Salmo salar, Linn.). The following is a List of Donors and their several Donations to the Menagerie from the 1st of April 1863 up to the Ist of the present month. Donations To THE MENAGERIE FROM Ist Aprit 1863 To 3lst Marcu 1864, Abbott, Capt. Adam, W. H., Esq. Adams, Arthur, Esq. Aldridge, Major. Anderson, F., Esq. Arcedeckne, A., Esq. Ashmall, W. H., Esq.,C.M.Z.S. Austen, N. L., Esq. Aveling, H. J., Esq. Barry, J. Joshua, Esq. Bartlett, Mr. Baru, C., Esq. Baychut, E. W., Esq. Bell, W., Esq. Bennett, Dr. George, F.Z.S. Bergman, —, Esq. Bernard, Mons. Blackwall, Thomas, Esq. Blyth, Edward, Esq., C.M.Z.S. Boothly, C. E., Esq. Boswell, John, Esq. Boyle, P.. D., Esq. Bree, Dr. C. R. Brown, —, Esq. q Buckland, F. T., Esq., F.Z.S. Seven South American Ground- Doves. One Common Boa. One Raccoon. One Smooth Snake. One Capuchin Monkey. One Toco Toucan. Two Smelts. Twelve Flounders. One Allen’s Galago. One Mole. One Kestril. One Mealy Amazon. One Laland’s Long-eared Fox. One Bramble Finch. One Herring Gull. One Frugivorous Bat. One Norway Lemming. One Kagu. One Peewit. One Macaque Monkey. Two Egyptian Foxes. One Long-eared Owl. One Woodcock. One Common Badger. One Common Barn Owl. One Raven. One Common Jackal. Eight Starfishes. One Golden Tench. A Collection of French Trout Spawn. One Hawk’s-billed Turtle. Burton, A. F., Esq. Burton, F. M., Esq. Cathcart, Sir J. Chambers, T. H., Esq. Cheme, E., Esq. Christy, A., Esq. Clay, Sir William, Bart. Clifton, Charles, Esq., F.Z.S. Cochrane, J. H., Esq., B.Z.S. Cocq, C. H. R., Esq. Coghlan, Dr. Thomas. 26 One Rhesus Monkey. One Proteus. One King’s Parrakeet. One Bauer’s Parrakeet. One Pale-headed Parrakeet. Two Proteus. One Rhesus Monkey (Macacus). Two African Wild Pigs. Two Razor-billed Curassows. One Small South American Cat. One Brown Capuchin Monkey. One Long-billed Butcher-Bird. One Spotted Cuckoo. One Lanner Falcon. One 3 Indian Elephant. Two Slow Loris. Coleman, F., Esq. (Falkland Islands Co.). Conyngham, Lord Francis. Cooper, Egbert W., Esq. Cotton, H. J. P., Esq. Coxe, —, Esq. Croskey, Mrs. Currie, J., Esq. Cust, Lady. Davy, —, Esq. De Grey, Walter, Esq. Denison, Col. Charles. Dixon, Arthur, Esq. Downes, A., Esq., C.M.Z.8. Downie, Capt. James. Downing, W., Esq. Dyke, Charles, Esq. Eden, J. H., Esq. Esham, Sir Charles, Bart. Fenton, —, Esq. A Collection of Eggs. One Pallas’s Sand-Grouse. Two Raccoons. One Macaque Monkey. Four Wild Ducks. One Red-headed Cardinal. One Common Cuckoo. A Collection of Marine Animals. Two Ringed Ouzels, 2. Two Madeiran Lizards. One Sonnerat’s Jungle Fowl. One Rufous Spur Fowl. Two (3d 2) Sonnerat’s Jungle Fouls. Three Barred Doves (from Ja- pan). One pair of Dusky Ducks. Four Garter Snakes. One Grass Snake. One Prairie Marmot. One Cariama. One Undulated Grass Parrakeet. One Common Macaque Monkey. One Honey Buzzard. Thirteen Green Lizards. Two Common Adders. Two Aisculapian Snakes. Fielden, Sir W. H. Fleming, John, Esq. Fletcher, John, Esq. Forster, H. Ramsey. ’ Frost, T., Esq. Gass, W., Esq. Gayleard, —, Esq. Goin, T., Esq. Goldsmith, G. Q., Esq. 27 One Solitary Thrush. One Ruffed Lemur. Two Stock Doves. One Common Macaque Monkey. One Common Paradozure. One Common Chameleon. One Grison. A pair of Passerine Doves. One Indian Grakle. Greey, Edward, Esq., C.M.Z.S.One Howling Monkey. Grote, A., Esq., C.M.Z.S. Gunn, Ronald, Esq. Gurney, J. H., Esq., M.P. Gurney, Samuel, Esq., M.P. Halesworth, —, Esq. Hall, Henry, Esq. Hall (Master), A. M. Hamilton, Viscount, F.Z.S. Hand, Lieut. H. Hargett, E., Esq. Hensman, H. P., Esq. Hertslet, E., Esq. Hewitt, H., Esq. Hindly, —, Esq. Thirteen South American Li- zards. One Three-toed Sloth. One Geoffroy’s Spider Monkey. One Crested Screamer. One Mace’s Sea-Eagle. One Common Pea-fowl. One Four-horned Antelope. Two Tasmanian Wolves. One Marsh Harrier. Four Otters (one adult 2 and three young). 2000 Trout Ova. Two pairs of Common Trout. One Rhesus Monkey. One Dabchick. Four Little Grebe. A Collectionof Marine Animals. One Small Tiger Cat. Six Gannet Eggs. Two Hen Harriers. One young Ostrich. One Vervet Monkey. A Collection of Meduse. Holdsworth, E. W. H., Esq., F.Z.S. Hopkins, H. G., Esq. Hudson, Rev. H. Huggins, Dr. Hutchkiss, Capt. Jaffray, W., Esq. One Hawk’s-billed Turtle. Two Jerboas (Egyptian). 500 Grayling Ova. One Spotted Cavy. One Coypu. One Pig-tailed Monkey. H.R.H. The Prince de Joinville. One Banded Curassow. One pair of Razor-billed Curas- sows. 28 H.R.H.The PrincedeJoinville. One White-crested Guan. Kelaart, W. C., Esq. Kennedy, E. B., Esq. Keppel, Lieut. L. C., R.N. King, Mrs. King, Mrs. Moss. Kirke, Dr. John. Krefft, Gerrard. Langley, Robert, Esq. Lascelles, R. F., Esq., jun. Layard, A. H., Esq. Lee, Rev. W. Lee. Two Red-and- Yellow Maccaws One young Wolf. One Capuchin Monkey. One Vervet Monkey. One pair of Guinea Fowl. One Cockatoo. One Rose-crested Cockatoo. One African Lepidosiren. One Diamond Snake. Two Lizards. Two Australian Lizards. Two Australian Frogs. Three Diamond Snakes. Five Australian Toads. One Rhesus Monkey. Two Common Cuckoos. Three Greek Partridges. One Common Adder. Lennon-Hunt, G. 8., Esq., H.B.M. Consul Pernambuco, Lloyd, W., Esq. Londesborough, Lord. Lukyn, Edward, Esq. Mackay, T., Esq. Mardon, Lieut. J. H. Marshall, J., Esq. Meek, R. G., Esq. Millar, J., Esq. Minton, J., Esq. Moger, Frederick, Esq. Moller, M. Monteiro, J. J., Esq. Moore, C., Esq. Miller, Dr., C.M.Z.S8. Mullick, The Babu Rajendra. One Common Boa. A Spotted Cavy. Three Rhesus Monkeys. Four Griffon Vultures. One Imperial Eagle. Four Kingfishers. One Great Kangaroo. One Vervet Monkey. One 2 Sloth Bear. One Tuberculated Iguana. Three Common Kingfishers. One Three-toed Sloth. One Common Jackal. One Porpoise. One Vulpine Opossum. One Macaque Monkey. One Pale Genet. One Brush Turkey. One Black-backed Porphyrio. Two Wonga-Wonga Piyeons. Eleven Shawl Goats. Four Pheasants. 21 Green-winged Doves. Six Nicobar Pigeons. 29 Mullick, The Babu Rajendra. Five Little-barred Doves. Six Dwarf Turtle-Doves, One Spotted Dove. Two Crowned Pigeons. Four Porphyrios. Eleven Francolins. Six Fan-tailed Pigeons. Munro, D. C., Esq., H.B.M. Consul Surinam. Murray, D., Esq. Newton, A., Esq. Newton, Edward, Esq. North, Hon. F. Oakley, Henry, Esq., R.N. Peacock, —, Esq. Penny, W., Esq. Two Brazilian Tortoises. One Australian Snake. One Pallas’s Sand-Grouse. One Sharp-snouted Snake. One Virginian Opossum. Five Common Kites. One Long-eared Owl. One Smooth Snake. Perry, G. R., Esq., British Consulate, Para. Phayre, Col. A. P., C.M.Z.S. Phillips, Mrs. Pocklington, Capt. 18th Regt. Powell, D., Esq. Pulley, W., Esq. Reay, William, Esq. Rendell, J., Esq. Richards, Charles, Esq. Ridges, Capt. Ridgers, Capt. Rigg, W. T., Esq. Robins, F. W., Esq. Robinson, G. W., Esq. Rubie, Frederick J., Esq. Rutherford, Lieut. John F. Salter, Dr. oe aa Salvin, Osbert, Esq., F.Z.S. Sanaze, Anthony, Ksq. Sarjeant,.A., Esq. Sawyer, Capt. Scott, W. B., Esq. Sedger, J. S., Esq. One Common Boa. One Sondaic Ox. One Common Macaque Monkey. One Wanderoo Monkey. One King Vulture. One Bonnet Monkey. One Opossum. One Common Sea- Eagle. One Mona Monkey. Four Murray Cod. One Piping Crow. One Brown Coati. One Indian Civet Cat. One Bonnet Monkey. One Bonnet Monkey. Two Barbary Pigeons. One St. Lucia Dove. A Collection of Marine Animals, One Smooth Snake. A Collection of Marine Animals. A Collection of Marine Fishes. One Annulated Terrapen. Two Female Goosanders, A Rhesus Monkey. Fiwe Lizards. Two Cornish Choughs. One Rhesus Monkey. 30 Selwyn, Rev. B. Séquard, Master A. G. B. Sharpley, Dr. Sheldon, Edward, Esq. Sheppard, Edward, Esq. Shortt, Dr., F.Z.S. Slack, Dr. Smith, E. T., Esq. Smith, James, Esq. Soutit, Capt. Spraule, B. E., Esq. Stanley, G. E., Esq. Stewart, Capt. Straker, H., Esq. Swift, R., Esq., Corr. Memb. Symonds, J., Esq. Symonds, P., Esq. One Maugé’s Opossum. Four Water-Tortoises. One Undulated Grass Parrakeet. One Mexican Deer. One Hawk’s-billed Turtle. One Cuttlefish. One Indian Rat Snake. One Sand Snake. One Red-tailed Buzzard. One Echidna. Two Bonnet Monkeys. One Macaque Monkey. One Chameleon (China). One Patas Monkey. Six Arctic Foxes. Two Great Eagle-Owls. One Gazelle. One Owl. One Macaque Monkey. One Kingfisher. Taylor, Rey. E. Cavendish, F.Z.8. Telfer, J. T., Esq. Tetley, J. D., Esq. Thompson, Mr. Trevelyan, Sir W. C., Bart. One Antillean Boa. One Dorsal Snake. One pair of Mountain-Witch Doves. One pair of Variegated Shel- drakes. A Collectionof Marine Animals. A Collection of Barnacles. Victoria, Acclimatization Society of. Vignoles, H., Esq. Watson, Mrs. Alexander. Watson, W. B., Esq. Watts, J., Esq. Weinland, Dr. Werner, Messrs, W. & Co. Wodehouse, Edmund R.., Esq. Wolley, Rev. C. Three Australian Sheldrakes. One White Egret. One Kangaroo. One Rhesus Monkey. One Dingo. Thirteen Alpine Newts. One Male Viscacha. One Rhebok Antelope. One Egyptian Vulture. Four Sand Lizards, Twelve Sand Lizards. Woodward, Henry, Esq.,F.Z.8.Five Marbled Newts. Wright, Charles, Esq. Wright, C, A., Esq. One Maltese Snake. Two Small Snakes. 31 Wocherer, Dr. One Taira. One Kinkajou. One Brazilian Chameleon. One Duméril’s Water-Tortoise. Wylie, A. H., Esq. A Collection of Marine Animals. Wynward, Lieut.-Gen. One Hyrazx. Yardley, Miss. One Gannet. Yate, A. S., Esq. Two Marsh Harriers. One Cuckoo. Conclusion. It now only remains for the Council to ask for the Society’s thanks for the many liberal donations recorded in the previous lists. They have also to acknowledge their obligations to those Fellows who have aided them in conducting the business of the Society by acting on the various Committees of Finance, Audit, and Publication, during the past twelve months. The Council, however, cannot finally conclude their Report without offering their congratulations to the So- ciety upon the present prosperous state of its affairs. The yearly increase in the popularity of the Society’s Gardens as a place of public resort, the large additions to the numbers of the Fellows, and the very favourable state of the Income enable them to do this with the utmost con- fidence as regards the year 1863 ; and so far as the present year has advanced, there seems every probability that in all these respects the account of the Society’s affairs at the next succeeding Anniversary will prove to be no less satisfactory. Signed for the Council, P. L. ScLaATER, Secretary. 11 Hanover Square, April 29th. a Be _aaeisT 360 ee ay" Bo pect eer an iP alevotoeir SEPHI wailizonel 9nO—~ hia G snibtmt ekre anQ 4 ce, en Yo notlsellod & pa SiiaieW: a Siege Rite eorwll nO Oa 088 stronl Sway i ” Crates sm sn: fen, © athe -ggolbra 7 wn Perrat: sew ow 25; pe os A ene ag r Blanks ¥ oh) WO. 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Alive Yoho vier» ribose 7% “J poe gh disaneD anf wi Bough abrwisy Sraaees te; + asienaidoe id S Orie } ps Sos aie He ‘ é ees ‘ad u ‘ : m1 ee 22 ‘ rf REPORT OF THE AUDITORS OF THE ACCOUNTS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, Appointed January 21, 1864. Havine fully examined the Accounts of the Society, in- spected the Books, and seen Vouchers for all the Payments ordered by the Council for the year ending December the 31st, 1863, the Committee of Auditors beg respectfully to submit to the Society an Abstract of such Accounts, with a Statement of the Assets and Liabilities, and.a Report thereon. RECEIPTS. Balance brought from Dec. 31, 1862 .....cccseseleenceresesoseeeeels Belonging INCOME. to years Admission Fees ......s006 enccececcdseccece 1851 | Annual Subscriptions ....... seodecaceses * to < Transactions ...coccecssccessscreccssccsees 1859 | Proceedings .....ssecsseccesssevcreccecescees Garden Sales ..s..sseccseceeeee sosencewsues ee owooo? cocoo™ ~ o Annual Subscriptions ....,...seeeseeverees Admission Fees ....ssssccssssceveccccecces 1860 ProceedingS,..cccrocssesserseveresersecceces ooo ooo Annual Subscriptions .. Transactions ..scceseees Proceedings eocssscevscervsconsseseees Garden Sales ....sesee0ee 1861 RTO OSO -- i — a — _—a— Annual Subscriptions ..cscecsssecseceeseee WEYANISACHIONS “siscuvcacresccscescssrensasass ProceedingS...scsccrsccecresccecseacecses ce Garden Sales cicccccacecescscscnsenansnasen Rent for Refreshment Room ,,.......+++ [aa ICES Vcc saacevecssenssensessoens 1862 _ wornocd mwoaoe _ 614 18 11 {Admissions to Gardens .....seeseeeeeness Garden Sales ..,....ssscssserccvecees Rent for Refreshment Room .......06... Admission Fees .....+...+ MOnce Aapcorrpred Ivory Tickets .,......+. Faspansstpesaacoss LT ADSACHIOUS icesueneceneraavenanasecetees se , RrOCeedingss soescscgeececcesesendecsecoveses Publications...... Dividends 5 (Miscellaneous ...cccscssossscssccecessevenes wwonnuwooooosasd 5 19,389 0 9 nnual Subscriptions (anticipated) ... 1864) Publications (ditto) INCOME RECEIVED IN 1863 ......s+eeeeee+|... ...| 20,284 12 11 | 20,284 12 11] Proceeds of Sale of £2000 Reduced 3 per Cents.|.... 1,805 0 24,209 13 | PAYMENTS. to years 1862 Rent, Rates, Taxes, &C. ...seecssseeees 205 5 lM Sirencccccstecccapesacncedeecsdgtseusy ses 967 16 Paid on account of previous year .,..+......| 1,173 2 1) 453 10 4 1,626 12 5 Rent, Rates, Taxes, &C. ......seseesees 553 13 6} 162 2.5 Salaries, Wages, Pensions ....... eeeee| 2,854 12 711,089 14 6 Cost of Animals ......... sccvespegaaueacta loa 7 LO Carriage of Animals and Keepers’ EXPense ...0+e.sseesceoseees deceniwe che Hi Cost of Expedition to India .........; 209 1 0 Keepers’ Dresses .........ceseeeseeeesees 980.2106 Menagerie Expenses ......+++... eeoee] 1,623 17 9 PEMVINIONIGH tastarsadacecdscncesocrssss cress 3,443 12 11 New Buildings and Works connected 3,804 10 10 1863 Other Works, Repairs, and isaat TIALS casaee Peer Garden Expenses eccerssseereresseres| 523 4 8 Band Expenses .s-ccsssseserereeceeeees 183 10 9 Advertisements ......sssssseees evcccses 154 3 10 House and Office Expenses......+++... 116 411] 22712 5 Stationery ... seescccescescecovslesessccsceeseecess| 68 6 5 Printing (Miscellaneous). vonsbacabarept|.3Esepategesdeee| 171 7 6 Library Expenses ...000.,.ccascecseces|oes aganeneuweracae(uee tlie 9) Fu Fe Proceedings, including Printing, “Fc beeepcere PreoTerar 943-11 1 i) Transactions, do. UD Sauiwess|scasesotostexscase|| 144) 9) 10 3 Returned Subscriptions .,.ccccececeses|sscscessscsccceces 15 1 0 _ Paid on account of the current year .........| 16,621 18 0|3,004 0 9 | 19,625 4 oo "EXPENDITURE PAID IN 1863.........) 17,795 0 1/3,457 11 1 | 21,252 Paid for £1000 Reduced 3 per Cents.....cc.ccccscccccccerccedesvesccccscoscerecss 912 Paid for a Power of Attorney for Sale of £2000 Reduced 3 per Cents ... 1 H ‘Cash at the Banker’s, December General Account veeee- $1,922 16 1] I 31, 1863, viz. Petty Cash Account ... 12013 7 ctl, Sia 24,209 G 1 Gardens. Estabt. Total, EXPENDITURE. / Belonging ees Gl Bales as Ee 18 11 10 13 d. 7 61 8 38 266 13 10 6; 392 2 1 1,359 18 7 The Assets and Liabilities of the Society on the 31st of December 1863 were as follow :— Es. al ASSETS. a Arrears of f Fanied, | Cash. £ s.d/£ sd) &£ 2 dj £8. da.) £ s. d. Cash at Banker’s,..|.cscscsessec[eceseeeeeeee| eecseeneeeeenes 2043 10 6) 2,043 10 Paid for £13,000 Reduced 8 per } |-cessseeeres|sreeeesenees BZ082 TV Al sconces 12,032 11 Cents ; beecnse Annual Sub- scriptions A198 OF O}F50'O: O} sisesaveee tee fA Nias ieesi 348 0 0 Publications ...... 5512 8222 510/......ssscsseee | ceessreenere 277 18 Ivory Tickets ...... D2 TA Ol 2A AMO) be Sceswelscncse Vivssucacurace 25 4 Garden Sales ...... 82 GLOAAS) F, Bl teevcracecenscificethedsacses 480 9 298 11 6 833 0 412,032 11 4/2043 10 6/15,207 13 LIABILITIES. Bills, &ec., estimated at— For the Gardens, BAY pas Tetspeeseccenes 888 0 3 General Establishment ......... 475 6 9 1,363 7 0 Rent and Taxes unpaid— For the Gardens, say... cocovestfi: ode d4 SO General Establishment .. A oeeice 6116 7 24310 7 Contracts pending ......sercesesseessaeeeseneeeseeees [eeeseeeau ees 5,796 17 7 eee es 5 Particulars of Payments in 1863, Belon, el | | Previous | Curren Total : Year Youn Rent, Rates, Taxes, &e. ;— an ia | r a d ponae piv as. id] ad ald General Establishment pel batt Leer ; pore naned = #5) soa o|} mo 9 Gnrdens General Estaliahment ! He ASO TOFY | Cost of Animals 3018 0 us rae | Carriage of Animals and Keepers’ Expenses | |” '® °| 1,088 7 10| 1,204 5 10 | Freight and Doek Charges m8 6 5 Carriage and Keepers’ Expenses, 90 ss ao 8) | Ad. ; Gratuities, 44 5s. ad, tf LIN | cost of Expedition to India He ee | coat of x weezer 900 1G | 8094 Parla are 976-69) s44314 1 | 3719 19 | Straw, 264 161; Coke, 32 Water Supply, #45 bs. 11d y Miccel Inncous, 2225 96, 8d. 107 19 2 Strow, #2670 4a, 6,5 Coals ‘and’ Coxe 2156 1s, 6d.) ‘Coals for Engine Chairs, £60; Waxes, 2d.; Water Supply, 2 ps, Brooms, and Brushes 239 or cla, 2865 Ss. 1d.; Bird Hand, 16 Telegraph Company, 20 o3 Webbing and Canvas, 32 14a, 74 Shoe. ing, 1217s. 6d.; Saddlery, 213 115 d.; Sawdust, 15; Dungeart, £27 Ss-; Cartwhecls, 220 174.; Harr q £7 134, Sea-water and Carriage, 24 ga 4s. 1d.; Repairing Engine, 212 17» Candles, Soap, Oil, 11 176. 5d. Winding Dials and Ttepairs, “20 170 . Police, £5 17¢.; New Cages and. ite | Pairs, £12 18, 6d. ; Iron Troughs, £0 ar. Baskets, 28 17s.; Chimney, nweeping, 28 12s, ; Gas, 5 lds. 62 Trolly, 11 5.5, Waterpots, and Dungforks, 6 s.; Miscellancous £145 174, 8d. sip 6 Keepers’ Dresses 46) 98 3 6 New Muildings und Works connected v7 0 0 10| 4105 7 10 Ottier Works, Materials, te. -— Zi Materials ire 1a 7 Materials und Hepalrs, 1173 Gs, od. ) Wages, 2€009 lr, 4d. 17017 1 |} 1,629 18 10 Hanover Square. —Painting, Ke, suisid f of House 6 al) Ganten Expenses > Turf and Mats 215 0 Wages, £412 74; Loam and Peat, 299 4 Plants, 16 10s. Od. 5 "Turk, Pots, 13 4s, Gd.; Seeds, £4 : 19s) 9d.;' Urooms, #4 10r.1. Mats y os i9 @ £4174. 6d.; Stakes, 3 103,; Grass Cutte 2108.4, Miscellaneous, #124 345 Band Expenses :— Music, £168; Programmes, #15 10x. od 1s 10 -9| 183 10 9 Advertisements 200) is 310) 186-310 House and Office Expenses :— Gardens.—Gas Supply 719 6 Medical Attendance on Keepers, 620 Subscription to North Landon Hos pital, 6 6s.; Soap and Candles, 4 10r.4d.; Keepers! Washing, 6 Gr. Pcie Flannel, Linen, Ae., 88 las. Bd | fp BE Say Gas, #18 8s.; Kitchen Range, <1] | 115, 6d; Iron Safe, 24 104.4 Haper-| | | hanging, 26 108, 10d. ; Miscellane| | 108. 7. | NG ani |) Hanover Syuare,—SundryHouse Repairs | Ke. 204 Is, 10d. 5 Gas Supply, 23) | Vs. Sdey Carpet, 4 74. ; Altering’ | Garden Map, 25, 51.7" Blops.and| | Brooms, #1 fs. 6d.; Winding | | Laying on Gas and Supply, €0 14s, 7, ea, Coffee, Ke., ut Meetings, £14 12s, Repairing Window-x Blinds and Spring-rollers w Making and ising. Shelves, Cleaning Windows, £30 Bs. ad wis ol] Coals and Wood, £30 gs. ; New Table i Couneil-room, #13 78.; Office Boo £4 16s. ; Mops, Brooms, Bruahes,Kc,, | | 23 135,64.) Newspapers, 23 is | } 712 0 Posting Reports and Balloting Papers, | £19 101. 4d. ; Map of the World, 21 | 134, Od, wed Sweeping Chimneys, Soap, Candies, and] Pwine, #8 10s, 10d,; Subscription Ray Society, #1 1s,¢ Receipt Stamps, | £1 108. 3d. Cab and Omaibius Fares, £7 18s. 7d. Postages and Stamps.) 1255 18s. 10d.; Miscellaneous, 2 40 Os. 10d uz 9 4|) Library Expen: N77 Water Colour Drawingy, 5; New Books, £67 11a. 11d.; Binding,e12198.10d| 7311 9 21 15 39 19 7 | Water Colour Drawings, 25; Books, 9713 £136 114, 5d; Binding, 249 18s a9 5 Stationery 1615 6 636 5 as nn Printing (Miscellaneous) 2017 6| i717 6) 192 5 0 Transactions | Paper, 215 Gs.; Printing Plates, £23 2s | 6d.; Letterpress, 15 180. 3d. 69 hy Drawings, £67; Printing Plates and) | | Paper, £33 6x. ; Colouring, €6 174,| | 218 16 7 Ud, ; Letterpress, 37 Oa.; Binding, | 27 78 Ads oe | 14a 910 Proceedings — | Drawings, £40; Printing Plates, £90) Gy, ld-| Letterpress, 603 124. 2d. | Binding, #1 124. td, +] 10411 0 ) | Drawings, #173 144. Od.; Printing Plates, | £140 12s, 5, Letterpress, £129 108} | id. ; Colouring, #241 ts, 2d, 5 Demy, | £102 104, ; Drawing Slips, £21 14s. 603 17 10 ee 21 i Index for 1862, £4 104.; Index, 1848 to) 1860, £98 Ips. Od.; Binding, £95 174. dey New Shelves for Proceed ings, 210 Gs, Sd. « “sericere|| jag a 3 | 16 wo | Returned Subscriptions ...... . | cc) vasa 1 1,626 12 5 | 19,625 18 9 Ordinary Payments .......cesceeesesees 1280 8 4 | 14,744 7:10] 16,024 10 0 Extraordinary Payments rarenienre MG 4 9 | 48811011) 9,227 15 2 ta 5 | 19,625 18 9 | 21,968 1) Comparison of Receipts in 1862 and 1863. Receipts. Income of Increase. Decrease. 1862. 1863. | | Admission Fees :— £8. d, 2. Bh Bigiidt Bye: Past: §.-66.Gbit> 50 0 0 85 0.0 SS O° Oss rg. FHSS Present ........ 350 0 0 620 0 0 270 O90. PO Annual Subscriptions :— Wes ceri ete cers 145 0 0 159 0 0 MATTOS GN EIS dis onic aie Present ........ 2,725 15 0 3,021 12 0 BOD PF ee ia cininjein aborts” si.> oiss0r0 16 0 0 41 0 0 25? OV. aire en oe Compositions .......... 900 0 0 1,200 0 0 B00 0" OF Acer cee Ivory Tickets .......... 105 2 0 64; ORO [dt ee Ae SU 70 0 Admissions to Gardens..| 20,707 16 0] 11,781 0 6/|.............. 8,926 15 6 Garden Sales .......... 916 19 9 1,423 11 6 cay 6 UT Rent for Refreshment [tee ee 853 6 8 Goo IHS. Ne 120 13 4 Publications .......... 366 10 1 712 11 1 BI OH MAI INY, .. Dividends.............. 259 17 6 420 11 3 LEO ES! GM, cose oe Miscellaneous.......... 018 6 33 11 3 Pl dat | Boy 27,3907 5 6) 20,284 12 11 1,985 16 3 |9,098 8 10 Webreake,. 0) 520065208550 FATS Io: 17 Ded. Iner.| 1,985 16 3 27,307 5 6| 27,307 5 6 FylAZ 12) 7 Total Payments in 1863..... oveee €21,262 11 2 Total Receipts in 1863 .......... 20,284 12 11 s, Payments over Receipts ........ 967 18 3 Dr. Cash me To Balance brought from December 31, 1862 ..........00eceeeceuee 2,120 0 3 To Income receivediin the Vear wc.ccceessecsscosstacsssbadsesewtes 20,284 12 12 Pec ae ee 1,805 0 0 24,209 13 2 Comparison of Payments in 1862 and 1863. Payments. Expenditure of 1863. Carriage of ditto and Keepers’ Other Works, Repairs, Ma- 2,539 0 11 Ordinary Expenditure ...... t 14,6099 8 7 | 16,024 16 0 1,325 7 6 Extraordinary ditto ........ irs 5,227 15 2 1,213 13 6 2,539 011 + 8. d. Arrears of previous year ....| 1,737 7 1,626 12 B lsccscccsccccsc | TIO Rent, Rates, Taxes, &c..... 698 14 9 715 15 11 17 1 Df... .se eee Salaries, Wages, and Pensions} 3,998 18 5 S3094 Fe Bes ccddcecosces| MOST Cost of Animals............ 1,873 4 1 1,083 °F WO \ssccssectceces | G9 16 TRESICNBEN). cos on. n nese ee 307 17 5 190 TF IONS Sess sc seseese}| 116 19 Provisions ......... -| 3,182 14 9] 3,443 12 11 260-18 2) pos saenece Menagerie Expenses 1,643 10 11 | 1,623 17 - Keepers’ Dresses .........- 106 6 6 98 2 New Buildings and Works connected ............ 1,568 5 11 3,804 10 terials, and Wages ....| 1,029 811| 1,803 3 3 773 14 4 Garden Expenses ....... rtg 473 19 1 523 4 8 49 5 7 |..-eeeeee Band Expenses ....%..... 255 17 0 183.10 9 |. ..cccceesnces Advertisements ............ 197 1 9 154 310 |... ceeesccene House and Office Expenses. . 255 14 1 343.17 4 88 3 3 Library Expenses .......... 18413 4 211 9 5 2616 1 Stationery and Account Books) 35 010 68 6 5 33 5 7 Printing( Miscellaneous). [ing 106 4 2 171 7 6 65 3 4 Proceedings, including Print- 808 3 0 943 11 1 135 8 1 Transactions, ditto ditto 22717 7 144 910 fee cetieeees ee Law Expenses ........ oses BNcsscsscceas 3 04 |ere'e'ssa(ere"o'elait's o' Returned Subscriptions .. 0 15 10 200 Cost of Medal ......... MDM ras cie'e 0 blatera/ Janta d'eld» sate bros Cost of Expedition to India. . |. oles 209 1 «0 209 1 0 3 | 21,252 11 2]/ 3,807 1 6 Increase....|. 2,539 0 11 |..... see weseee 1,358 0 7 Contra Cr. ze 8 By Expenditure paid in the year (including arrears of 1862)........ Bone co, ep a By Cost of £1000 Reduced 3 per Cents ......... eee ce cccene ss coves —) g12 10 By Cost of Power of Attorney for Sale of £2000 Reduced 3 per Cents.... th | By Balance at Banker’s, December 31, 1863 ......ec-csceeucecsececece 2,043 10 e 24,209 13 Increase. Decrease. 6-38. ds + ad| &@ 8s a. 2 4 3 7 8 Expenditure incurred in 1863. Paid in the Unpaid Year. Dee! 31. aaa es. da. £ 8s. d. e 8. Rent, Rates, and Taxes ..... weebees Secaesiee 715 15 11 24317 2 959 13 Salaries, Wages, and Pensions .......-++-++. D808 7. A Nvsveeumenren ay 3,894 7 (COntior AMBRE ele ese tess cc.csissicle sss saute 1,083 7 10 7817 0 1,162 4 Carriage of Animals and Keepers’ Expenses .. 190 17 10 614 196 19 Cost of Expedition to India 209 1 0 1019 0 220 0 PTOVIPIONA oaateiaie pie sisie(siniole aii 3,443 12 11 287 19 0 3,731 11 Menagerie Expenses.......+++ee+eeeeeceeee 1,623 17 9 33118 4] 1,955 16 Keepers’ Dresses .....eersercerccccescsecs ee OM FBR coseaeac a3 98 2 Garden Expenses «.....+-ee-sseeeececcccees 523 4 8 515 6 529 0 New Buildings and Works connected paar 3,804 10 10] 4,190 0 0 7,994 10 Other Works, Materials, and Wages ........ 1,803 3 3 12610 3 1,929 13 Advertisements .......+seeeeeeereeees 154 310 430 158 6 Band Expenses 183 10 9 eissapminnie mee 183 10 House and Office Expenses. nals 343.17 4 41 110 384 19 Stationery .....-ecececerecercceeescces 5 68 6 5 611 3 74:17 Printing (Miscellaneous) S elaisters (ete ai Sale diatendee 71 aeg, 16 56 6 0 227 13 Library Expenses ......-eeecesseeseeeceeecs 211 9 5 48 2 0 259 11 Transactions ....0+ssecessecs S dei Stele ai 5 ete 144 9 10 17k ot 162 3 Proceedings 5. oie oGb Gide eve a\nle clafe aininje sie s 1 gl 32216 10] 1,266 7 Returned Subscriptions re Ay a 0% |is's oisione s ainung ae 15 1 Law Expenses ...+++++ pa dip.0 ghia =n 18 5 0 18 5 9| 5,796 17 7 | 25,422 16 Ordinary Expenditure....... hee avedene aes 14,744 710] 1,39413 2] 16,139 1 *Extraordinary Expenditure ..... Syalata Geis alps 4,881 10 11 4,402 4 5 9,283 15 19,625 18 9 5,796 17. 7 | 25,422 16 * Particulars of Extraordinary Expenditure incurred in 1863. 1. New Buildings and Works. Lodges, Aviary, and Monkey House, and Works connected therewith .......... 7,000 0 Warming New Aviary... .-.seseeeeeeerence 47 0 Warming New Monkey House 190 0 Making New Path and Water Closets at back of the Aviary, and Sundry Work.. 35 14 Cattle Sheds and Hay Sheds adjoining .......++e-eeeeeeeeeeeeereeeee Sohne See ip Reconstructing Elephant Pond .........++-++ee+- Pewee Nee s/ein\e sielaisicie's «eee 204 Additions to Small Mammal House .......cceceeceeeececceseeence BS oboedons 17 11 Completion of Fence at New Antelope House ewedsciee SeisleSe cece vateadeswsen s = eee New Seats at Hippopotamus Platform ......... HCIIOOCNAO DCE Shosnen v= 47/40 New Gates near Bison House .........+++- iota lonelalatete stetagiee piais) sete sieves -- 26 5 Slating Reptile House ...........--see cece eeeeee SODOCIGUCO: OdATranorr coeces ~ 1010 New Wrought-Iron Hurdles for fencing .....-++eseeeeeceeceenceecesecseeree 30 1 Completion of Kangaroo Sheds ...++-.+++seereeeeeeerrtsececececsereenn ees eprmeey -tserl | New Tank in the Fish House ............ a alorete (creioluin allah, alalania cna oui eia ater e eve ate 6 5 Gravel, &c. and Wages for restoring Paths . owes cveuccecseutececues is Neale mean 246 10 Salary to Clerk of the Works Seratetie ak ekict skit odoa teres fopaeictere icateenteycfote’aj rae ae 2. Menagerie. Cost of Expedition to India .........eesseeeeeseeees caececne Welaisio ates sie cine pa eID Provisions for Red Deer sent to Sir George Grey ......+.e++eee- eek Sa 17-7 3. Office. Painting outside of No. 11 Hanover Square.....-...... ABSO EU ASEE BHGHONDASA were 4. Publications. New Catalogue of Animals .......+.-s+eeeeeeeeeeeeetee cess cccccesscocseses 50 0 New Index to Proceedings, 1848 to 1860 ......seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeres Saovcc noo 151 14 List of Vertebrated Animals...........+.+« selene asia ale(slofatelwiererstapnielalotsioie Hoan. ee Balance of extra part of Transactions.........- eonees Se iainials.0\sielove nisia)niee Boogaed | ey ls New Catalogue of the Library.......ssssscsecerereeeeeeeee Gic/asialele\a alzlcle e\=(ala eM £9,283 15 Sues ~ —e ~ ROL RL OSOK RK aAADNOSCACNAKKONoOoreK ~ cowunwoomoocenmnmooose ao eg, oocone - aye 9 The Auditors congratulate the Society on the continued improvement of its position and prospects. The Receipts from December 1862 to December 1863 have exceeded those during every other twelvemonth of the Society’s existence, except the years of the General Exhibitions, 1851 and 1862, while an increase under all but three heads of revenue ap- pears, even when compared with those two most favoured periods. The Annual Subscriptions exceed in amount those received in any one of the last seventeen years; more Compositions have been made than in any one of the last thirty-four years, and the Garden Sales surpass those of any year of the last ten, while the Admission Fees are larger than they have been in any one year during the last quarter of a century. The number of Fellows is at present considerably greater than it has been during the last fifteen years, no less than 164 persons (far surpassing the number that have joined the Society any year during the last twenty-five years) having been elected Members of the Society in 1863. In conclusion, your Auditors assure the Society of their entire concurrence in the opinion of their predecessors, as to the admirably clear and accurate manner in which the ac- counts have been arranged and laid before them by the Ac- countant Mr. Leigh, whose conduct cannot be too highly praised, and whose knowledge and management of the sub- ject appears perfect. EDW. GREENAWAY. EDWARD JOHNSTONE. WILLIAM MARTYN. BENJAMIN LEADBEATER. G. C. TAYLOR. JAMES TENNANT. R. HENRY S. VYVYAN. 11 Hanover Square, February 23, 1864. ele. 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SJEIMDSS Vin Wsid ‘vidietiepeie se woh : risiT’ on ial href : syap IMHO ; NM geoier gion T aM sp! ou % ,f a a t ~ a al _ re - - : Lo Wis Iu - i= Of han ‘ “ ., ne rites ¥¥ Lol = * i Ct sis tJ ri % ree « weeOreHoy. aHs ih : =. 4e ; MALLY \ 6L“a'? A TES r “e-7 - Seto cr ‘ os ih id ASE Oat FL EIN ARS re | . mA AT. mor PRYAAT SUF ET Vis VEY "2 YAUAT SA SA pee s me Og Po $ Z ee ie CO ee eg = REPORT OF THE COUNCIL.” ete ees : a April 29, 1865. mJ : Iw accordance with the provisiuns of the Royal Charter granted to the Society in the year 1829, the Council have now the pleasure of submitting to the approbation of the _ Fellows assembled in their thirty-sixth Anniversary Meet- ing the customary Report upon the progress of the Society during the past year. _ This, in conformity with former precedents, they have _ divided into three heads, the first of which relates to the _ general state of the Society, the second to the operations _ carried on at the office in Hanover Square, and the last to _ the state of the establishment in the Regent’s Park. I. GENERAL ESTABLISHMENT. 1. Orpinary Mempers, FeLLows, AND ANNUAL ; SUBSCRIBERS. __ The number of Fellows, Fellows Elect, and Annual ' Subscribers at the present time amounts to 1955. Of these there are— Compounders, who have paid £20. . . 181 §: Ditto githO £307 226-4 Pe OG Paying annual contributions of £2. . . 217 sakee Ditto —_ ditto EO AES 4: eer epee facet Sormants sg. Raa Admission-fees unpaid. . . . .. . 51- : Ditto mennitted rena 5 oe de ‘ nnoual Subscribers, paying £3 . . . . 59 lows elected since the last Anniver- . Annual Subscribers 12; and eight ae 4 Fellows have been re-admitted under the provisions of the By-laws, making a total addition of 276 Members since the Anniversary in 1864. The present state of the roll of the Society being com- pared with that of last year, the following results are obtained. April 29th, | April 29th 1864, 1865, || Merease. Number of Fellows ... . 1673 1845 172 A) Fellows Elect . . 27 51 24 . Annual Subscribers . 54 59 5 ; 1754 1955, 201 If upon the last Anniversary the increase in the number of Members was a subject of congratulation to the Society, much more so must this be the case on the present occa- sion, when, as will be seen by the comparative Table just given, such a marked addition has been made to the list. - During the year 1864 no less than 264 new Fellows and Annual Subscribers were elected—a greater number than have joined the Society in any single year for the last twenty-eight years. The number of Deaths since the last Anniversary has been 42; the number of. Resignations has been 13; and 20 Members have been removed from the roll under the By-Laws for non-payment of their debts due to the Society. The present number of candidates for admission is 40, making a total of 117 additions to the list of Fellows since the 1st of January of the present year. The following seventeen gentlemen have been elected Corresponding Members of the Society since the last Anniversary. Dr. John Squire, 16th Native Infantry, Dinapore. Charles Franks, Esq., Colonial Treasurer, British Columbia. George Ure Skinner, Esq., Newland, Great Malvern. Dr. John Kirk, 45 George’s Square, Edinburgh. Reginald Russell, Esq., H.M. Diplomatic Service. Capt. George E. Bulger, Cape Colony. The Baron de Castello de Paiva, Oporto. Rev. Henry Baker, Cottayam, Madras. 5 Lieut. R. C. Beavan, Bengal Rev. Survey Department. Dr. Gustav Jaeger, Director of the Zoological Gardens, Vienna. ; Professor George J. Allman, University of Edinburgh. Robert B. N. Walker, Esq., H.B.M. Consul in Liberia. Charles Ruck Keene, Esq., Swyncombe, Marlborough, New Zealand. Dr. H. Dohrn, Stettin. M. Adolphe Boucard, Paris. George 8S. Brady, Bishopswearmouth. Dr. E. Carl von Martens, Berlin. 2. ForREIGN AND CORRESPONDING MEMBERS. Two vacancies having occurred in the list of Foreign Members since the last Anniversary, the Council selected and recommended to the Society the names of the distin- guished Foreign Naturalists Professor W. Lilljeborg of - the University of Upsala, and Professor P. J. Van Beneden of the University of Louvain, to make up the full number of this class of Members authorized by the By-Laws of the Society. The selection of the Council was confirmed, and these gentlemen were duly elected Foreign Members of the Society at the General Meet- ing in January last. 3. INCOME. The Council have again the pleasure of reporting a con- siderable increase in the Income of the Society. The In- come of the year 1863, as was stated at the last Anniversary, amounted to £20,284 12s. 1ld.,a sum unexampled, ex- cept in the two Exhibition years; but the income of the past year has exceeded that sum by £1429, the total receipts for 1864 having amounted to £21,713 13s. 10d. As will be seen by the subjoined Table, this increase is due to the augmentation of nearly all the principal sources of ‘receipt, amongst which that of admissions to the Gardens and Annual Subscriptions (resulting from the increased number of Members) are the most noticeable. ‘e > —— SS rOroorOrhvol l oO TS ——_e_— ot Income of Increase. | Decrease. 1863. 1864 Admission Fees ......... £ 9 @d| £ 8 a. & ANSE s.” a. Pas eases ties 85 0 0} -100 0 0 1552 O,- Ohad} eeceess PTERENE = | vceceats 620 0 O} 970 0 0} 350 O O).,.......00... AnnualSubscriptions :— AStiaseedseseceones 0 0 128° OO ital voce 31 0 0 Present 12 QO) 8,491) eoO} 469) +O) POM Aes... Future 0 0 OO: -O Ot se cee dee atee 11/0 0 Compositions O 0] 1,350 0 0} 150 O 9Q......,......... Ivory Tickets 2 0 8614 0 SIZ Oa avtvceevers Admissions to Gardens} 11,781 0 6/12,703 7 6 922) 7: Olen esac: eeeces Garden Sales ..ssse:s0-:|, .J,4¢0 LL -6) 1,163 10 8).........-.-cceaes 260 0 10 Rent for Refreshment ROOM) pans dea oes ene dace: (32.13 .4 720..Q (Ol iccssecsvacstets 12 33) 04 Publications ..........++ 712.31-.] 573. 8 Vb Sed eeceds 134. 2) 2 Dividends ...ceccceeeeees A203) eda Lb | alesis cesreeeasaes 8 0.0 a GRA Oya, eased care ctuapalegs 71s ssaseesss eng 35 60 0 Be Dein Passe eres Miscellaneous .........+++ eon ht ee Boe Oo Nl cceac. sesocuaeecs 1110 9 20,284 12 11 enle 13 10} 1 1974 8 0| 545 7 Increase ...| 1,429 0 11]]...............-.| 545 7 1| Ded. Decr. 21,713 13 10) 21,713 13 10} 1,429 O11 The average Income of the three ordinary years pre- ceding the Exhibition year of 1862 was rather more than £16,000; so that, if the present state of the Society’s prosperity shall continue, of which, judging from the progress of affairs up to this date, there seems every prospect, it may be stated in broad terms, that an amelioration of the Society’s income to the extent of at least £5000 a year has taken place during the last three years. It is also gratifying to the Council to have to record the yearly increasing popularity of the Society’s Gardens amongst that class of visitors who resort to them on the national holidays. On the 16th of May last year, being Whit Monday, the number of entrances to the Gardens between 9 o’clock a.m. and the closing of the gates at sunset was no less than 31,136. Of these 31,011 paid sixpence apiece for admission, producing a receipt of L415 be. bas being the largest sum ever taken at the gates in one day since the opening of the Gardens to the public. But the inspection of the subjoined Table will show that OE ee 7 it is not only this class of visitors that has resorted in in- creased numbers to the Society’s Gardens during the year 1864. There has, in fact, been an augmentation of num- bers under every head into which the returns of admission to the Gardens are divided. Altogether the increase of entrances has amounted to 38,469 over the preceding year, raising the grand total of visitors to 507,169, and placing the year 1864 as exhibiting a more favourable aspect in this point of view than any of the preceding years except the two Exhibition years. Visitors to the Gardens. | aes taeda | dnmecane, | Fellows and Friends BV Mu sestdadyaraccares 84,466 | 96,066 11,600 © On ordinary days at ls.each | 100,327 | 112,783 12,456 Paying On Mondays and other days \ at Gd, Gach :..3-tneacgaeo seas ia ae was bia Children under 12: years at | (UN Gd. CaCh 2lei.sccncvesescqicn } NG aie iad Charity Children and others Pa ae y free admission ......... at 13,320 | HidSh eet - | 468,700 | 507,169 | 38,469 The total income of the Society received in the year 1864 was, as has been- already stated, £21,713 13s. 10d. To this must be added-the sum of £2043 10s. 6d., being the balance carried forward from the previous year, and the sum of £2677 10s., being the proceeds arising from the sale of £3000 Reduced 3 per Cents, making the total sum of £26,434 14s. 4d. available for the expenditure of ee year 1864. 4, Rapuinenne The ordinary Expenditure of the Society paid during the year 1864, under which ‘head is placed every item neces- sary to keep the Society’s establishment in a perfect state of efficiency, was £17,207 10s. 7d. The Extraordinary Expen- diture paid during the same period amounted to £7681 “12s. 9d., making a total Expenditure of £24,889 3s. 4d., and leaving a balance in the banker’s hands at the end of the year of £1544 9s. 6d. But these sums include the arrears of the year 1863, and 8 exclude the liabilities of the Society left unpaid on the 31st of December, 1864. When the sum of £4621 16s. 2d., being the first of these amounts, is deducted, and that of £3434 13s. 7d. (being the amount of liabilities at the close of the year) is added, it will be found that the Society’s total expenditure for the year 1864 was only £23,702 Os. 9d. Of this the sum of £17,097 14s. 10d. was re- quired to meet the ordinary expenses of the year, and the remaining sum of £6604 5s. 11d. belongs strictly to the extraordinary expenditure, and is divisible into four heads, as shown in the subjoined Table. 1. New Buildings and Works. New Monkey House, New Lodges, and New Aviary, and Works connected #£ s. d. therewith (Balance) ........... ..... 3,578 0 O Additions to Refreshment Rooms ...... 67 11 2 New Pheasant Sheds, and Works con- nected therewith .....sseseeeeseees 124 2 10 New Platform at Lion’s Den, and New Paving adjoining the same .......... 509 8 6 New Giraffe Yard Fence ............0% 160 3 9 New Basin, and Walks, Ponds and Fences adjoining thereto ......cccceseseses 460 8 1 New Stall in Wapiti House...........- 41 0 0 New Tank in Fish House..........005 : 8. 'G" @ New Breeding Aviary for Turkeys ..... . 10 0 0 New Cages in Small Mammal House.,.. 476 New Boiler in Engine House ........... 119 2 1 New Uninnl {a0 0oub. cstanicns.ctledees a's 28 6 2 Cleaning out Three-Island Pond........ 37 10 0 Salary to Clerk of the Works .......... 108 3 6 Furniture and Fittings in Ladies’ Room 22 7 6 5,278 17 1 2. Menagerie. Cost of Expedition to India........ woe. «74415 4 List of Indian Pheasants .............. 12 0 0 ———__ 756 15 4 3. Office. New Drain at No. 11 Hanover Square .. 27 2 4 Premium and Expenses for New Lease... 52119 2 New Bookcase in Library...sssgevseeee 1912 0 568 18 6 £6,604 6 11 eee ee sn 9 5. Reserve Funp. On the 31st of December, 1863, the Society’s Reserve Fund invested in 3 per Cents Reduced, amounted, as was stated in the last Annual Report, to £13,000. During the year 1864 £3000, part of this sum, was sold out to assist in meeting the extraordinary expenditure of the year, thus leaving the sum of £10,000 3 per Cents as the amount of the Society’s invested fund. While the Council have no intention of diminishing this Reserve fund, they do not think it necessary or even desirable to increase it beyond its present amount. A few years ago it was con- sidered desirable that the Society’s Reserve fund should be raised to the sum of £5000. The unexampled prosperity of the few last years has enabled the Council to lay by double this sum, without at the same time deviating from their principle of making every year some new and important additions to the permanent buildings in the Society’s Gardens. There can be no doubt that the money thus spent, while it has largely added to the completeness and effi- ciency of the Society’s establishment in the Regent’s Park, has likewise borne good fruit in materially influenc- ing the remarkable increase in the Garden receipts that has taken place. 6. AssETs AND LIABILITIES. The Cash Assets of the Society on the 31st of Decem- ber 1864 amounted, as has been already stated, to— faa Cash at the Banker's. . . . . . 1,544 9 6 Cost of £10,000 Reduced 3 per Cents . . 9,356 2 10 10,900 12 4 The sums due to the Society for arrears on the 3lst of December 1864 were esti- mated as follows :— pele soma Annual Subscriptions . . 344 0 0 teoty Vickets-2.'. 53) 52° 2251) 0 mebeations. cio. 6) EGS sO Garden Sales. . . . . 863 8 9 —- 1405 17 9 Making a Total Balance in favour of the REIGEY. GF hilt wile’; «ami; 'a3 otis £12,306-10 1 10 without taking into account the value of the Society’s col- lection of living animals, which cannot be estimated at less than £26,000. The Liabilities at the same period were esti- mriabenliati: |e ace inétees BRP be Sw a ER ee Leaving a Balance in favour of the Society of £8,871 16 6 II. OFFICE, 11 Hanover Square. 1. PUBLICATIONS. The Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the So- ciety, both with and without Illustrations, have been regu- larly issued since the last Anniversary. The publication of the last part for 1864 has been somewhat delayed by the unusual length to which several of the papers com- municated during the autumn session of last year extended. It is now, however, ready for delivery, and renders the volume for that year complete. The fourth part of the fifth volume of the Society’s Transactions, which has likewise been recently issued, con- tains the following papers :— “ Contributions to the Natural History of the Anthro- poid Apes. No. VIII. On the External Characters of the Gorilla (Troglodytes gorilla, Sav.).” By Professor Owen, F.RS., F.Z.8., &c. “On the Placental Structures of the Tenrec (Centetes ecaudatus), and those of certain other Mammalia; with Remarks on the Value of the Placental System of Classi- fication.”” By Professor Rolleston, F.R.S., F.Z.S., &c. “ Description of the Skeleton of the Great Auk, or Gare Fowl (Alcea impennis, L.).” By Professor Owen, F.R.S., F.Z.8., &c. With the fifth part of this volume, which is now in the press, the Council, in conformity with the recommendation of the Committee of Publication, propose to complete the fifth volume of the Society’s Transactions, proposing to introduce several slight alterations and modifications in the form of the type in a new volume, without in any way interrupting the continuity of the series. 2. LIBRARY. The sum of £403 8s., devoted to expenses connected with the. Society’s Library durimg the past year, was , 5 : ; 7 6 i : : : ‘ 11 chiefly incurred in adding new and important Zoological works to the series, in binding, in new book-cases, and in printing a Supplement to the Catalogue, which, together with the Catalogue itself, is now ready for delivery to any Fellow who may wish to possess a copy. The sum of £104 6s. was spent in increasing the beauti- ful series of water-colour drawings by Mr. Wolf, of the finest and rarest specimens in the Society’s Menagerie. This series, which was commenced in 1851, now amounts to upwards of 100 in number. Feeling that their interest, both as works of art, and as giving accurate outlines of the living form of many rare animals, renders it desirable that they should be more easily accessible than they are as at present placed in portfolios in the Society’s Library, the Council have resolved on fitting up the upper portion of the Old Museum Building as a gallery for their exhibi- tion during the summer months of the present year. They have little doubt that the merits of these drawings, when thus displayed, will be more fully appreciated by the Fellows, as well as by the public at large, and that their exhibition will attract many additional visitors to the Society’s Gardens. Besides the purchased additions, the Society’s Library has received since the last Anniversary Transactions and Proceedings from the following Institutions :— ENGLAND. The Royal Society, London. The Linnean Society, London. The Royal Geographical Society, London. The Geological Society, London. The Royal Institution of Great Britain. The Royal Horticultural Society, London. The Photographic Society, London. The Society of Arts, London. The Royal United Service Institution, London. The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain. The Royal Agricultural Society of England. The Tyneside Naturalists’ Field-club. The Pharmaceutical Society. The Entomological Society, London. ‘The Royal Society of Literature. The British Association for the Advancement of Science. 12 The Royal Institution of Cornwall. The Literary and Philosophical Society of Leeds. The Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. The Geological and Polytechnic Institution of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The Literary and Philosophical Society of Hull. The Plymouth Institution and Devon and Cornwall Natural History Society. IRELAND. The Royal Dublin Society. The Geological Society of Dublin. The Royal Irish Academy. Kast InpIEs. The Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal. The Royal Union of Natural History of the Netherland Indies, Batavia. AUSTRALIA. The Acclimatization Society of Victoria. The Royal Society of Tasmania. The Entomological Society of New South Wales. AMERICA. The American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia. The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia. The Smithsonian Institution, Washington. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The Lyceum of Natural History, New York. The Natural History Society of Boston. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. The Museum of Comparative Zoology, Boston. The Boston Society of Natural History. The Academy of Science of St. Louis. FRANCE. The Imperial Zoological Society of Acclimatation, Paris. The Linnean Society of Normandy. Russia. The Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg. The Imperial Society of Naturalists of Moscow. 13 SCANDINAVIA. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences of Stockholm. The Royal Danish Society of Sciences, Copenhagen. The Royal Norwegian University, Christiania. SWITZERLAND. The Physical and Natural History Society of Geneva. The Natural History Society of Basel. The Natural History Society of Zurich. The Society of Natural Sciences, Neuchatel. BELGIUM. The Academy Royal of Belgium. The Royal Society of Sciences, Liége. ITALY. The Royal Lombardian Institute of Science and Litera- ture, Milan. The Royal Academy of Sciences, Turin. The Italian Society of Natural Sciences, Milan. HobuaAnp. The Royal Academy of Sciences, Amsterdam. The Dutch Society of Sciences, Haarlem. SPAIN. The Royal Academy of Sciences of Madrid. GERMANY. The Natural History Society of Halle. The German Ornithologists’ Society. The Imperial Leopoldino-Carolinian Academy of Na- turalists. The Senckenbergian Society, Frankfort-on-the-Main. The Royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich. The Royal Academy of Sciences of Berlin. The Zoological Society of Frankfort-on-the-Main. The Imperial Academy of Sciences, Vienna. The Imperial Geological Institution of Vienna. The Zoological and Botanical Society of Vienna. The University and Royal Society of Sciences, Got- tingen. 14 The Royal Physical and Economical Society of Konigs- berg. The Natural History Society of Wiirtemberg. The Natural History Society of Rhenish Prussia and Westphalia. Donations of Works, Memoirs, and Papers have also been received from Dr. F. H. Troschel ; The Editor of the Pharmaceutical Journal; M. Crosse; James D. Dana, Esq.; Dr. John Dean; M. F. J. Pictet; M. Eugéne Eudes-Deslongchamps; M. J. W. Weidemeyer; B. H. Hodgson, Esq.; G. B. Sowerby, Esq.; M. Ad. Quetelet ; John Hogg, Esq.; The Editor of the Geological Maga- zine; F. Day, Esq.; G. B. Halford, Esq.; M. Friedrich Brauer; B. Quaritch, Esq., F.Z.S.; Dr. J.C. Cox; Messrs. M*Lean and Haes; P. Martin Duncan, Esq. ; Dr. Moriz Hornes; M. Alphonse Milne-Edwards and the Editors of The Intellectual Observer and The Athenzeum. III. GARDENS, REGENT’S PARK. 1. Burnpines and Works. The New Entrance Lodges, Aviary, and Monkey House, concerning which full details and explanations were offered to the Society in the last Annual Report, were all com- pleted and brought into perfect order during the course of last year. It will be seen by reference to the items of extraordinary expenditure, that the sum of £3578 was altogether required to meet the balance of the expenditure. incurred on these buildings, and on the several works con- nected with them, during the year 1864. As regards the two former of these, the new Lodges and the new Aviary, which were fully completed at the time of the last Anni- versary, the Council have no further remarks to add to those already addressed to the Society on this subject, except that they have every reason to be satisfied with each of them. But as regards the new Monkey House, which was only brought into full working order during the latter part of last summer, the Council cannot refrain from congratulating the Society upon the very important amelioration that has been thus effected in what was heretofore one of the most defective parts of 15 their Garden establishment. The Council believe that the public voice, as well as that of the Members of the Society, has been nearly unanimous in favour of the pre- sent building, which, judging from the number of visitors that have resorted to it all through the winter, seems to be now one of the most attractive in the Gardens. As regards the health and welfare of the animals to the use of which it is devoted, there can be no question that it has likewise proved an entire success. In striking contrast to the constant mortality that prevailed in the old Monkey House, the deaths among the Quadrumana during the late long and severe winter have been very few, and the greater number of them have remained in an excellent state of health. Specimens of the Orang and Chimpanzee, which, in spite of numerous trials, it has hitherto been found impossible to preserve alive for more than a few months, have been kept in good health and condition in the new House in spite of the trying weather, besides several of the more delicate species of American Qua- drumana, which the Society has heretofore never succeeded in keeping long in captivity. The total cost of the erec- tion of the new Monkey House, as contracted for by Messrs. Lucas, was £3131. The extras amounted to £251 18s. 3d., raising the total sum payable to Messrs. Lucas for the building to the amount of £3382 18s. 3d. The internal fittings of the new Monkey House, the warming-apparatus, the drain, the new paths and fencing, and the alteration of the whole level of the ground, together with the entire rearrangement of the adjacent walks and enclosures rendered necessary by the erection of the new building in order to bring it into harmony with the adjoining buildings, required the further sum of £1459 7s. 3d. This sum has, however, as the Council believe, been well expended in converting the western corner of the South Gardens into one of the best-arranged and most attractive portions of the Society’s Grounds. The only other important items upon which extraordi- nary expenditure was incurred, as regards the Society’s establishment in the Regent’s Park, during the past year, were the large new basin opposite the Antelope House, which, together with the new paths it necessitated, and the consequent alterations in the surrounding enclosures, cost a total sum of £460 8s. 1d.; and the new platform 16 opposite the Carnivora Dens, which, together with the paving of the space between it and the front of the dens, and other minor werks connected with it, cost a total sum of £509 8s. Gd. As regards the former of these works, although the efforts of the Council to add a member of the class Cetacea to the Society’s collection have not yet proved successful, there seems no reason to disbelieve that this desirable object may be hereafter accomplished. A specimen of the White Whale of the St. Lawrence, in the Aquarial Gardens at Boston, U.S. A., lived for a period of two years in excellent health in a water-tank in that establishment. A Porpoise, which was acquired for the Society on the 29th of December of last year, lived twenty- seven days in the Gardens, feeding well, and was only lost through the accident of a severe frost coming on somewhat unexpectedly. The Council have therefore little fear but they will be ultimately able to surmount the dif- ficulties that have hitherto been encountered in accom- plishing this object, and they intend to continue their efforts for this purpose. ‘They may also remark that these attempts have already been productive of some benefit to science, as having afforded means for the more accurate examination of the structure of these little-known animals, and as having supplied the National Collection with a specimen of a hitherto unknown Cetacean, one of the specimens obtained for the Society’s collection having been determined by Dr. Gray as belonging to a new species of the genus Phocena—the more interesting from its having been obtained in the British seas. The restoration of the platform opposite the Carnivora Dens was rendered necessary by the bad state of repair of the previous structure, and its inadequacy to accommo- date the great crowds that now seek to witness the feeding of the Lions and Tigers. At the same time, looking to the extra- ordinary amount of traffic along the narrow space between the platform and the front of the dens, it was thought desi- rable to pave this with the best paving-flags in a solid and durable manner, so that the necessity of constant repairs to the gravel-path, which formerly occupied the space, might be avoided. Although these were the principal works to which the Council’s attention was directed during the{past year, various other minor improvements were at the same time 17 carried out in the Society’s establishment—such as the removal of the old wooden fence opposite the Giraffe Yard, and the replacement of it by an iron fence, the erection of a new set of pheasant-sheds, and the replacing of the boiler in the engine-house by a new one of greater dimen- sions, and capable of generating a larger amount of steam. These minor improvements, which, together with the expenses attendant upon them, are all particularized in the list of items of extraordinary expenditure incurred during the past year, cost altogether the sum of £731 Os.6d., and make up the total sum of £5278 17s. 1d., devoted to the permanent improvement of the Society’s Garden Es- tablishment during the year. 2. MENAGERIE. The most important event connected with the Society’s Menagerie that has occurred since the last Anniversary has been the successful result of Mr. Thompson’s mission to India. The circumstances which induced the Council to undertake this expedition have already been detailed in the last Report, but it may be convenient to recall them to the recollection of the Meeting. Several of the Society’s Corresponding Members in India—amongst whom may be particularly mentioned Mr. A. Grote, the Babu Rajendra Mullick of Calcutta, and Mr. W. Dunn of Akyab—having announced that they had collections waiting for transmission to the So- ciety, amongst which were a pair of young Rhinoceroses, and other valuable animals, the Council determined on send- ing out to Calcutta, to receive and bring back those prof- fered donations, Mr. James Thompson, the Society’s Head Keeper, who had previously made the same journey with _ such signal success on the occasion of the introduction of the Himalayan Pheasants in 1858. They also gladly _ embraced the opportunity of sending out to the Babu Rajendra Mullick a selection of living animals likely to be acceptable to that gentleman, as some return for the many valuable donations that he has from time to time made to the Society’s Menagerie. At the last Anniversary, the Council had the pleasure of announcing that Mr. Thomp- son, who had left England in the ‘ Hydaspes’ on the 28th of November, 1863, had reached Calcutta with the loss of only one individual of the collection under his charge, B 18 and had safely delivered the others at their destination. Mr. Thompson left Calcutta on his return voyage in the ‘Hydaspes’ on the 5th of April, and arrived in the Thames on the 28th of July, bringing with him the fol- lowing fine series of animals, which had been brought to- gether for the Society at Calcutta by the exertions of their Corresponding Members, the Babu Rajendra Mullick of Calcutta, Mr. A. Grote of Alipore, Dr. John Squire, and Mr. Wm. Dunn of Akyab :-— Rhinoceroses (Rhinoceros indicus). Black Cuckoos (Eudynamys orientalis). Rose-coloured Pastors (Pastor roseus). Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros). Concave Hornbills (Buceros cavatus). Green-necked Peafowl (Pavo spicifer). Lineated Pheasants (Huplocamus lineatus). Rufous-tailed Pheasants (Euplocamus erythrophthal- Peacock Pheasant (Polyplectron chinquis). Indian Tantali (Tantalus leucocephalus). Indian Jabirus (Mycteria australis). Saras Cranes (Grus antigone). Land Tortoises (Testudo indica). bo 09 09 tS LO bt bO DHnnwdwv Very few losses were experienced by Mr. Thompson during his voyage, the only noticeable occurrence under this head having been the Polyplectrons, which appear to have been in a diseased state when shipped, and mostly died before the vessel reached Madras. The total cost of Mr. Thompson’s expedition amounted to £808 18s. 6d., whilst the lowest estimate that can be put upon the value of the collection thus acquired amounts to £1516. Under these circumstances, the Council thought it only due to this deserving officer of the Society to award him a gra- tuity of £50 for his services, together with their special thanks for his conduct during the expedition. It may be remarked that some of the additions thus made to the Society’s collection, such as the Hornbills and the Lineated Pheasants (for the latter of which the Society is indebted to their Corresponding Member, Dr. J. Squire), were not only novelties to the collection, but such specimens as the Council could have hardly hoped to acquire in any other way. 19 The following Table exhibits a comparison of the num- ber of the specimens of the three first classes of verte- brated animals exhibited in the Society’s collection on the 31st of December last, as compared with the correspond- ing numbers eubibited on the 3lst of December of the present year, by which it appears that the total gevtdes has been considerably increased. December 31. Comparison. 1863. | 1864. Quadrupeds ............+++ ! 567 | 498 Decr. 69 BAP seh sick cedcaryee, asabee | 1063 | 1255 Incr. 192 Reptilesiss::-.2¢,25.02:s8een 100 | 105 Incr. 5 1730 0 [4 1858 Incr. 128 The List of Animals exhibited for the first time during the year 1864 is as follows :— MAMMALS. . The Thick-tailed Galago (Galago crassicaudata). . The Grizzled Spider-Monkey (Afeles . The Chilian Skunk (Mephitis chilensis). The Patagonian Cavy (Dolichotis patachonica). . The Orange-quilled Porcupine (Hystrixv malabarica). . The Saiga Antelope (Sazga tatarica). . The Abyssinian Wild Ass (Hquus teniopus). . The Kuhl’s Deer (Cervus kuhiii). ). DIA OP WO be BIRDS. . The Rufous-necked Falcon (Hypotriorchis rufigu- laris). . The Golden-winged Woodpecker (Colaptes auratus). - The Guira Cuckoo (Guira piririgua). The Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros). The Blue Creeper (Cereba cyanea). . The Blue-bearded Jay (Cynocorax cyanopogon). . The Yellow-rumped Icterus (Icterus persicus). The Algerian Chaffinch (Fringilla spodiogenia). . The Double-crested Fruit-Pigeon (Lopholemus ant- arcticus). - The Didunculus (Didunculus strigirostris). ) B2 — o 20 11. The Indian Sand-Grouse (Pterocles arenarius). 12. The Double-banded Sand-Grouse (Péerocles bi- cinctus). 13. The Scmmering’s Pheasant (Phasianus scemmer- ingit). 14. The Lineated Pheasant (Huplocamus lineatus). 15. Temminck’s Tragopan (Ceriornis temminckit) . 16. The Wood-Francolin (Francolinus gularis). 17. The Rufous Francolin (Galloperdiz spadicea). 18. The Madagascar Francolin (Francolinus madagas- cariensis). 19. The Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocot). 20. The Indian Tantalus (Tantalus leucocephalus). 21. The Maned Goose (Bernicla jubata). 22. The South American Teal (Anas ipecutiri). 23. The Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus). REPTILES. 1. Cunningham’s Skink (Egernia cunningham). 2. The Axolotl (Siredon mexicanus). FISHES. 1. The Burbot (Lota vulgaris). 2. The Sly Silurus (Sz/urus glanis). Amongst these, particular notice should be directed to the following remarkable animals :— The Orange-quilled Porcupine (Hystrix malabarica) is a new and very interesting addition to this group of animals, as, before the arrival of the specimens in the Society’s Menagerie (for which the Society are indebted to their Corresponding Member, H. E. Sir William Denison, Governor of Madras), the species was unknown in Europe, and not even represented in the British Museum. The Didunculus strigirostris, or Tooth-billed Pigeon of the Samoan Islands, in the Pacific, is perhaps the rarest specimen ever exhibited alive in the Society’s Menagerie, having been supposed, until recently, to be quite extinct. For this very curious bird, which is of such great interest as being supposed to be the nearest living ally of the Dodo, the Society are indebted to their indefatigable correspon- dent Dr. George Bennett, of Sydney, who has made so 21 many valuable donations to the Menagerie. Unfortunately the Didunculus did not live many months in the Society’s Gardens, but, having passed since its death into the col- lection of the British Museum, has served to fill an im- portant vacuum in the National Collection of Zoology. The following is a List or SPECIES WHICH HAVE BRED IN THE GARDENS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BETWEEN THE Ist or JANUARY 1864 AND THE Ist or JANUARY 1865. 1 3 4 MAMMALS. . Rhesus Monkey (Macacus rhesus). Common Jackals (Canis aureus). . Lions (Felis leo). . Tigers (Felis tigris). . Jaguar (Felis onga). . Wapiti Deer (Cervus canadensis). . Japanese Deer (Cervus sika). . Barasinga Deer (Cervus duvaucelli). . Molucca Deer (Cervus moluccensis). . Axis Deer (Cervus avis). . Mexican Deer (Cervus mexicanus). . Hybrids between the Markhoor (Capra megaceros) and the Common Goat. . Chamoix (Rupicapra tragus). . Nylghai (Portaz picta). . Leucoryx (Orazx leucoryz). . Eland (Oreas canna). . Yak (Bos grunniens). - Collared Peccary (Dicotyles tajagu). . Burchell’s Zebra (Asinus Burchelli). . Golden Agouti (Dasyprocta aguti). . Beaver (Castor canadensis). . Gray’s Kangaroo Rat (Bettongia gray). BIRDS. . Black Kite (Milvus niger). 2. Pied Wagtail (Motacilla yarrellii). - Rufous-necked Weaver-bird (Hyphantornis textor). . Indian Turtledove (Turtur risorius). 5. Dwarf Turtledove (Turtur humilis). 22 6. Cambayan Turtledove (Turtur senegalensis). 7. Red Ground-Dove (Geotrygon montana). 8. Bartlett’s Pigeon (Phlogenas bartletti). .9. Horned Pheasant (Ceriornis satyra). 10. Impeyan Pheasant (Lophophorus impeyanus). 11. Mooruk (Casuarius bennettiz). 12. Black Swan (Cygnus atratus). 13. Upland Goose (Chloéphaga magellanica). 14. Ashy-headed Goose (Chloéphaga poliocephala), 15. Ruddy-headed Goose (Chloéphaga rubidiceps). 16. Ruddy Sheldrake (Casarca rutila). 17. Summer Duck (Aix sponsa). 18. Bahama Duck (Pecilonetia bahamensis). 19. Dusky Duck (Anas obscura). 20. Herring-Gull (Larus argentatus). REPTILES. 1. Water-Viper (Cenchris piscivorus). FISHES. 1. Salmon (Salmo salar). 2, River Trout (Salmo fario). 3. Great Lake Trout (Salmo feroz). |The following is an alphabetically arranged List of Donors and of their several Donations to the Menagerie during the year 1864. Abbott, Capt. One Globose Curassow (Crax globicera), three Yellow Snakes (Chilobothrus inornatus), two Antillean Snakes (Dromicus antillensis), one Dorsal Lizard (Ameiva dorsalis). ° Acclimatization Society of Melbourne. Two Weka Rails (Ocydromus australis), three Li- zards. Acclimatization Society of Queensland. One Boobook Owl (Athene boobook). Acclimatization Society of Victoria. Two Australian Cranes (Grus australasiana), two Australian Pelicans (Pelecanus conspicillatus), two Emus (Dromeus nove-hollandie), one Diamond-Snake — (Morelia spilotes), two Great Cyclodus Lizards (Cy- clodus gigas). 23 Acclimatization Society of Sydney. One Double-crested Pigeon (Lopholemus aaaieiaam Addison, Col. .One Sooty Monkey ( Cercopithecus fuliginosus). Aldersey, T., Esq. One Common Genet (Genetia vulgaris), Arcedeckne, A., Esq. F.Z.S. Twelve Common Oysters (Ostrea edulis), two Lobsters (Homarus vulgaris), two Smelts (Osmerus eperlanus). Asham, Comm. C. A., R.N. One Negro Tamerind Monkey (Hapale ursulus). Ashley, E. E., Esq. One Vulpine Phalanger (Phajangista vulpina). Ashurst, H. G., Esq. Two ‘Emus (Dromeus nove-hollandie). Austin, G. ie i » Esq. One Common Mole (Talpa europea), one Common Kestrel (Tinnuncuulus alaudarius). Baker, Mrs. Two Green Lizards (Lacerta viridis). Baynes, Lord. One Pine-Marten (Mustela martes). Beddome, Mrs. R. B. One Macaque Monkey (Macacus cynomolgus). Bennett, Geo., M.D., F.Z.S. One Toothbilled Pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris). Blake, E., Esq. One Common Jackal (Canis aureus). Boare, W. H., Esq. One American Thrush (Turdus migratorius). Branzelor, A., Esq. One Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus). Brayley, Capt. Lewis. One Pair of Péron’s Deer (Cervus peronii). Brenner, A., Esq. Two Young Rheas (Rhea americana). Broadwood, to J , Esq. One Gannet (Sula bassana). Brodie, A. Sea Esq. One Indian Porcupine (Hystrix leucura). Buckland, F. T., Esq. One Common Adder (Pelias hai), one Salmon (Salmo salar). Bushe, —, Esq. One Vervet Monkey (Cercopithecus lalandii). Callander, Mrs. Randal. One Fallow Deer (Cervus dama) from the Island of Rhodes. Candall, Lieut. C. S., R.N. One Capuchin Monkey (Cebus apella), one Squirrel Monkey (Callithrix sciureus). Chapman, Spencer, Esq. One Banded Ichneumon (Herpestes fasciatus). 24 4 Clark, Mrs. One Green Lizard (Lacerta viridis). Cooper, Augustus, Esq. One Pinche Monkey (Hapale edipus). Cressy, Theodore Grant, Esq. One Porpoise (Phocena communis). Creswell, Frank, Esq. Fifteen Dunlins (Tringa variabilis), three Knots (Calidris canutus), one Golden Plover (Charadrius pluvialis). Curry, M., Esq. One Horned Viper (Algiers). D’Arcy, Capt., R.N. One ¢ Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata), one Crested Guan (Penelope cristata), one Black Bear (Ursus americanus). Day, —., Esq. Two 2 Ring-Ousels (Turdus.torquatus). . De Mosquese, A., Esq. One Pinche Monkey (Hapale edipus). Denison, H. E. Col. Sir W. T., K.C.B, Governor of Madras. Four Orange-quilled Porcupines (Hystrix malabarica). Dixon, Arthur, Esq. Three Barred Doves (Geopelia striata). Doughty, Lieut. Chester. One Vervet Monkey (Cercopithecus lalandii). Douglas, Johnstone, Miss. One Wild Cat (Felis catus). Dove, A. G., Esq. One Malabar Squirrel (Sciurus purpureus). Du Chaillu, M. P. B. One od West African River-Hog (Potamocherus penicillatus). Duguid, John, Esq. Patagonian Cavies (Dolichotis pataehonica). Dunn, Wm., Esq., C.M.Z.S. One 3 Javan Peafowl (Pavo muticus), one 9 Concave- casqued Hornbill. Dyke, Charles, Esq.. One Undulated Grass Parrakeet (Melopsittacus undu- latus). Elder, H. H., Esq. Two Brown Bears (Ursus arctos). Ellis, —, Esq. One Macaque Monkey (Macacus cynomolgus). Killis, Hon. Aug. A.C.,F.Z.8. 2 Six Blackheaded Gulls (Larus ridibundus), eight Naked-footed Owls (Athene noctua). Fairrei, Mrs. One Rose-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua rosacea). Fleming, John, Esq. One Javan Cat (Felis javanensis), one Ruffed Lemur (Lemur varius). Francis, Francis, Esq. Four Burbot (Lota vulgaris). 25 Freeman, W., Esq. ‘One Bonnet-Monkey (Macacus radiatus). Forster, H. Ramsay, Esq. One Common Macaque (Macacus cynomolgus), Gideon, Capt. One Malabar Squirrel (Sczwrus purpureus), Goin, T., Esq. One pair of Passerine Doves (Chamepelia passerina). Gordon, Hon. A. Two Quebec Marmots (Arctomys empetra), one Snowy Owl (Nyctea nivea). Gordon, Miss. One Entellus Monkey (Semnopithecus entellus). Grote, A., Esq., C.M.Z.S. One pair of Rhinoceroses (Rhinoceros unicornis), one pair of Eastern Jabirus (Mycteria australis), one White-headed Tantalus. Gurney, J. H., Esq., M.P., F.Z.S. Four Common Otters (Lutra vulgaris), one Marsh Harrier (Circus @ruginosus). Gurney, Samuel, Esq., M.P., F.Z.S. Two thousand Trout Ova and two pairs of Common Trout (Salmo fario). Hall, Henry, Esq. One Little Grebe (Podiceps minor). Hall, Miss. One-Bonnet Monkey (Muacacus radiatus). Hands, — Esq. One Common Chameleon(Chameleo vulgaris). Harvey, H. O., Esq. Two Raccoons (Procyon lotor). Havers, T., Esq., F.Z.S. One Common Kestrel (Tinnunculus alaudarius). Heaton, J. A., Esq. Three bimaculated Ducks, supposed hybrids between Mareca penelope and Querquedula crecca. Hebeler, H. A., Esq., 6th Regiment of Foot. One Himalayan Bear. Heley, —, Esq. Two Common Goats (Capra hircus). Herd, Captain, C.M.Z.S. Two Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaétos). Holmes, A., Esq. Two Undulated Grass-Parrakeets (Melopsittacus un- dulatus). Hooker, Mrs. One Herring-Gull (Larus argentatus). Hopkins, H. G., Esq. Two Jerboas (Dipus egyptius). Houlder, William, Esq. One Rhesus Monkey (Macacus erythreus), two Her- ring-Gulls (Larus argentatus). 26 Jones, H., Esq., R.N. Two Young Turtles. Joynson, T., Esq. One Mynah. Keene, Major. One Kiwi (Apterya mantellt). Kelk, John, Esq., F.Z.S. One Bar-tailed Pheasant (Phasianus reevesii). Keppell, Lieut. L. C., R.N. One pair of Guinea-fowl (white variety) (Numida me- leagris). King, Mrs. One Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua sul- phurea). Layard, A. H., Esq., M.P. One Greek Partridge (Caccabis saxatilis). Layard, H. L., F.Z.S. Two Black-backed Jackals (Canis mesomelas). Leard, Dr. One Common Boa (Boa constrictor). Le Breton, F., Esq., F.Z.S. One Black-fronted Lemur (Lemur nigrifrons). Le Marchant, H. EH. Sir J. Gaspard, K.C.B., Governor of Malta. One pair of Barbary Deer (Cervus barbarus). Lloyd, Wilham, Esq. One Capuchin Monkey (Cebus capucinus). Luck, F., Esq. One Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus). M‘Ewen, D., Esq. Two Emus (Dromeus nove-hollandia). M‘Kay and Co, 'T.C.W. One Hawk’s-billed Turtle (Caretta imbricata). Mackinnon, L., Esq. Four Laughing Kingfishers (Dacelo gigantea). Maitland, Captain, R.N. One Common Macaque Monkey (Macacus cynomolgus). Martin, K., Esq. Two Azara’s Foxes (Canis azare). Maul, Miss. One Common Quail (Cotwrnix communis). Meynell, Mrs. Gerrard. One Red-bellied Waxbill (Estrelda rubriventris). Mitchell, G., and Sluce, W., Hsqrs. One Jerboa Kangaroo (Bettongia ae Mivart, Mrs. One Common Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris). Moger, Frederick, Esq. One Vulpine Opossum (Phalangista vulpina). Moore, T. J., Esq., C.M.Z.S. Three King-Crabs (Limulus polyphemus). Morgan, Octavius, Esq. Two young Common Kestrels (Tinnunculus alaudarius). era ae Miller, Dr., C.M.Z.S. Two Dingos (Canis dingo), one White Goshawk (Astur nove-hollandie), Two Slender-billed Cockatoos (Lic- metes tenuirostris), two Lizards. Mullick, The Babu Rajendra, C.M.Z.8. Nine Bankiva Jungle-fowls (Gallus bankiva), one Li- neated pheasant (Huplocamus lineatus), three Hybrid Pheasants, two Cabul Chukar Partridges (Caccabis chukar), one Wood-Francolin (Francolinus gularis), two Double-banded Pigeons (Treron bicincta), one Purple-shouldered Pigeon (Treron pheenicoptera), one Black Cuckoo (Hudynamys orientalis), one Slow Loris (Nycticebus tardigradus), four Rufous-tailed Pheasants (Euplocamus erythrophthalmus), twenty-one Green- winged Doves (Chalcophaps indica), six Nicobar Pigeons (Calenas nicobarica), five Barred Doves (Geo- pelia striata), six Dwarf Turtledoves (Turtur humilis), one Eastern Turtledove (Turtur orientalis), two Common Crowned Pigeons (Gowra coronata), four . Porphyrios (Pophyrio indicus), five Black Francolins (Francolinus vulgaris), five Wood-Francolins (Franco- linus gularis), one Grey Francolin (Francolinus ponti- certanus), six Fan-tailed Pigeons (Columba domestica), eleven Shawl-Goats (Capra hircus), one Concave- casqued Hornbill (Buceros bicornis), one Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros), one pair of Common Cassowaries (Caswarius galeatus), two 2 Javan Pea- fowl (Pavo muticus), two 2 Rufous-tailed Pheasants (Euplocamus erythrophthalmus), one 2 Peacock- Pheasant (Polyplectron chinquts), one pair of Black Cuckoos (Hudynamys orientalis), nine Rose-coloured Pastors (Pastor roseus), two Large Indian Tortoises (Testudo indica), two Saras Cranes (Grus antigone), one White-headed Tantalus (Zantalus leucocephalus). Newall, R.S., Esq. One pair of Globose Curassows (Crax globicera). Norton, G., Esq. One Great Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita). OBrien, H. Stafford, Esq., F.Z.S. Two Cinereous Sea-Hagles (Haliaétus albicilla). Paton, Mrs. One Rhesus Monkey (Macacus erythreus). Peele, Miss. One Rose-hill Parrakeet (Platycercus eximius). Peirce, R. A., Hsq. One Malabar Squirrel (Sciwrus purpureus). 28 Phillimore, Lady. One Crested Ground-Parrakeet (Calopsitta nove-hol- landie). Phillips, Mrs. One pair of Ring-Doves. Plumb, Francis L., Esq. One Vervet Monkey (Cercopithecus lalandii). Pugh, Edward, Esq. A Collection of Marine Animals. Pures, John, Esq. One Smooth Snake (Couronella laevis). Ranelagh, Viscount. One Brown Bear (Ursus arctos). Reay, William, Esq. One Azara’s Opossum and three young ones (Didel- phys azare). Reid, Mrs. William. One Red Fox (Vulpes fulvus). Ridgers, Captain. One Piping Crow (Gymmnorhina leuconota). Rigg, W. T., Esq. One Brown Coati (Nasua fusca). Richards, Charles, Esq. One Mona Monkey (Cercopithecus mona). Ridgway, A. F., Esq. One Mangaby Monkey (Cercocebus ethiops). Riley, Esq. Two Common Partridges (Perdix cinerea). Robinson, Sir John. One Persian Cat (Felis domestica). Rogers, E. J., Esq., H.B.M. Consul, Damascus. One young Syrian Bear, ¢ (Ursus syriacus). Rolleston, Professor. One Common Buzzard (Buteo vulgaris). Royal Dublin Zoological Society. Two Australian Thicknees (Cidicnemus grallarius). Rubie, Frederick G., Esq. One Bonnet-Monkey (Macacus radiatus). Russell, A. J. E., Esq., M.P., F.Z.S. Right Gold Carp (Cyprinus auratus), three Gold Fish (Cyprinus auratus). Russell, R., Esq. Two male Scemmering’s Pheasants (Phasianus scem- meringit). Rutherford, Lieut. John J., 21st Fusileers. Two Barbary Turtledoves (Turtur risorius), one St. Lucia Dove. Ryan, Miss Bessie. One Ring-necked Parrakeet (Palgornis torquata). St. Hill, Henry, Esq. Two Black-backed Porphyrios from New Zealand (Porphyrio melanotus). 29 Salter, Dr., F.Z.S. A Collection of Marine Fishes, a Collection of Fishes. Salvin, Captain. One Spotted Ichneumon (Herpestes auropunctatus). Savage, Anthony, Esq. Two female Goosanders (Mergus merganser). Sawyer, Captain. One Tuberculated Iguana (Iguana tuberculata), thirty Crested Lizards (Anolis cristatellus). Seafield, the Harl of, F.Z.S. Four Wild Cats (Felis catus). Seaton, J., Esq. One Bonnet-Monkey (Macacus radiatus). Sedger, Mr. One Rhesus Monkey (Macacus erythreus). Seymour, Captain W. Beauchamp, R.N. One Japanese Brown Bear (Ursus arctos). Sidgreaves, Charles, Esq. Five Java Sparrows (Padda oryzivora), one Indian Turtledove, one Common Macaque (Macacus cyno- molgus). Sparke, J. B., Esq. One Alexandrine Parrakeet (Paleornis alexandri). Stracker, H., Esq. One Gazelle (Gazella dorcas). Swinhoe, R., Esq., F.Z.S. One Dampier-Strait Wild Hog (Sws ?), one Mantchu- rian Deer (Cervus mantchuricus). Symonds, P. W., Esq. One Razorbill (Alea torda). Synd, Mrs. One Alexandrine Parrakeet (Paleornis alexandri). Tampling, R. W., Esq. One pair of Common Peafowl (Pavo cristatus). Terrero, Maximo, Esq. Two Armadillos (Dasypus peda). Thacker, Miss. One Ring-necked Parrakeet (Palzornis torquata). Thompson, J. C., Esq. One Vervet Monkey (Cercopithecus lalandit). Thompson, W., Hsq. A Collection of Marine Fishes, a Collection of Marine Animals. Tidcombe, George, Esq. One Two-Spotted Paradoxure (Nandinia binotata). Trevelyan, Sir W. C., Bart., F.Z.S. A Collection of Barnacles. Vane, William, Esq. Two African Genets (Genetta —— ?). Waite, Thomas, Hsq. One Common Jackal (Canis aureus). 30 Walker, Lady. Two Mitred Guinea-fowls (Numida mitrata), one Common Guinea-fowl (Numida meleagris). Walker, R. B. W., Esq., C.M.Z.8. Five Vinaceous Turtledoves (Turtur vinaceus). Ward, Esq. A Golden Eel. Warren, Laird, Mrs. One Azara’s Fox (Canis azare), one Red Coati (Nasua rufa). Watson, Mrs. Alex. One Great Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus). Webb, E. B., Esq. One American Night-Heron (Nycticoraz pileatus). Weld, Walter, Esq. One Porpoise (Phocena communis). Werner and Co., Messrs. One male Viscacha (Lagostomus trichodactylus). White, C. H., Esq. One Green Monkey (Cercopithecus callitrichus). Wigram, Charles Hampden, Esq. One Black Rat (Mus rattus). Williams, J., Esq. One Herring-Gull (Larus argentatus). Williams, Miss. One Deer from Honduras. Wodehouse, H.E. Sir Edmund, K.C.B., Governor of the Cape Colony. One young Common Zebra (Asinus zebra). Wolley, C., Esq. OQne Hawfinch (Coccothraustes vulgaris). Wood, J.T. Hutton, Esq. One Macaque Monkey (Macacus epg Wucherer, Dr. D., C.M.Z.S. One Tayra ( Galera barbara), one Kinkajou (Cercoleptes caudivolvulus), One Two-lined Palm-Snake. Yates, A., Hisq. One White-throated Sapajou (Cebus hypoleucus), one Peewit (Vanellus cristatus), six Kingfishers (Alcedo ispida). Conclusion. In concluding their Report, the Council feel that they are entitled to offer te the Members of the Society at large their warmest congratulations upon the present state of every branch of the Society’s affairs. It may be safely stated, from the experience of the past two years, and the prosperous commencement of the present, that the yearly Income of the Society may be now reckoned, under 31 ordinary circumstances, to be likely to reach the amount of £20,000. Allowing £17,000 for the ordinary expenses of the present large establishment, a surplus of £3000 still remains, which may be devoted to extraordinary works, without intrenching on the Society’s reserve fund. At the same time the roll of the Members of the Society seems likely to attain a considerable increase, proving that the objects of the Society and the state of its affairs are generally approved of; while the numerous visitors to the Gardens, particularly on Mondays and Holidays, show the interest taken in the Society’s collection by the public at large. In conducting the Society’s affairs to their present state of prosperity, the Council have to acknowledge the assistance they have received from those Fellows of the Society who have served on the Committees of Publication, Audit, and Finance during the past year. Signed for the Council, P. L. ScLATER, Secretary. ff gas rd / of om ; a A pet £. Wed To ih Fe pee j f 2.2 MAY 1903 ~j *, ( ia 4 ¢ . A Mi a : j ‘ Ry iy A " ite be hee y: & aa) 7 a, Mv ; < > Suiccing afte: donor of Yori! < ries WHACAW ob veel ot tee 88 on CR es tha wi Sg ara Eien: Sites. Che Nie tai at Of sonata sf wate, . Ng evenzy y Old ait Od Le A Santa eet ae es ate ¥ te 9s. faptorr gt ly doce ngclye aa re tet, Nigolages aed dedoguislgntontiha f 2 ie vet" '¢ Hh Hort; ott: on ee: eieowneaty atlerals 6 BBN: Ob ae At hata alt bai. are Sdt Yo ata whemiinivenowarya adt oid i 116 havorgaa et tnbilg Bh box etebryl Gao viwlioineg ouhicp oth ae oqilyotlon a “ene. it, i aoe ait fi anil spat gh ete Uy riont ol il astitoih $8130 ue ist seer, ‘guint f; ciottenitdaD, 1, fost) nas Ghee Uy, bates ame A stag woo dR aeubs ; 4 os PS 4 ag NE Sat e on eT He. er Bayi Pi { ieee Myptrstinay' Vee? 4) 40:8 aap: He . ot; Pa ee AYSIOSS, « , 5 ai inc arm BU a (ir Wiebe Je ve Le ' nis. ae Te aan riers ee ° her bien = Cat REPORT OF THE AUDITORS OF THE ACCOUNTS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, Appointed January 19, 1865. _ Havine fully examined the Accounts of the Society, in- ‘spected the Books, and seen Vouchers for all the Payments ordered by the Council for the year ending December the 81st, 1864, the Committee of Auditors beg respectfully to submit to the Society an Abstract of such Accounts, with a Statement of the Assets and Liabilities, and a Report thereon. RECEIPTS. £ Balance brought from Dec. 31, 1868 ............ ce eccccccccvccccee|seces seeccecececccess i INCOME. oo £s.d. £5 d. 1859 Annual Subscriptions ......00ccccccceccece|soorsecsesesecsees 6 0 0 1860 Annual Subscriptions ....0+..2.ssseseeeees 9 0 0 Ivory Tickets ....c.csseesees seeeeccsecenens LpeL 30 ee 10M Annual Subscriptions .........++- vecessece 9 00 AVON YRMICKCES vesedeseuesacccasscsnaseas eeeee Woes so) peal Transactions ...cccceccccsssceesees coccece . 016 0 Proceedings, .cccccseustoonss suassavesces eee LAS at0 12 16 0 Annual Subscriptions ......... eecscencvens 20 0 0 Ivory Tickets .....+....sccocsessseee seees 3.3 0 aa WPYANSACHONS ceccsecesncvascccasenee eeeceee 19 18 8 Proceedings .o....scessseee pOseesccos aseaebine 12) 20 —— 4413 8 Admission Fees ..... Sausscese ceccceeeccnse 100 0 0 [pee Subscriptions ....... somepoageceaes 84 0 0 TVOnY MMICKCLS “snewensawavecascoversesseet cae DD Lae a Transactions ....0e.se Sedeacessses weansede 53 10 5 PEGCCEMING Secuesesunnesaaargrsserar=cassees 105 15 4 Garden Sales ...¢2tveec-ss~a¥s decay scene 387 2 6 Admissions to Gardens .........++ eee 12,703 7 6 tee Garden Sales ...........s.0« ceevcncescecces 166 82 Rent for Refreshment Room...... 720 0 O Admission Fees .....+...ssececcscevesssoes 9707 00,0 Annual Subscriptions ....... Eieeeste wees ss 8,491 1 0 COMPOSIMONS sa. .ccsccopsnds-ccescep Sse see 1,350 0 0 1864 Lvory Wiekets 5.3... cs Bs 7a. 4,621 16 2 1,215 14 3 3,754 410 1,449 11 11 16215 5 744.15 4 3,716 14 1 275) 16S UEGOSLISU ION cae ccoe scat 1ll o 6 1218 0 OGS-18'R" |; coe eet ees 3,848 1 7] 2,04418 4 GA 14 Feces cece Rosie V5 86: |elee ss ve seda' oe 12414) 6 nec cee eee i a ey pl Wad ae ee NG OS PA aaa aa 194" S10 see cacee ee 4. 355 6 0 143 16 7 329 7 9 184 17 11 GQ Oia Fa thats cote ord oceislore 10):S1..0) | cosastecdure des 24,889 3 4} 7,056 12 6 LAGE ssesaseack 3,420 0 4 24,889 3 4/ 3,63612 2 1,182 14 7 2,453 17 7 3,636 12 2 eeeeee 26,434 14 4 3,420 0 4 Decrease. 120 311 2,838 12 2 147 10 6 418 0 Ded. Decr. Cr. 8 Expenditure incurred in 1864. Paid in the Year. 6. &. d. Rent, Rates, and Taxes ........-+++--+ evace]) 1,216.14) 3 Salaries, Wages, and Pensions .............. 3,754 410 Cost of Animals 1,449 11 11 Carriage of Animals and Keepers’ Expenses .. 162 15 Cost of Expedition to India ........... one ee 744 Provisions z 3,716 Menagerie Expenses. .......2e+-ccecceecees 1,503 Keepers’ Dresses . 111 Garden Expenses 514 New Buildings and Works connected therewith 965 Other Works, Materials, and Wages 3,848 Advertisements ..... pid orals/aistcle 228 Jo0bseoorr 124 Band Expenses 175 House and Office Expenses 309 Stationery and Account Books ..... Printing (Miscellaneous) Library Expenses Transactions ......... Slesiieies ee Proceedings Returned Subscriptions Law Expenses ......+. wee cwces sole ciecety eceee Ordinary Expenditure 15,797 18 *Extraordinary Expenditure -| 4,469 8 4 20,267 7 2 © * Particulars of Extraordinary Expenditure incurred in 1864. New Buildings and Works. New Monkey House, New Lodges, and New Aviary, and Works connected there- WEEH [CDSSLSTICE iieleis ove s wieiais a:nieievie'> s'cje.U. N.€ ft, OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, READ AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, APRIL 29rTn, 1868. LONDON: PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREKT. 1868. CONTENTS. Page I, General Condition of the Society ..............e0000- 3 1. State of the Roll of Members .................% 3 a. Fellows and Annual Subscribers ............ 3 6. Foreign and Corresponding Members ........ 5 2;. Biate ot suc Aimances),& 5, 5 Ay hf kcal Na ee 6 Os COMO acs Osvsiels a, the ehh sieine ck eine eee 6 Ob. HX PONMUGHNE: 5 <-. ving tisvhe cle Ges «hes 2 8 Ce ReServe HNC oer tet. setaie ein ciee ele eee 9 di: (Assets and sliuiabilities sr... <.cie ol. cesemeerne 9 1D, Ofice, 1 ianoyer Square 422k a. 6 woes oe 2s wet eee 9 Ll. ‘Scientstic Meotings) ic. sick eis soos « ee 9 2. WELT WOM GATLONS le yeis ceive. Wicks Adie prea eee 10 SE PLADPATY Op artee cor es eats keene wie eee ee eee 11 111. Gardens, Resent’s Park os). mona 2 ee coe sce oe 15 Le Buildings and. Workas yo Wii paca «cele eee 15 PEMVASILOUN 4,0 soe istcieee ee oe OOO Oe Te ee 17 i MM OTERRVOTIG ©, 2425. g- a. 1c we wieyh,oie sve teak ee sae Oe 18 List of Animals which have been bred in the Gardens in the gent A BGT). kos, (an ots caine AS ee 36 List of Donors and Donations. ................ 37 Conclusion REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. April 29, 1868. Brrore commencing the ordinary topics of their Report to the Society on the occasion of its thirty-ninth Annual Meeting, the Council cannot refrain from alluding to the loss suffered by the Society since the last Anniversary by the death of their late lamented President, the Right Hon. Sir George Clerk, Bart. The late Sir George Clerk had been a Member of the Society since 1830, and, before his election as President in 1861, had frequently served on the Council, of which he was for many years a most active and efficient member. As President, he was unremitting in the discharge of the duties of his office, and ever anxious to promote the interests of the Society. In selecting as his successor the Viscount Walden, a choice which the Council trust that the Members of the Society will confirm by their votes this day, the Council feel that they have taken a course which will be in every way conducive to the best interests of the Society. The Council believe that their present President is not only qualified by his high position for the post, but will be the more acceptable to the Society as being himself a work- ing zoologist, and being also, from experience acquired during several years which he has been an active member of the Council, fully conversant with the business of the Society and its aims and objects. I. GENERAL CONDITION OF THE SOCIETY. 1. STATE OF THE ROLL OF MEMBERS. a. Fellows and Annual Subscribers. The number of Fellows, Fellows Elect, and Annual A2 4 Subscribers at the close of the year 1867 amounted to 2702. Of these there were— Compounders, who have paid £20. . . 147 Ditto ditto £30 +) a » 568 Paying annual contributions of £2. . . 178 Ditto ditto £305 fe elie NP orneainty, ssc) sey vale ies 136) seit ye. el epee Admission-fees unpaid . . . . . . .« 6f Ditto TEMIUCECE, . ei & Pvp we geek den Annual Subscribers, paying. £3... 27 2702 The number of Fellows elected and readmitted during the year 1867 was 328. The number of vacancies caused by death in 1867 was 57, by resignation 20, and by re- moval 8—in all, 85; so that a total addition of 243 Members took place during the year. The corresponding increase in 1866 was 316. The following Table, which gives a comparative state- ment of the elections, deaths, resignations, and removals during the past nine years, will show at a glance the very satisfactory state of the list of Members, which, during that period, has been increased from 1721 to 2702 in number. Comparative Statement of Elections, Deaths, Resignations, and Removals during Nine years, with the number of Fellows and Annual Subscribers at the end of each Year. = . y Died. , if | Resigned. | Removed. 3 iS ee Compounders. |Subscribers. | : | ; | S = # Years.| 28 Ls Subscribers. |.3 ,,d| Subscribers.|S$ | a. ceekeeee 67 11 6 Transactions, ditto, ditto) 388 1 7 394 12 10 6 TL silent. ees Library expenses ............ 219 15 7 Spd 10°10 4] $35) F Saleen. seeps Returned Subseriptions ... 22 3 0 48 13 0 2610) KOs Rie. cees Cost of Medals ............... DO MO aliset wucessidpads «2 =]| Usinsslcpteeseeece 5 0 0 22,418 13 9 |26209 5 3 |3,983 1011 })192 19 5 _It will be observed that the principal heads under which increased expen- diture has been incurred are those of ‘“ Cost of Animals” and ‘‘ New Buildings and Works,” concerning which full explanations are given in a subsequent part of the Report. 9 ce. Reserve Fund. The Society’s Reserve Fund consists of a sum of £10,000 3 per Cents Reduced, in which no change has been made since the last Anniversary. d. Assets and Liabilities. The Cash Assets of the Society on the 31st of Decem- ber 1867 amounted to— at fe) the Cash. at the Bankers” -.), ss. 2228°.9)..2 Cost of £10,000 Reduced a per Cents 21s ¢.[pstla/9356).2) LO The sums due to the Society for arrears on the 3lst of December 1867 were esti- mated as follows :— Annual Subscriptions . . 456 O ivory Tickets (sa 0) 45 | 105 Puplications.: 2, Yas op» \ «245. 16 Garden’ Sales.) 5 (5. ( . 648.11 11,584 12 0 aude — 1,366 3 3 12,950 15 3 The Liabilities at the same period were esti- Tate ac) 2 ees ay ep ae ae ce DABS Teo Leaving a Balance in favour of the Society of £10,465 14 3 II. OFFICE, 11 Hanover Square. ]. Screntiric MEETINGS. The practice of holding the Scientific Meetings at Bur- lington House in the rooms of the Linnean Society, which was adopted as an experiment during the session of 1866-67, having been found in some respects incon- venient, it was determined by the Council, in accordance with the recommendation of the Committee of Publication, to revert to the former practice of meeting in the Society’s rooms in Hanover Square. At the same time the Council wish to state that they have reason to believe that the Council of the Linnean Society were quite ready to con- tinue the facilities accorded to this Society during the previous Session, and to meet their convenience in every way. 10 2. SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS. An unusual number of communications, many of them of very great interest, having been made to the Society during the year 1867, it has been found necessary to increase the volume of ‘ Proceedings’ for the past year to rather an inconvenient size. It was, however, thought better to do this rather than to divide the ‘ Proceedings’ for the year into two volumes. The volume of the Society’s ‘Proceedings’ for 1867, which is now on the table and will be distributed to subscribers in a few days, contains nearly 1100 pages, illustrated by 47 (mostly coloured) plates. The following Parts of the Society’s ‘ Transactions’ were issued during the year 1867 :— Vou. VI. Parr II. On the Osteology of the Dodo (Didus inepius, Linn.). By Prof. Owen, F.R.S. With ten plates. Vout. VI. Parr III. Description of the Skeleton of Inia geoffrensis, and of the Skull of Pontoporia blainvillii, with Remarks on the Systematic Position of these Animals in the Order Cetacea. By W. H. Flower, F.R.S. With four plates. Vou. VI. Part IV. Synopsis of the species of recent Crocodilians or Emy- dosaurians, chiefly founded on specimens in the British Museum and the Royal College of Surgeons. By Dr. J. E. Gray. With four plates. Note to the Memoir on the Indian Cetacea collected by Sir Walter Elliot. By Prof. Owen. Contributions towards a more complete knowledge of the Skeleton of the Primates. By St. George Mivart, F.L.S. With eight plates. The Council again wish to call the particular attention of the Members to the advantages offered to subscribers to the Society’s Publications. The Subscription price of the Publications in the case of Fellows and Foreign and Cor- responding Members of the Society is now reduced to the sum of £1 1s. per annum, provided such Subscription be paid in advance, before the Anniversary Meeting of the Society, held on the 29th of April in each year. 11 The Publications of the year consist of three parts of ‘Proceedings,’ in 8vo, illustrated by upwards of 40 Plates, mostly coloured; and of one or more parts of ‘Transactions,’ in 4to, with from 10 to 15 Plates. The ordinary prices at which these volumes are sold to the public amounts generally to upwards of Three Pounds in each year. The publications cannot be sent out by post, but are delivered to Subscribers free of expense at any address within the metropolitan districts. 3. LIBRARY. It having been found impracticable to keep the Society’s extensive Zoological Library in good working order under existing arrangements, it was determined by the Council during the course of the past year to appoint a third clerk in the office, whose principal business it should be to at- tend to this important branch of the Scientific establish- ment. This measure has, as the Council believe, proved quite successful, and has been of much convenience to the working zoologists who resort to the Library for refer- ence. Besides the purchased additions, the Society’s Library has received, since the last Anniversary, Transactions and Proceedings from the following Institutions :— ENGLAND. The Royal Society, London. The Linnean Society, London. The Royal Geographical Society, London. The Geological Society, London. The Royal Institution of Great Britain. The Royal Horticultural Society, London. The Photographic Society, London. The Royal United Service Institution. The Society of Arts. The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain. The Royal Agricultural Society of Great Britain. . The Royal College of Surgeons, London. The Pharmaceutical Society. The Entomological Society, London. The Royal Society of Literature. The Quekett Microscopical Club 12 The British Association for the Advancement of Science. The Royal Institution of Cornwall. The Literary and Philosophical Society of Leeds. The Manchester Free Library. The Literary and Philosophical Society of Hull. The Natural-History Society of Northumberland, Dur- ham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. SCOTLAND. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. IRELAND. The Royal Geological Society of Ireland. The Royal Irish Academy. The Royal Dublin Society. The Natural-History Society of Dubiin. Kast InpIEs. The Asiatic Society of Bengal. The Asiatic Society of Bengal—Ceylon Branch. The Royal Union of Natural History of the Netherland- Indies, Batavia. AUSTRALIA. The Royal Society of Victoria. The Entomological Society of New South Wales. AMERICA. The American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia. The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia. The Entomological Society of Philadelphia. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. The Smithsonian Institution, Washington. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston. The Lyceum of Natural History, New York. The Boston Society of Natural History. The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. The Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, New Haven. The Nova-Scotian Institute of Natural Sciences. The Lyceum of Matanzas. The National Museum of Buenos Ayres. 13 FRANCE. The Museum of Natural History, Paris. ‘The Imperial Zoological Society of Acclimatation, Paris. The Entomological Society of France. The Imperial Academy of Sciences, Lyons. The Imperial Society of Agriculture, Lyons. Russia. The Imperial Academy of Sciences of St.Petersburg. The Imperial Society of Naturalists of Moscow. The Entomological Society of Russia, St. Petersburg. The Finnish Society of Sciences, Helsingfors. SCANDINAVIA. The Royal Danish Society of Sciences, Copenhagen. The Royal Norwegian University, Christiania. The University of Lund. SWITZERLAND. The Natural-History Society, Zurich. The Natural-History Society, Bern. The Society of Natural Sciences, Neuchatel. The Swiss Society of Natural Sciences, Lausanne. The Natural-History Society, Basel. The Physical and Natural-History Society, Geneva. BELGIUM. The Royal Academy of Belgium. The Royal Academy of Sciences, Liége. ITAty. The Royal Lombardian Institute of Science and Litera- ture, Milan. The Royal Academy of Sciences, Turin. The Italian Society of Natural Sciences, Milan. PoRTUGAL. The Royal Academy of Sciences, Lisbon. Houuanp. The Royal Zoological Society, Amsterdam. The Royal Academy of Sciences, Amsterdam. The Dutch Society of Sciences, Haarlem. The Entomological Society of the Netherlands. 14 GERMANY. The Imperial Leopoldino-Carolinian Academy of Na- turalists. The Senckenbergian Society, Frankfort-on-the-Main. The Royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich. The Royal Academy of Sciences of Berlin. The Zoological Society of Frankfort-on-the-Main. The Imperial Academy of Sciences, Vienna. The Imperial Geological Institute of Vienna. The Zoological and Botanical Society of Vienna. The University and Royal Society of Sciences, Got- tingen. The Royal Physical and Economical Society of Koénigs- berg. The Natural-History Society of Freiburg. The Natural-History Society, Altenburg. The Natural-History Union, Hamburg. The Natural-History Society of Wiirtemberg. The Natural-History Society of Rhenish Prussia and Westphalia. Donations of Works, Memoirs, and Papers have also been received from H. Stevenson, Esq., F.Z.S.; A. W. Crichton, Esq., F.Z.S.; Chas. W. Shepherd, Esq. ; Dr. A. J. Malmgren; M. Guérin-Méneville; Dr. Max Schmidt; M. 8. C. Snellen van Vollenhoven; MM. Crosse and Fisher; George Sclater-Booth, Esa., M.P., F.Z.S.; Dr. F. Troschel ; Prof. J. J. Bianconi; M. J. Ff. Brandt ; Don Felipe Poey; George W. Tryon, jun., Esq.; Prof. J. G. Schiddte ; Prof. A. Duméril; Professor Newton, F.Z.S. ; M. A. Dubois ; R. B. Woodward, Esq. ; Dr. F. Day; Isaac Lea, Esq.; Dr. Anton Fritsch ; Dr. Elliott Coues ; Henry T. Krebs, Esq.; Dr. Julius Haast; the Trustees of the British Museum; Dr.J. E.Gray, F.R.S.,F.Z.S.; the Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Educa- tion; the Horticultural and Botanical Congress; the Museum, Library, and Park Committee, Salford; the Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851; the Secretary of War, Washington, and the Surgeon-General’s Office, Washington. 15 III. GARDENS, REGENT’S PARK. 1. Burnprnes AnD Works. Besides the usual sum devoted to the repairs of the numerous buildings in the Society’s Gardens, which in the year 1867 amounted to £2813 16s. 3d., a sum of up- wards of £3000 was spent in the erection of new buildings and on the enlargement and permanent improvement of those already in existence. The principal new building erected during the year was the New Deer-house, situated in the South Gardens, near the entrance from the Broad Walk, which, together with the yards, fences, and roads adjoining, cost the sum of £1695 18s. 3d. This house, which is now quite complete, holds the Society’s fine collection of the larger Deer of the Old World with very great convenience, and enables them to be exhibited, arranged in a natural series, in a manner that was not possible under previous arrangements. The old Wapiti- house situated in the North Gardens, where most of these animals were formerly kept, has been entirely removed and the ground cleared preparatory to the erection thereon of a new building for Elephants and Rhinoceroses, which since the late material increase of the Society’s col- lection of these animals has become a matter of absolute necessity. The house for Rodents near the Swine-house and the adjoining greenhouses, commenced in 1866, as announced in the last Report, were completed during the Spring of 1867 at a cost of £386 1s. 7d. These buildings are now in full use, and seem to meet the objects for which they were intended in every way. The sum of £312 5s. was devoted to the permanent im- provement and thorough repair of the left wing of the Western Aviary. The whole of the old wire-work, which was very much worn, has been removed, and new wire- work with a smaller mesh, so as to prevent the entrance of sparrows, substituted in its place. The ground-floor of the Aviary has been raised so as to bring up the birds more nearly to a level with the eye of the spectator, and at the same time to improve the drainage. New glass sliding doors have been placed in front of such of the inner compartments as were not previously furnished with them, so as to give additional protection to the inmates in winter. 'The old hot-air heating-flues have been replaced 16 by a hot-water heating-apparatus of the most improved construction. During the present Spring corresponding alterations and improvements have been made in the right wing of the same Aviary ; and next autumn, as soon as the breeding-season is terminated, it is in contemplation to renovate the centre compartment in a similar manner. The sum of £242 1s. 7d. was expended in rebuilding the breeding-Aviary for the rarer species of Pheasants, situated near the Cattle-sheds. The greater part of this Aviary, which was previously constructed mainly of net- ting, was destroyed by a heavy snow-storm in the winter of 1866, and the inmates (many of which were worth £50 a piece) escaped into various parts of the Regent’s Park. To avoid a similar casualty, the roof of the Aviary has been reconstructed with strong iron wire; but a second roof of netting is stretched underneath to prevent the birds inju- ring themselves by flying up against the wires. The narrow passage in the house devoted to the female Hippopotamus causing much inconvenience on crowded days, it was determined to increase the area of the space allotted to spectators in this building by throwing into it an external court situated on the north side of it, which was of little use. This was accomplished last autumn at a cost of £103 Os. 8d., and a very great improvement, as the Council believe, in this building thereby effected. A new walk has been opened leading from the Kangaroo- sheds over the north side of the tunnel to the Parrot-house, thus avoiding the cul-de-sac which had hitherto existed in this part of the Gardens. The opportunity was taken of constructing a new house for Wombats immediately ad- joining the Kangaroo-sheds and facing the new walk. This enabled the Council to remove the Wombats from their'former isolated situation in the centre of the Gardens, and to place them in a more suitable position near the rest of the Marsupials. ‘The cost of these two improve- ments amounted to £92 15s. 8d. Various other minor additions to the Society’s Gardens, the particulars of which are subjoined, raised the total amount expended on the permanent improvement of this branch of the Society’s Establishment, in the year 1867, to the sum of £3097 6s. 5d. VF New Buildings and Works in 1867. 1. New Deer-house, and Yards and Roads £ ¢. d. adjoining y E08 sa rsiz “ose Ary hi fer tO 1S-osB 2. Rodent-house and Greenhouses . . . 386 1 7 3. Permanent, improvement of the Western EecEB RIVETS tS. edigis peur on. S192 Gr .0 4. Rebuilding Pheasantry near Cattle-sheds 242 1 7 5. Enlargement of the Hippopotamus- 8 house Dene er ty mater ern) “pusnys.) Ose O 6. New Walk across the North side of the Tunnel SER oe Cn ee) A a UB Sy 7. New Wombat-house and Yards . . . 4018 8. New Houses for Cranes, and new Fence 108 01 9. New Workshops Seem, ae eres Cay he 10. Laying down Asphalt at Vulture-aviary 31 0 11. New Tank at Reservoir . . . . . . 3613 12. Enlarging Walrus-house . .. . . 3 6 £3097 6 5 2. VISITORS. The total number of visitors to the Gardens in the year 1867 was 556,214, being 28,865 more than in the year 1866. They are divisible as follows :— Fellows and Friends ............. eaeeeee es 153,712 (On ordinary days at ls. each | 121,658 On Mondays and other days } Paying BGR CAC asc cceseemsviecaes ae Gd COC Wcpecseasseetensec cans Charity Children and others 5 al 10.555 FLEE AUMISSIOW! sre se eonet eee cae c ee | : Children under 12 years =o 31,355 556,214 When the financial crisis and other extraordinary cir- cumstances connected with the past year are taken into consideration, this increase cannot fail to be highly grati- fying to the Fellows of the Society, especially when it is considered that in most places of ordinary public resort B 18 there has been a falling off in the number of visitors during the same period. The following Table gives the number of visitors to the Society’s Gardens in each year since they were first opened. It will be observed that for the last five years the average number of entrances has amounted to 516,921, and that there were a greater number of entrances in 1867 than in any of the preceding years, except the two Exhibition years 1851 and 1862. Statement of the Number of Visitors to the Society’s Gardens during each Year, from the Year 1828 to the Year 1867. Year. Number. Year. Number. 1398 <5)... 98:605 1848 .... 148,630 1329022 a 1695913 1849 .... 168,895 1830 .... 228,420 1850 .... 360,402 USS) ee ae 2625193 #1851 .... 667,243 1832 .... 206,652 1852 .... 305,208 1833" 4... 211,348 1853 .... 409,076 e314 L0G Doe 1854 .... 407,676 ISB. LLOOGS 1855 =... Sl5:002 1836 4. . 2685/2 1856 .... 344,184 IsBYV Eye ley iis W357. a. aoosolee BS aha Ii Te5O Ss lesoe 1839 .... 158,482 1859 .... 364,356 1840 .... 141,009 1860 .... 394,906 1S eee, B26 1861_...... 881837 1342); 107,459 *1862 .... 682,205 1848 ..,. 98,280 1863 .... 468,700 Wee Oy Ose 1864 .... 507,169 1845 .... | 99;615 1865 .... 525,176 1846 .... 100,045 1866 .... 527,349 1847 .... 98,546 1867 .... 556,214 3. MENAGERIE. The number of animals belonging to the first three classes of Vertebrata living in the Society’s Menagerie at the close of 1866 was 2013. The corresponding number on the 31st of December 1867 was 2010, as will be seen by the subjoined Table :— * Years of the two Exhibitions. oe 19 Animals in the Menagerie. December 31. es Comparisons 1866. 1867. Gdadetpads o.. Fest. Sell § 535 531 | Deer. 4 LS ee a 1305 13820 | Incr. 15 Reptiles snnverccarssensauees 173 159 Decr. 14 2013 2010 | Decr. 3 The sum allowed in the estimates for the ordinary pur- chases for the Society’s Menagerie in 1867 was £2000. The amount actually spent in this manner, together with carriage and keepers’ travelling expenses was £1816. Besides this, however, special expenses connected with the increase of the Menagerie, amounting altogether to £1555 8s. 3d., were incurred under the following circum- stances. The loss sustained by the Society on the 6th of De- cember 1866, by the accidental fire which took place in the Giraffe-house, was alluded to in last year’s Report. The subsequent death of the old male Giraffe reduced the Society’s stock of this important animal to one adult female and a young male. Under these circumstances the Council thought it expedient to devote the special sum of £400 to the acquisition of a young female Giraffe, which was imported last summer. The animal thus acquired makes an excellent match to the young male born on the 17th of March 1867 in the Gardens, and both of them are now in excellent health and condition. The Council trust that this addition will enable them to keep up the breed of Giraffes, of which no less than seventeen have been bred in the Society’s Gardens since their first acquisition, as will be seen by the subjoined Table :— B2 20 List of Giraffes which have lived in the Zoological Society’s Gardens. No.| Sex. ae a Date. How disposed of. Date. 1/ Female .| Imported .| May 24,1836) Died ..........000 Oct. 15, 1852 2|Male ..| Imported .|May 24,1836] Died .............. Oct. 29, 1846 3|Male ..|/ Imported .|May 24,1836)Died .........+..-- Jan. 14, 1849 4/ Male ..|Imported .|May 24,1836)Died .......... .-.-|dan. 6, 1837 5| Male ..} Born ....|June 19,1839) Died .............. June 28, 1839 j Presented to Dub- 6| Male ..| Born ....]May 24, 1841 1 Gin Zoological Soe } June 14, 1844 7|Male ..|/ Born ....] Feb. 25,1844)Died ........-e.00- Dec. 30, 1853 8|Male ..|Born ....| Apr. 22,1846|Died .............. Jan. 22, 1867 9|Male ..) Born ....| Feb. 12,1849)Sold- ........cs.00 Apr. ,1850 10} Female .| Presented .| June 29,1849) Died ........2ee00- Noy. 3, 1856 11 | Female .} Purchased.| June 29, 1849|Sold ...........2:- Oct. ,18538 12'| Male ..| Born ....| Mar. 30, 1852|/Sold ..........-..s. Mar. ,1853 13] Female .| Born ....| Apr. 25, 1853) Living in the Gardens . 14} Female .| Born ....|May 7,1855)/Died .............. Nov. 6, 1866 15| Female .| Born ....| July 16,1859) Died .............. Dec. 2, 1859 16| Female .| Born ....|May 20,1861/Sold .............. May _, 1863 17| Male ..|Born ....|Oct. 7,1861|Died ........c.ce0e Dec. 18, 1861 18} Male ..) Born ....|May 8,1863/Sold .............. Noy. ,1863 19} Male ..]Born ....|Sept.24,1863/Died .............. Apr. 21, 1864 20| Male ..| Born ....| Mar. 31,1865}Died ...........06. Apr. 38,1865 21| Female .| Born ....|Apr. 20,1865/Sold .............. May 31, 1866 22) Male ..|Born ..../Sept. 14,1866} Died .............. Nov. 6, 1866 23|Male ..| Born ....|Mar. 17, 1867] Living in the Gardens . 24 | Female..| Purchased.| July 26, 1867| Living in the Gardens . Another important addition to the Society’s living collec- tion during the past year was a young male Walrus, pur- chased in November 1867 at the cost of £204 10s. 6d. This animal was captured in Davis’s Straits by Captain Richard: Wells, of the steam whaler ‘ Arctic,’ belonging to Messrs. Alexander Stephen and Co., on the 28th of August last, under the following circumstances :—A herd of from 200 to 300 of these animals was met with on the ice by the ‘ Arctic’ in lat. 69° N., long. 64° W. A boat’s crew was landed on the ice and the herd attacked and several individuals killed, amongst which was a large female. The body of the latter being attached to the boat and rowed towards the vessel was followed by a young male, who swam and dived around and refused to quit his deceased parent. This being noted, he was captured by a noose swung over his head and one fore limb, from the ship, and hauled on board. For some days the captive was kept tied to a ring-bolt on deck, and refused food altogether. 21 Subsequently he was induced to swallow thin slips of boiled pork, and was thus fed until the vessel reached the Shetlands, when a supply of fresh mussels was provided for his use. A large box with openings at the sides was fabricated ; and the animal, secured therein, was brought safely into Dundee. From that port to London the Wal- rus was conveyed in the steamer ‘ Anglia,’ under the care of the Society’s Superintendent. The only specimen of the Walrus previously acquired by the Society was a young individual received in 1853, which had been brought home, in a vessel engaged in the seal-fishery on the coast of Spitzbergen, by Captain Henry of Peterhead. This animal however, was, in a moribund state on its arrival, and lived only a few days in the Gardens. In their last Report, the Council announced that they had sent out to Calcutta Mr. C. Bartlett to take charge of and bring home to England some valuable animals offered to the Society by their Corresponding Members, the Babu Rajendra Mullick, Mr. A. Grote, Dr. J. Anderson, and other friends in the East. Mr. Bartlett returned to this country with his living freight in August last, having unfortunately met with some severe losses on the voyage, but bringing safely the following collection :— 2 Black Tibetan Wolves (Canis laniger, Hodgs.). Pre- sented to the Society by Lieut. Alexander A. Kinloch, 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade, and Lieut. J. Biddulph, 19th Hussars. 1 Female Gayal (Bos frontalis, Lambert). Presented by the Babu Rajendra Mullick, C.M.Z.S. 2 Pelicans (Pelecanus mitratus, Licht.). Presented by the Babu Rajendra Mullick, C.M.Z.S. 4 Demoiselle Cranes (Grus virgo). Presented by the Babu Rajendra Mullick, C.M.Z.S. 2 Polyplectrons, 2 (Polyplectron chinquis). Presented by the Babu Rajendra Mullick, C.M.Z.S. 1 White Fruit-Pigeon (Carpophaga luctuosa). Presented by the Babu Rajendra Mullick, C.M.Z.S. 1 Bronze Pigeon (Carpophaga enea). Presented by the Babu Rajendra Mullick, C.M.Z.S. 1 Singing Pigeon (Zreron sphenura). Presented by the Babu Rajendra Mullick, C.M.Z.S. 1 Entellus Monkey (Semnopithecus entellus). Presented by the Babu Rajendra Mullick, C.M.Z.S. 22 1 Panolia Deer (Cervus eldi), Presented by A. Grote, Esq., F.Z.S. 1 Slow Loris (Nycticebus tardigradus). Presented by A. Grote, Esq., F.Z.S. 1 Hemipode (Turnix pugnax). Presented by A. Grote, Ksq., F.Z.S. 1 Indian Badger (Arctonyz collaris). Presented by Dr. J. Anderson. 1 Slow Loris (Nycticebus tardigradus). Presented by Dr. J. Anderson. 8 Water Tortoises (Emys, sp. var.). Presented by Dr. J. Anderson. The total number of animals brought home by Mr. Bartlett amounted to upwards of thirty, and their value was estimated at about £760. The cost of this expedition, which it was considered right to charge to extraordinary expenditure, amounted to £849 15s. These three items, added to the sum of £51 Qs. 9d., spent by Mr. R. Swinhoe upon the acquisition of Chinese animals under the circumstances mentioned in the last Report, and the sum of £50 devoted to a special expedi- tion to the Falkland Islands, in the hope of obtaining another Sea-bear for the Menagerie, make up a total ex- traordinary expenditure, under the head of cost and carri- age of animals, of £1555 8s. 3d. as follows: pass A Fetnale Gifafie’ (4) joe .04? lave 400K A Male Walrus . . . 204 10 Expenses on Collection from Calcutta. 849 15 Expenses to the Falkland Islands . . 50 O Mr. Swinhoe, for Expenses on animals m China’) eS tek tallie ly. othe conooRm £1555).8 73 The following notes relate to some of the other more remarkable additions made to the Menagerie during the year :— 1. An additional example of the Mooruk or Bennett’s Cassowary, presented by Commodore Sir William Wise- man, Bart., R.N., along with other valuable birds, Feb. 14. 2. Two specimens of the very beautiful Lory of the Solomon Islands (Lorius chlorocercus), purchased Feb. 5. 23 3. A male example of the wild Swine of Formosa (Sus taivanus, Swinhoe), received by the ship ‘ Island Queen,’ January 17, having been obtained for Mr. Swinhoe by Mr. Gregory, H.M. Vice-Consul at Tamsuy, and for- warded to the Society by Mr. Swinhoe. 4. A pair of Saiga Antelopes (Saiga tatarica, Pallas), received on deposit in November 1866, and subsequently purchased, as being apparently likely to do well in the Society’s Menagerie. 5. A specimen of the Carpet-Snake of Australia (Morelia variegata, Gray), received from Queensland, purchased of a dealer. 6. A specimen of the Peruvian Boa (Boa eques, Eyd. et Soul.), from Guayaquil, presented to the Society by Prof. William Nation, of Lima, Peru, C.M.Z.S. 7. Afemale Lyre-bird (Menura superba), brought to this country in the ship ‘La Hogue’ by its proprietor, Mr. Ross, from whom it was acquired by the Society’s Gardens. 8. An example of the Parrot (Coracopsis barklyi), de- scribed by Mr. Edward Newton as new at the Meeting of the Society held April 11; presented to the Society by Swin- burne Ward, Esq., H.M. Commissioner to the Seychelles, on the 8th of April. 9. A Tortoise from Digué Island, Seychelles (Sterno- therus subniger, Gray, P.Z.S. 1863, p. 195); presented by the same gentleman on the 23rd of March. 10. A pair of Ka-Ka Parrots (Nestor hypopolius), from New Zealand ; presented to the Society by the Acclima- tation Society of Canterbury, New Zealand, on the 25th of April. 11. A Boatbill (Caneroma cochlearia), obtained in ex- change from the Zoological Gardens, Antwerp, on the 25th of April. 12. A male Ground-Hornbill, from West Africa (Bucor- vus abyssinicus) ; presented May 6th by C. B. Mosse, Esq., Staff-Surgeon, and the more acceptable, as the Society’s collection previously contained three females of this rare and interesting species, 13. Two Eyton’s Tree-Ducks (Dendrocygna eytoni) ; presented by the Acclimatization Society of Sydney, New South Wales. : 14. Two young Night-herons in immature plumage, purchased May 14th, being apparently the young of Nycti- corax cucullatus (Wagl.), of Western Africa. 24: 15. Two Yellow-rumped Parrakeets (Platycercus flaveo- lus, Gould), from Australia, purchased May 27th. 16. A young Kite, supposed to be the young of the Square-tailed Kite (Milvus isurus, Gould), from Australia, purchased May 27th. 17. Three Maugé’s Ground-Doves (Geopelia maugei, Temm., Bp. Consp. ii. p. 94), purchased June 4th. 18. Two Brazilian Tree-Ducks (Dendrocygna fulva, Gm.), from Brazil, received June 6th. 19. A male Rosy-billed Duck (Anas peposaca, Vieill.), from South America, received June 6th. 20. An Arabian Bustard (Otis arabs, Riipp.), from West Africa, received June 6th. 21. A Senegal Bustard (Otis seneyalensis, Vieill.), from West Africa, received June 6th. 22. A specimen of the Golden Tiger Cat of Sumatra (Felis aurata, Temm.), received in exchange July 17th. 23. A pair of Sceemmerring’s Antelopes (Gazella sem- merringii, Cretzsch.), purchased August 21st. 24, A fine example of the black variety of the Leopard — (Felis leopardus, var. nigra), presented to the Society by Major John Pearse, Madras Staff Corps, August 30th. This animal is stated to have been formerly in the mena- gerie of the Rajah of Mysore. 25. A specimen of the rare Australian Parrot lately described by Mr. Gould in the Society’s ‘ Proceedings’ (1861, p. 100), under the name of Geopsitiacus occiden- talis, presented to the Society by Dr. Ferdinand Miller, of Melbourne, C.M.Z.S., and received November 17th by the ship ‘Essex,’ under the special charge of Capt. Rid- gers, the obliging commander of that vessel. Dr. Miiller, who forwarded this bird to the Secretary under the impression that it was undescribed, supplied the following particulars concerning it :— “This peculiar Parrot was presented to me by Mr. Ryan, on whose sheep-station, on the Gawler ranges west of Spencer Gulf, it was obtained. The most extraordinary circumstance connected with this bird is, that it is noc- turnal! It lives in the rocky caves of the ranges, and comes out at night to feed.” The following animals, received during the year 1867, constitute additions to the list given in the last edition of the List of Vertebrated Animals in the Society’s Gardens. Those marked with an asterisk are believed to 25 have never been before exhibited in the Society’s Me- nagerie. MAMMALS. *1. Macacus sancti-johannis, Swinhoc. St. John’s Monkey. Hab. China. a. Purchased, Jan. 14, 1867. b. Presented by T. J. Fawcett, Esq., Oct. 29, 1867. - Cebus fatuellus, Erxl. White-whiskered Capuchin. *4,, Hab. Brazil. a. Deposited, Nov. 25, 1867. Nyctipithecus trivirgatus, Gray. Douroucouli. Hab. North Brazil. a. Purchased, Noy. 30, 1867. 6. Deposited, Dec. 21, 1867. Lemur flavifrons, Gray. Yellow-fronted Lemur, Hab. Madagascar. a. Purchased, May 11, 1867. . Pteropus argentatus, Gray. Silvered Fruit-Bat. *6, Hab. China. a. Deposited, April 29, 1867. Canis laniger, Hodgs., var. niger. Tibetan Wolf. Hab. Thibet. a,b. Presented by Lieut. A. A. Kinloch and Lieut. J. Biddulph, Aug. 6, 1867. - Canis bengalensis, Shaw. Bengal Fox. Hab. India. a. Presented by E. Fane, Esq., Civil Service, Madras Aug. 8, 1867. . Canis primevus, Hodgs. Indian Wild Dog. *9, Hab. India. a, b. Presented by Capt. Gildea, 21st Fusileers, Aug. 24, 1867. Paradoxurus larvatus, Gray. Masked Paradoxure. Hab. Formosa. a. Received, March 29, 1867. b. Purchased, Aug. 19, 1867. *10. ll fd bo 138. *14, *15. 1G. 17. *18. 19: 26 Galidia elegans, Is. Geoff. Elegant Galidia. Hab. Madagascar. a. Purchased, Dec. 14, 1867. Felis viverrina, Benn. Viverrine Cat. Hab. India. a. Purchased, Feb. 8, 1867. Felis aurata, Temm. Golden Tiger Cat. Hab. Sumatra. a. Purchased, June 19, 1867. Felis lynx, Linn. European Lynx. Hab. North Europe. a. Deposited, April 10, 1867. Arctonyx collaris, Hodgs. Indian Badger. Hab. Assam. a. Presented by Dr. J. Anderson, C.M.Z.8., Aug. 6, 1867. Ursus piscator, Puch. Hairy-eared Bear. Hab. Northern China. a. Presented by W. Scott Stonehewer, Esq., Sept. 14, 1867. Ursus formosanus, Swinhoe. Formosan Bear. Hab. Formosa. a. Presented by Robert Swinhoe, Esq., C.M.Z.8., H.B.M.’s Consul at Amoy, Sept. 24, 1867. Trichechus rosmarus, Linn. Walrus. Hab. Davis’s Straits. a. Male. Purchased, Noy. 1, 1867. Sciurus castaneiventris, Gray. Chestnut-bellied Squirrel. Hab. China. a. Purchased, April 3, 1867. b. Purchased, May 5, 1867. Sciurus dorsalis, Gray. Dorsal Squirrel. — Hab. Nicaragua. a. Purchased, June 17, 1867. al. 26. 27. #29. 27 . Xerus getulus (Linn.). Getulian Squirrel. Hab. Province of Haha, Morocco. a-g. Presented by Sir John H. Drummond Hay, K.C.B., C.M.Z.S., H.M. Minister Resident and Consul-Gene- ral, Tangiers, July 4, 1867. Xerus stangeri (Waterh.). Stanger’s Squirrel. Hab. West Africa. a. Purchased, June 22, 1866. 6. Purchased, Dec. 13, 1866. . Cricetomys gambianus, Waterh. Gambian Pouched Rat. Hab. West Africa. a. Purchased, Aug. 5, 1867. . Atherura fasciculata (Shaw). Brush-tailed Porcu- pine. Hab. India. a. Purchased, Sept. 18, 1867. . Cephalophus mergeus,(Blainy.). Duyker-bok Antelope. Hab. South Africa. a. Received, March 27, 1867. . Oreotragus scoparius (Schreb.). Ourebi Antelope. Hab. Gambia. a. Presented by Charles B. Mosse, Esq., Staff-Surgeon, May 17, 1867. Kobus sing-sing (Benn.). Sing-sing Antelope. Hab. Gambia. a. Female. Purchased, Dec. 23, 1867. Gazella semmerringi (Cretzsch.). Scemmerring’s Antelope. Hab. Abyssinia. a. Male; b. Female. Purchased, Aug. 21, 1867. . Cervus equinus, Cuv. Equine Deer. Hab. Borneo. a. Male; 6. Female. Purchased, June 19, 1867. Cervus eldi, M‘Clell. Panolia Deer. Hab. British Burmah. a. Male. Presented by A, Grote, Esq., C.M.Z.S., Aug. 6, 1867. 30. ol. 32. 30. *2, *3. =o 28 Cervulus reevesii (Ogilby). Reeve’s Muntjac. Hab. China. a. Male; b. Female. Deposited, Aug. 19, 1867. Myrmecophaga jubata, Linn. Great Ant-eater. Hab. Brazil. a. Presented by J. A. Palin, Esq., C.M.Z.8., Oct. 4, 1867. b. Presented by Percy Brandon, Esq., Noy. 8, 1867. Dasyurus maculatus (Shaw). Spotted-tailed Dasyure. Hab. Queensland. a. Purchased, May 27, 1867. Bettongia apicalis, Gould. Tasmanian Jerboa Kan- garoo. Hab. Tasmania. a, b. Purchased, May 27, 1867. BIRDS. . Turdus iliacus, Linn. Redwing. Hab. British Islands. a. Presented by Mrs. Mears, Nov. 2, 1867. Copsychus seychellarum, Newton. Seychelles Copsy- chus. Hab. Seychelles. a. Presented by Dr. E. Percival Wright, Dec. 20, 1867. Menura superba, Dav. Lyre-bird. Hab. South-East Australia. a. Purchased, April 9, 1867. . Enneoctonus collurio (Linn.). Red-backed Shrike. Hab. British Islands. a, b. Purchased, Sept. 25, 1867. . Ampelis garrula (Linn.). Waxwing. Hab. Europe. a, b. Purchased, June 6, 1867. Tachyphonus melaleucus (Sparrm.). Black Tanager. Hab. Cayenne. a. Purchased, June 19, 1867. 10. las 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 29 . Munia maja (Linn.). Maja Finch. Hab. India. a—d. Purchased, April 29, 1867. . Munia ferruginea (Sparrm.). Javan Maja Finch. Hab. Java. a—d. Purchased, April 29, 1867. . Pentheria macrura (Gm.). Yellow-backed Weaver- bird. Hab. West Africa. a. Purchased, April 10, 1867. b-d. Presented by Miss Charlotte Boyle, April 27, 1867. Euplectes madagascariensis (Linn.). Red-headed Weaver-bird. Hab. Isle of France. a. Deposited, May 2, 1867. b,c. Received, Aug. 6, 1867. Hedymeles ludovicianus (Linn.). Rose-breasted Gros- beak. Hab. North America. a. Presented by A. Downs, Esq., C.M.Z.S., Feb. 28, 1867. 6, c. Purchased, July 29, 1867. Pyrrhula rubicilla (Pallas). Bullfinch. Hab. Europe. a. Male; 6. Female. Purchased, Feb. 22, 1867. Rus- sian variety. Chrysomitris spinoides (Vig.). Indian Siskin. Hab. Himalaya. a—e, Received in exchange, Nov. 11, 1867. Alauda cristata, Linn. Crested Lark. Hab. Africa. a. Presented by Miss Charlotte Boyle, April 27, 1867. Molothrus pecoris (Gm.). Cow-bird. Hab. North America. a. Purchased June 19, 1867. Icterus croconotus, Wag]. Yellow-backed Hangnest. Hab. South America. a. Presented by A. M. Booker, Esq., Aug. 18, 1865, 1% 18. a is A *20. ub *22. 23. 24. #25. *26. 30 Sericulus chrysocephalus (Lewin), Regent Bird. Hab. Australia. a. Presented by Dr. Mueller, C.M.Z.S., Jan. 28, 1867. Perisoreus infaustus (Linn.). Canada Jay. Hab. Nova Scotia. a. Presented by A. Downs, Esq., C.M.Z.8., Feb. 28, 1867. Megarhynchus pitangua (Linn.). Tyrant Bird. Hab. Brazil. a. Purchased, June 19, 1867. b-d. Purchased, Oct. 11, 1867. Buceros atratus, Temm. Black Hornbill. Hab. West Africa. a. Purchased, Aug. 22, 1867. Buceros elatus, Temm. West-African Hornbill. Hab. West Africa. Centropus rufipennis, Il. Chestnut Cuckoo. Hab. India. a. Purchased, July 11, 1867. Gecinus viridis (Linn.). Green Woodpecker. Hab. British Islands. a-g. Purchased, June 18, 1867. Ara hyacinthina (Lath.). Hyacinthine Maccaw. Hab. Brazil. a. Purchased, Aug. 20, 1867. Coracopsis barklyi, Newton. Praslin Parrakeet. Hab. Praslin Island, Seychelles. a. Presented by Swinburne Ward, Esq., Civil Commis- sioner of Seychelles. Geopsittacus occidentalis, Gould. Western Ground- Parrakeet. Hab. Western Australia. a. Presented by Dr. Mueller, C.M.Z.8., Nov. 16, 1867. . Euphema bourkii, Mitch. Bourke’s Parrakeet. Hab. Australia. a. Purchased, Oct. 30, 1867. 28. 29. *30. dl. 32. #33. #34. *35. 36. *87. 31 Platycercus flaveolus, Gould. Yellow-rumped Parra- keet. Hab. Queensland. a, 6. Purchased, May 27, 1867. Polytelis barrabandit (Swains.). Barraband’s Parra- keet. Hab. New South Wales. a, 6. Deposited, May 23, 1867. c. Purchased, June 24, 1867. Lorius chlorocercus, Gould. Green-tailed Lory. Hab. San Ristoral. a, 6. Purchased, Feb. 5, 1867. Milvus isurus, Gould. Long-winged Kite. Hab. Australia. a. Purchased, May 27, 1867. Buteo lineatus (Gm.). Lineated-Buzzard. Hab. North America. a, Presented by E. C. Newcombe, Esq., Feb, 28, 1867. Archibuteo sancti-johannis (Gm.). St. John’s Buzzard. Hab. Hudson’s Bay Territory. a. Presented by Captain David Herd, H.B.M.C.S., C.M.Z.S, Nov. 12, 1867. Pernis cristatus, Cuv. Crested Honey-Buzzard. Hab. Tndia. a. Purchased, Dec. 6, 1867. Spizaétus ornatus (Daud.). Manduyt’s Crested Eagle. Hab. South America. a. Purchased, Dec. 17,1867. Otus brachyotus (Gm.). Short-eared Owl. Hab. Europe. a. Presented by Dr. Bree, Noy. 6, 1867. Athene nove-seelandie (Gm.). New-Zealand Owl. Hab. New Zealand. a. Presented by — Arminger, Esq., July 3, 1867. b. Presented by the Canterbury Acclimatization Society, Christchurch, New Zealand, Aug. 16, 1867. *38. *39. 40. Al, 42. *43, 44 *45. 46. 32 Carpophaga luctuosa (Temm.). White Fruit-Pigeon. Hab. Australia. a. Presented by the Babu Rajendra Mullick, C.M.Z.S., Aug. 6, 1867. Treron sphenura (Vig.). Singing Pigeon. Hab. Himalaya. a. Presented by the Babu Rajendra Mullick, C.M.ZS., Aug. 6, 1867. Columba palumbus, Linn. Wood-Pigeon or Ring- Dove. Hab. British Islands. a-c. Presented by Robert H. Mitford, Esq., March 22, 1867. d-e. Presented by Thomas Worthington, Esq., April 2, 1867. f-g. Presented by John Gould, Esq., V.P.Z.8., Oct. 4, 1867. Columba rufina, Temm. Rufous Pigeon. Hab. Brazil. a, 6. Purchased, June 19, 1867. Macropygia emiliana, Bonap. Emilian Pigeon. Hab. Java. a. Purchased, May, 22, 1866. Geopelia maugai (Temm.). Maugé’s Dove. Hab. Timor. a-e. Purchased, June 4, 1867. Caccabis bonhami (Fraser). Bonham’s Partridge. Hab. Persia. a-d. Deposited, May 20, 1867. -Caccabis melanocephala (Riipp.). Black-headed Par- tridge. Hab. Abyssinia. a. Purchased, Oct 30, 1867. Turnix varia (Lath.). Varied Hemipode. Hab. Australia. a. Male; 6. Female. Purchased, April 9, 1867. c, d, Bred in the Gardens, July 14, 1867. *4.7 48. *49, =D. gh 52. *53. *54., 56. 33 Turnix pugnax (Temm.). Fighting Hemipode. Hab. India. a. Presented by A. Grote, Esq., F.Z.S., Aug. 6, 1867. Penelope superciliaris, Wagl. White-eyebrowed Guan. Hab. Brazil. a. Deposited, July 25, 1867. Otis arabs, Less. Arabian Bustard. Hab. Abyssinia. a. Purchased, June 26, 1867. Otis senegalensis, Vicill. Senegal Bustard. Hab. West Africa. a. Purchased, June 6, 1867. Otis houbara, Gm. Houbara Bustard. Hab. North Africa. a. Purchased, Sept. 18, 1867. Vanellus cayennensis, Gm. Cayenne Lapwing. Hab. Brazil. a, b. Presented by George Wilks, Esq., C.M.Z.S., May 4, 1867. Hematopus niger, Cuvier. Black Oystercatcher. Hab. South Africa. a, b. Presented by E. L. Layard, Esq., F.Z.8., Dec. 23, 1867. Tribonyx mortieri, Dubus. Mortier’s Water-hen. Hab. Western Australia. a. Purchased, July 1, 1867. - Gallinula chloropus, Linn. Moorhen. Hab. Island of St. Denis, Seychelles. a—c. Presented by Edward Newton, Esq., C.M.Z.S., April 8, 1867. Botaurus stellaris, Linn. Common Bittern. Hab. Europe. a. Presented by the Rev. Benjamin Ruck Keene, Jan, 25, 1867. b. Presented by the Rey. A. Smith, Jan, 29, 1867. c +07: 58. 59. *60. *61. *62. 63. *64., *66. 34 Nycticoraz cucullatus (Licht.). Hooded Night-Heron. Hab. West Africa. a, b. Purchased, May 30, 1867. Cancroma cochlearia, Linn. Boathbill. Hab. South America. a. Purchased, March 6, 1867. b. Received in exchange, April 25, 1867. Sarcidiornis regia (Gm.). Black-backed Goose. Hab. India. a. Male; 6. Female. Purchased, Sept. 18, 1867. Dendrocygna fulva (Gm.). Fulvous Tree-Duck. Hab. Brazil. a, 6. Purchased, June 6, 1867. Dendrocygna major, Jerd. Larger Tree-Duck. Hab. Madagascar. a. Male; 6. Female. Purchased, Sept. 18, 1867. Dendrocygna eytoni (Gould). Hyton’s Tree-Duck. Hab. North-West Australia. a, b. Presented by Dr. Geo. Bennett, F.Z.S., May 11, 1867. Querquedula formosa (Gm.) Japanese Teal. Hab. North-Eastern China. a, b. Males; c,d. Females. Purchased, Sept. 24, 1867. Metopiana peposaca (Vieill.). Rosy-billed Duck. Hab. Brazil. a. Purchased, June 6, 1867. . Pelecanus mitratus, Licht. Mitred Pelican. Hab. Tndia. a,b. Presented by the Babu Rajendra Mullick, C.M.Z.S., Aug. 6, 1867. Spheniscus demersus (Linn.). Black-footed Penguin. Hab. South Africa. a. Purchased, Oct. 26, 1867. b. Deposited, Dec. 19, 1867. 35 REPTILES. . Emys Indian Terrapin. Hab. India. a-h, Presented by Dr. Anderson, C.M.Z.S., Aug. 6, 1867. . Sternotherus subniger, Gray. Seychellean Tortoise. Hab. Digué Island, Seychelles. a. Presented by Swinburne Ward, Esq., Civil Commis- sioner of Seychelles, March 23, 1867. . Crocodilus bombifrons, Gray. Crocodile. Hab. Tndia. a. Presented by Edmund Penning, Esq., July 22, 1867. . Uromastix spinipes (Daud.). Egyptian Lizard. Hab. North Africa. a. Presented by John D. Carmichael, Esq., May 29, 1867. . Morelia variegata, Gray. Carpet-Snake. Hab. Queensland. a. Purchased, March 11, 1867. . Boa eques, Hyd. et Soul. Peruvian Boa. Hab. Guayaquil, Ecuador. a. Presented by Professor W. Nation, C.M.Z.8., March 8, 1867. . Hyla viridis, Dum. Green Tree-Frog. Hab. Europe. a-d. Presented by F. Coleman, Esq., April 30, 1867. . Pelobates fuscus, Dum. Mud-Frog. Hab. Europe. a—n. Received in exchange, April 27, 1867. FISHES. . Solea vulgaris, Cuv. Sole. Hab. British Waters. c2 36 List or ANIMALS WHICH HAVE BEEN BRED IN THE GARDENS oF THE ZooLnoGicAL Society BETWEEN THE IsT OF JANUARY 1867 AND THE Ist or January 1868. MAMMALS. 2 Vulpine Phalangers (Phalangista vulpina, Shaw). 3 Short-headed Phalangers (Belideus breviceps, Waterh.). 3 Yellow-footed Rock-Kangaroos (Petrogale xanthopus, Gray). 1 Great Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus, Shaw). 3 Gray’s Jerboa Kangaroo (Bettongia grayi, Gould). 2 Bennett’s Kangaroos (Halmaturus bennettii, Waterh.). 5 Cashmere-Shawl Goats (Capra hircus, Linn.). 1 Markhoor (Capra megaceros, Hutton). 2 Hybrid Goats, between Capra megaceros and Capra beden. 1 Giraffe (Camelopardalis giraffa, Gm.). 1 Yak (Bos grunniens, Linn.). 1 Zebu (Bos indicus, Linn.). 3 Elands (Oreas canna, Pall.). 1 Bless-bok Antelope (Damalis albifrons, Burch.). 2 Wapiti Deer (Cervus canadensis, Briss.) . 1 Sambur Deer (Cervus aristotelis, Cuv.). 1 Barbary Deer (Cervus barbarus, Benn.). 1 Formosan Deer (Cervus taivanus, Blyth). 1 Molucca Deer (Cervus moluccensis, Miull.). 2 Japanese Deer (Cervus sika, Temm.). 1 Persian Deer (Cervus maral, Gray). 3 Andaman Pigs (Sus andamanensis, Blyth). 1 West-African River-hog (Potamocherus penicillatus, Gray). 2 Indian Porcupines (Hystrix leucura, Sykes). 2 Viscachas (Lagostomus trichodactylus, Brookes). BIRDS. 6 Impeyan Pheasants (Lophophorus impeyanus, Lath.). 10 Swinhoe’s Pheasants (Huplocamus swinhoii, Gould). 16 Pallas’s Eared Pheasants (Crossoptilon auritum, Pall.). 8 Lineated Pheasants (Huplocamus lineatus, Lath. MS.). 4 Barred-tailed Pheasants (Phasianus reevesti, Gray). 1 Purple Pheasant, or Kaleege (Huplocamus horsfieldii, Gray). 2 Cheer Pheasants (Phasianus wallichti, Hardw.). 37 7 Black-backed Kaleege (Euplocamus melanotus, Blyth). 12 Japanese Pheasants (Phasianus versicolor, Vieill.). 1 Javan Peafowl (Pavo muticus, Horsf.). 1 Brush-Turkey (Tallegala lathami, Gray). 26 Hybrid Turkeys (Meleagris gallo-pavo, Linn.). 21 Rufous Tinamous (Rhynchotus rufescens, Temm.). 2 Varied Hemipodes (Turnix varia). 1 Black-necked Swan (Cygnus nigricollis, Gm.). 7 Ruddy-headed Geese (Chloéphaga rubidiceps, Sclater). 3 Ashy-headed Geese (Chloéphaga poliocephala, Sclater). 7 Ruddy Sheldrakes (Tadorna rutila, Pall.). 3 Variegated Sheldrakes (Yadorna variegata, Gm.). 13 Bahama Ducks (Pecilonetta bahamensis, Linn.). 5 Australian Wild Ducks (Anas superciliosa, Gm.). 5 Dusky Ducks (Anas obscura, Gm.). 3 White-crowned Pigeons (Columba leucocephala, Linn.). 2 Vinaceous Turtle Doves (Turtur vinaceus, Gu.). 1 Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes, Temm.). 1 Bartlett’s Pigeon (Phlogenas crinigera, Puch.). 2 Stock-Doves (Columba enas, Linn.). 1 Turquoisine Parrakeet (Huphema pulchella, Shaw). 3 Crested Ground-Parrakeets (Calopsitta nove-hollandie, Gm.). 1 Sun-bird (Lurypyga helias, Pall.). 1 Common Cassowary (Casuarius galeatus, Vieill.). 1 Black-crested Cardinal (Gubernatria cristella, Vieill.). 1 Rufous-necked Weaverbird (Hyphantornis textor, Gm.). REPTILES. 6 Great Lizards (Cyclodus gigas, Bodd.). 2 Rattlesnakes (Crotalus durissus, Daud.). The following is a List of Donors and their several Dona- tions to the Menagerie during the year 1867. Acclimatization Society of Canterbury, New Zealand. Two Ka-Ka Parrots (Nestor hypopolius, Forst.), five Black-backed Porphyrios (Porphyrio melanotus, Temm.), one New Zealand Owl (Athene nove-seelan- die, Gm.). Acklom, Capt., 60th Regiment. One Black-fronted Spider Monkey (Afeles frontatus, Gray). 38 Akroyd, C. H., Esq. One Peregrine Falcon (Fulco peregrinus, Linn.). Allfrey, Mortimer, Esq., F.R.S. Two Black Rats (Mus rattus, Linn.). Anderson, Dr. J., C.M.Z.S. One Indian Badger (Arctonyzx collaris, Hodgs.), one Slow Loris (Nycticebus tardigradus, Linn.), eight Water Tortoises (Hmys, sp. var.), one Dingo Dog (Canis dingo, Blumenb.). Andrews, W., Esq. Six Irish Slugs (Geomalacus maculatus). Ankers, Edmund A., Commander of the ship ‘ Pandora.’ One Common Jackal (Canis aureus, Linn.). Archibald, William, Jun., Esq. One Coati (Nasua nasica, Linn.). Arminger, Mr. One New-Zealand Owl (Athene nove-seelandia, Gm.). Armistead, Miss. One Love-bird Parrakeet (Agapornis pullaria, Linn.). Athole, His Grace the Duke of. Two Cinereous Eagles (Haliaétus albicilla, Linn.). Atkinson, Miss. One Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua sul- phurea, Gm.). Bacon, Mrs. Two Common Crowned Pigeons (Goura coronata, Linn.). Barter, Robert, Esq. One Young Crocodile. Beavan, Capt. R. C., C.M.Z.S. One St.-Helena Seed-eater (Crithagra butyracea, Linn.), one Red-headed Weaverbird (Huplectes madagascariensis, Linn.), four Indian Siskins (Chry- somitris spinoides, Vig.), two pairs of Black-bellied Sand-Grouse (Pterocles arenarius, Pallas). Bennett, Dr. Geo., F.Z.8. Two Hyton’s Tree-Ducks (Dencrocygna eytoni, Gould), one Australian Bustard (Otzs australis, Gray). Biddulph, Lt. J., and Lt. A. A. Kinlock. Two Tibetan Wolves (Canis laniger, Hodgs.,var.niger). Blaine, D. P., Esq. One Suricate (Suricata zenik, Gm.). Bolckow, H. W. F., Esq., F.Z.8. One Common Wolf (Canis lupus, Linn.). oh on 39 Bond, Frederick, Esq. One Black Rat. Booth, Lieut. One Chacma Baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius, Bodd.). Boswell, Mr. One Nightingale (Philomela luscinia, Linn.). Boyle, Miss Charlotte. Two Seed-eaters, one West-African Lark, three West- African Weaverbirds. Branco, Jose Manuel de Freitas, Esq. Two Spotted Hyzenas (Hyena crocuta, Erxl.). Brandon, Percy. One Great Anteater (Myrmecophaga jubata, Linn.). Bree, Dr., F.Z.8. One Short-eared Owl (Brachyotus palustris, Bonap.). Bristow, R. L., Esq. One Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus, Linn.). Browne, S. H., 77th Regiment. Two Grey Ichneumons (Hempestes griseus, Groff.). Brushfield, Dr. Six Common Adders (Defias berus, Merr.). Cameron, J. R., Esq. One Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua gale- rita, Lath.). Campbell, Colin A., Esq. One Silky Monkey (Hapale rosaha, Linn.). Campbell, Mrs. Duncan. One Serval (Felis serval, Schreb.). Carmichael, John D., Esq. One Egyptian Lizard (Uromastia spinipes, Daud.). Chester, Miss Amy. One Marmoset Monkey (Hapale jacchus, Linn.). Clark, F. G., Esq. Six Puff-Adders (Clotho arietans). Clifton, Charles, Esq., ¥.Z.S. ‘One Pair of Black- winged Peafowl (Pavo nigripennis, Sclater), one Pair of White Peafowl (Pavo cristatus, var. alba, Linn.), one Pair of Common Peafowl (Pavo cristatus, Linn.). Climenson, Rev. J One Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus, Linn.). Clink, Capt. One Sambur Deer (Cervus aristotelis, Cuy.). 40 Clinton, Col. One Bonnet-Monkey (Macacus da Shaw). Coffin, G. P., Esq. One ae Ichneumon (Herpestes griseus, Geoff.). Coleman, F., Esq. Six Spotted Salamanders (Salamandra maculosa, Linn.), four Green Tree-Frogs (Hyla viridis), one Natterjack Toad (Bufo calamita, Laur.). Conolly, J. Dee. One Bonnet- Monkey (Macacus radiatus, Shaw). Conyngham, The Lord Francis. Three Common Sheldrakes (Zadorna vulpanser, Flem.). Cooke, Rev. G. B. Davies. One Water-Rail (Rallus aquaticus, Linn.). Cooper, Capt. Four Hawk’s-billed Turtles (Caretta «imbricata, Sch.). Cowslade, W. W., Esq. One Macaque Monkey (Macacus cynomolgus, Linn.). Cox, Lieut.-Col. C. T. * Two Little Grebes (Podiceps minor, Lath.). Cust, Lady. One Crested Guan (Penelope cristata, Gm.), one White Rat (Mus decumanus, Linn., var. albino). Dale, A. K., Esq. One Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus, Linn.). Delmar, Capt. C. A. Three Common Kingfishers (Alcedo ispida, Linn.). Dorey, J., Esq. Five Common Dormice (Myoxus muscardinus, Lun.). Downs, A., C.M.Z.8. One Barred Owl (Syrnium nebulosum, Forst.), one Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis), one Dusky Duck (Anas obscura, Gm.), one Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Hedymeles ludovicianus, Briss.), seven Noisy Frogs (Rana clamata, Daud.). Drummond-Hay, Sir John H. Seven Getulian Ground-Squirrels (Xerus getulus, Linn.). Dundonald, The Earl of. One Coati (Nasua nasica, Linn.). Dunn, William, Esq., C.M.Z.S. One 2 Gayal (Bos frontalis, Lambert). 41 Eldridge, G. Jackson, Esq. One Pair of Greek Partridges (Caccabis saxatilis, Bechst.). Elwes, Henry, Esq., F.Z.S. One Common Badger (Meles taxus, Schreb.). Elwes, Robert, Esq. Three Weaverfish, Three Soles (Solea vulgaris, Cuv.), one Flounder (Platessa fletus, Linn.), two Cotters, one Pipefish. Enderby, William, Esq. One Pair of Bennett’s Wallabies (Halmaturus bennettit, Waterh.). Erskine, Capt. James, R.N., of H.M.S. ‘ Speedwell.’ One Grey-cheeked Monkey (Cercocebus albigena, Gray), one Mangabey Monkey (Cercocebus ethiops, Kuhl). Fane, E., Esq. ' One Bengal Fox (Canis bengalensis, Shaw). Farquhar, the late Sir Eric R. Townsend, Bart., H.B.M.CS., Pekin. Three Pallas’s Kared Pheasants (Crossoptilon auritum, Pall.), one Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus tor- quatus, Gm.). Fawcett, T. J., Esq. One St. John’s Monkey (Jnuus sancti - johannis, Swinhoe). Fesser, Francis, Esq., of Havana, Cuba. Twelve Fournier’s Capromys (Capromys pilorides, Say). Fleming, John, Esq., F.Z.S. One Pair of Formosan Deer (Cervus ¢aivanus, Blyth). Foljambe, C. J., Esq. One Kangaroo Rat. Forester, John R., Esq. One Slow Loris (Nycticebus tardigradus, Linn.). Forrome, F., Esq. One Squirrel Monkey (Callithrix sciureus, Linn.). Garside, W. D., Esq. One Pig-tailed Monkey (Macacus nemestrinus, Linn.), three Green-winged Doves (Chalcophops indica, Linn.). Gaskell, Rev. T. K. One Ring-necked Parrakeet (Paleornis torquata,Linn.). Gassiot, John P., Jun., Esq., F.Z.S. One Pair of Black Swans (Cygnus atratus, Lath.). 42 Gautrey, Miss. Three Common Chameleons (Chameleon vulgaris, Daud.). Gideon, Capt. Four small Fishes from Calcutta. Gildea, Capt., 21st Fusiliers. Two Indian Wild Pigs. Gill, C. E., Esq. One Macaque Monkey (Macacus cynomolgus, Linn.). Goodwin, Robt., Esq., of Pernambuco. Three Common Boas (Boa constrictor, Linn.). Gordon, Charles, Esq. One Rough-legged Buzzard (Archibuteo lagopus, Gm.). Gordon, The Hon. A. Hamilton, Governor of Trinidad, &e. One Kinkajou (Cercoleptes caudivolvulus, Pall.). Gould, John, Esq., V.P.Z.S. Two Young Wood-Pigeons (Columba palumbus, Linn.). Grant, F. W. Esq. Two Musquash (Fiber zibethicus, Linn.), two Ame- rican Thrushes (Twrdus migratorius, Linn.). Greatorex, Rev. Dan. Four King Crabs (Limulus polyphemus), one Talapoin Monkey (Cercopithecus talapoin, Erxl.). Greey, Edward, Esq., F.Z.S. One Long-eared Owl (Otus vulgaris, Flem.). Gregory, Wm., Esq., H.M. Vice-Consul at Tamsuy. One Formosan Pig (Sus taivanus, Swinhoe). Grote, A., Esq., F.Z.8. One Panolia Deer (Cervus eldi, M‘Clell.), one Slow Loris (Nycticebus tardigradus, Linn.), one Fighting Hemipode (Turniz pugnaz, Temm.). Grove, Thomas, Esq. One Common Sturgeon (Acipenser sturio, Linn.). Hall, Rear-Admiral Sir William. One Cuvier’s Gazelle, ¢ (Gazella cuvierti, Ogilby). Hawes, John Gurney, Esq. One Chacma Baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius, Bodd.). Hearn, W. T., Esq. One Black Rat (Mus rattus, Linn.). Herd, Capt. David, H.B.C.S., C.M.Z.S. One Red Fox (Canis fulvus, Desm.), one Virginian Owl (Bubo virginianus, Gm.), one St. John’s Buzzard (Archibuteo sancti-johannis, Gm.), one Cross Fox (Canis fulvus, Desm.). 43 Hill, Hon. Rowland, The. One Common Otter (Lwtra vulgaris, Linn.). Hoblyn, F. S., Esq. One Common Magpie (Pica caudata, Flem.). Howard, W. J., Esq. One Common Chameleon (Chameleon vulgaris, Daud.). Hudson’s Bay Company, The. Two Skunks. Hunt, J. Lennon, Esq., H.B.M. Consul, Rio de Janeiro. Two Common Boas (Boa constrictor, Linn.). Hutchinson, Major, Bengal Staff Corps. One Rhesus Monkey (Macacus erythreus, Schreb.). Jackson, Lt. D. H., 88th Regiment. One Savigny’s Owl (Bubo ascalaphus, Sav.). Jary, Major R. H. H., F.Z.S. Two Proteus (Proteus anguinus, Shaw). Joel, Lewis, Esq., C.M.Z.S. One Kinkajou (Cercoleptes caudivolvulus, Pall.). Jones, C. M., Esq. - One Levaillant’s Amazon (Chrysotis levaillantii, Gray). Jones, Henry, Esq. Four Turtle (young). Jubber, Henry. Two Raccoons (Procyon lotor, Linn.). Keene, Capt. A. Ruck. One Kinkajou (Cercoleptes caudivolvulus, Pall.). Keene, The Rev. Benjamin Ruck. One Common Bittern (Botaurus stellaris, Linn.). Keep, Mrs. One Banded Ichneumon (Herpestes fasciatus, Desm.). Lakeman, Sir S. One Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus, Gm.), one Cinereous Vulture (Vultur cinereus, Linn.). Lambert, Francis, Esq. One Macaque Monkey (Macacus cynomolgus, Linn.). Lampson, Sir Charles M., Bart., Deputy Governor Hudson’s Bay Company. One Canadian Beaver (Castor canadensis, Kuhl). Lancaster, Thomas, Esq. One young Chacma Baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius, Bodd.). Lane, C. an Esq., Royal Fusiliers. Two Black Squirrels (Sczurus niger, Linn.), one Grey Squirrel (Sciurus cinereus, Linn.). 44 Larking, Edgar E., Esq. One Common Adder (Pelias berus, Merr.). Layard, E. L., Esq., F.Z.S. Two Black Oystercatchers (Hamatopus niger, Cuv.). Lea, Mrs. One Bonnet-Monkey (Macacus radiatus, Shaw). Lee, John, Esq. Two Garden Dormice (Myowxus nitela, Schreb.). Leeke, Capt. One Coypu (Myopotamus coypus, Mob.). Lefevre, Miss M. Shaw. One Spotted Cavy (Calogenys paca, Linn.). Leir, William, Esq. Two Pinche Monkeys (Hapale edipus, Linn.). Liddle, R. R., Esq. One Pallas Paradoxure (Paradowurus pallasii, Gray). Lockhart, Miss. One Bonnet-Monkey (Macacus radiatus, Shaw). Lorain, Capt. One South-African Porcupine (Hystrix africe-aus- tralis, Peters). Lord, J. K., Esq., F.Z.S. Two Common Chameleons(Chamaleon vulgaris, Daud.). Luce, J. P., Esq. One Maugé’s Dasyure (Dasyurus maugai, Geoff.), one Laughing Kingfisher (Dacelo gigantea, Lath.). Macaulay, Robert H., Esq. One Iguana. Marsh, Douglas, Esq. One Pig-tailed Monkey (Macacus nemestrinus, Linn.), Marshall, George, Esq. One Rhesus Monkey (Macacus erythreus, Schreb.). Maule, Capt. Two Senegal Parrots (Pwocephalus senegalensis, Linn.). M’Coskey, William, Esq. Two Crested Guineafowl (Numida cristata, Pall.). McLachlan, R., Esq. Two Black Rats. Mears, Mrs. One Redwing (Turdus ilacus, Linn.). Mercer, F. G., Esq. One Goliath Heron (Ardea goliath, Temm.). Mitford, Robert, H. Three Wood-Pigeons (Columba palumbus, Linn.), two 45 Turtle Doves (Turtur auritus, Ray), two Hybrid Turtle Doves (Turtur auritus and T. risorius). Monteiro, J. J., Esq. 5 One Moustache Monkey (Cercopithecus cephus, Erxl.). Morgan, H., Esq. One Indian Civet Cat (Viverricula indica, Geoff.). Moss, G. F. One Cinereous Vulture (Vultur cinereus, Linn.). Mosse, Chas. B., Esq. One ¢ Ground-Hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus, Gm.), one Spur-winged Goose (Plectropterus gambensis, Linn.), one Ourebi Antelope (Oreotragus scoparius, Schreb.). Mueller, Dr., C.M.Z.S. One Pennant’s Parrakeet (Platycercus pennantit, Lath.), one Western Night Parrakeet (Geopsittacus occiden- talis, Gould), one Dingo (Canis dingo), one Regent Bird (Sericulus chrysocephalus). Mullick, The Babu Rajendra, C.M.Z.S. Two Indian Pelicans (Pelecanus mitratus), one 9 Gayal (Bos frontalis, Lambert), four Demoiselle Cranes (Anthropoides virgo, Linn.), two 2 Peacock Pheasants (Polyplectron chinguis, Temm.), one Bronze Pigeon (Carpophaga enea, Jerd.), one Singing Pigeon (Trevon sphenura, Vig.), one White Fruit-Pigeon (Carpophaga luctuosa, Temm.), one Entellus Monkey (Semnopi- thecus entellus, Linn.). Nation, Prof. Wm., of Lima, C.M.Z.S. One Peruvian Boa (Boa eques, Hyd. et Soul.), one Fitzinger’s Snake (Oxyrrhopus fitzingeri). Nerdrum, Mr. Two Great Eagle Owls (Bubo maximus, Aldrov.). Newcombe, E. C., Esq. One Lineated Buzzard (Buteo lineatus), one Common Kestrel (Tinnunculus alaudarius, Briss.). Newton, Edward, Esq., C.M.Z.S. Three Moorhens from the island of St. Denis, Sey- chelles (Gallinula chloropus, Linn.), one Painted Dove (Turtur picturatus, Temm.), one Seychellean Tortoise (Sternotherus subniger, Gray). Officers of the 51st Light Infantry, The. One Indian Antelope (Antilope cervicapra, Linn.). Owen, F. J., Esq. Two Brush-Turkeys (Talegalla lathami, Gray). 46 Page, Dr. One Turtle Dove (Turtur auritus, Ray). Palin, Dr. J. A., C.M.Z.S. One Great Anteater (Myrmecophaga jubata, Linn.}, one Naked-throated Cotinga (Chasmorhynchus nudi- collis, Vieill.), one Boa. Pandorf, T., Esq. One Malayan Bear (Ursus malayanus, Rafi.). Pearse, Major John. One Black Leopard (Felis leopardus, Linn., var. nigra) . Penning, Edmund, Esq. One Alligator. Penny, Mr. One Smooth Snake (Coronella levis, Lacép.). Poole, H., Esq. Three Toads and one Frog from Russia. Powell, Frederick, Esq. One Pair of Egyptian Geese (Chenalopex egyptiacus, Briss.) ,one Pair of Common Geese (Anser ferus, Linn., var. domestica). Pryor, A., Esq. One Cinereous Sea-Hagle (Haliaétus albicilla, Linn.). Robert, Mrs. Compton. ‘One Spur-winged Goose (Plectropterus gambensis, Linn.). Ross, Mrs. Five Cape Doves (Cina capensis, Linn.). Rowley, Geo. Dawson, Esq., F.Z.S. One Montagu’s Harrier (Circus cineraceus, Mont.). Salvin, Capt. One Common Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo, Linn.). Saunders, Howard, Esq., F.Z.S. One Long-eared Owl (Otus vulgaris, Linn.). Saunders, Wm., Esq. One Poe Honey-eater (Prosthemadura nove-hallanhe, Gm.). Selwyn, Rev. Ed. (The family of the late). One Gray’s Jerboa Kangaroo (Bettongia grayi, Gould). Serocold, C. P., Esq., F.Z.S. One Black Rat (Mus rattus, Linn.). Sewell, Dr. R. R. Two Common Hares (Lepus timidus, Linn.). 47 Shaw, Charles, Esq. One Pair of Chinese Geese (Anser cygnoides, Linn.). Smee, Miss. One Black Rat (Mus rattus, Linn.). Smith, Mrs. One Macaque Monkey (Macacus cynomolgus, Linn.). Smith, Francis N. One Macaque Monkey (Macacus cynomolgus, Linn.). Smith, L. H., Esq. Two Virginian Colins (Ortyz virginianus, Linn.). Smith, N. C., Esq. One Caracal (Felis caracal, Schreb.). Smith, Rey. R. One Common Bittern (Botaurus stellaris, Linn.). Spalding, Henry M., Esq. One Green Monkey (Cercopithecus callitrichus, Is. Geoff.). Spring, J. P., Esq. One Chacma Baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius, Bodd.). Stewart, Lt. Duncan. Seven Scemmerring’s Pheasants (Phasianus semmer- ringti), two Pairs of Japanese Pheasants (Phasianus versicolor, Vieill.), one Chinese Lark (Melanocorypha mongolica, Gm.). Stidolph, Miss. One Chameleon (Chameleon vulgaris, Daud,). Stonehewer, W. Scott, Esq. One Hairy-eared Bear (Ursus lasiotis, Gray). Summerhayes, William, Esq. One White-lipped Peccary (Dicotyles albirostris). Sweet, Rev. J. B. One Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus, Linn.). Swinhoe, Robert, Esq., F.Z.S., H.B.M. Consul at Amoy. One Formosan Bear (Ursus formosanus, Swinhoe), one Swinhoe’s Deer (Cervus swinhoii, Sclater). Tanqueray, Mrs. One Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua ga- lerita, Lath.). Tate, W. R., Esq. One Common Adder (Pelias berus, Merr.). Taylor, General Sir Henry G. A., F.Z.S. One Wanderoo Monkey (Macacus silenus, Linn.). Taylor, W., Esq. One Egyptian Fox (Canis niloticus, Geoff.). 48 Tegetmeier, W. B., Esq., F.Z.S. One Wood- “Pigeon (Columba palumbus, Linn.). The Commissioners of South Australia to the French Exhi- bition. Two Australian Eagles (Aquila audax, Lath.), one Australian Thick-knee ((dicnemus grallarius, Lath.), one Black-faced Kangaroo (Macropus melanops, Gould), one Derbyan Wallaby (Halmaturus derbianus, Gray), one Pair of Hairy-nosed Wombats (Phascolomys lati- frons, Owen). The Governor of the Botanic Gardens, Adelaide, N.S.W. Two Hairy-nosed Wombats (Phascolomys latifrons, Owen), two Vulpine Phalangers (Phalangista vulpina, Shaw), one Dingo (Canis dingo, Blumenb.), one Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax, Lath.), one Malee Bird (Leipoa ocellata, Gould), four Black-backed Por- phyrios (Porphyrio melanotus, Temm.). Thompson, Capt. H. T. One Hog Deer, 3 (Cervus porcinus, Zimm.). Thompson, James R., Esq. One Rhesus Monkey (Macacus erythreus, Schreb.). Thornton, Edwd., Esq., H.B.M. Minister, Rio de Janeiro. One Razor-billed Curassow (Pauxi mitu, Linn., two Yarrell’s Curassows (Cra carunculatus, Temm.). Tollemache, —, Esq. Twelve Green Lizards (Lacerta viridis, Linn.). Tootal, Reginald G., Esq. One Coati, ¢ (Nasua nasica, Linn.). Tucker, Wm., Esq. One Dingo (Canis dingo, Blum.). Tytler, Mrs. Two Palm-Squirrels (Sciwrus palmarum, Linn.). Underwood, KE. W., Esq. Three Common Chameleons (Chameleon vulgaris, Daud.). Vaudrey, —, Esq. Two White Rats (Mus decumanus, Linn., var. aloa). Vanner, Prest, and Syth, Messrs. One Japanese Pig (female) (Sus leucomystax, Temm.). Walker, Arthur George, Esq. One Coati (Nasua nasica, Linn.). Wambey, Mrs. One Common Peafowl (Pavo cristatus. Linn.), three Silk Fowls (Gallus domesticus, Linn. var.) 49 Ward, Swinburne, Esq., Civil Commissioner of Seychelles. One Praslin Parrakeet (Coracopsis barklyi, Newton). Waterhouse, G. R., Esq., F.Z.S. One West-Indian Snake. Whittle, —, Esq. One White-headed Sea- Eagle (Haliaétus leucocephalus, Linn.). Wigram, Money, Esq., F.Z.S. One Emu (Dromeus nove-hollandia, Vieill.). Wilks, George, Esq. Two Cayenne Lapwings (Vanellus cayennensis, Gm.) Williams, Mrs. One Jelerang Squirrel (Sciurus bicolor, Sparrm.). Willams, J. B., Esq. One Oystercatcher (Hematopus ostralegus, Linn.). Wilson, Mrs. One Guinea Baboon (Cynocephalus papio, Desm.). Wimbolt, Miss A. E. One Rose-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis, Gm.). Wiseman, Commander Sir W.S., R.N. Two Australian Cranes (Grus australasiana, Gould), two Bronze-winged Pigeons (Phaps chalcoptera, Lath.), two Spotted-eared Owls (Bubo maculosus, Vieill.), one Mooruk (Caswarius bennettii, Gould.). Wood, W. Burney, Esq. One Macaque Monkey (Macacus cynomolgus, Linn.). Worthington, Thomas, Esq. Two Wood-Pigeons (Columba palumbus, Linn.), one Turtle Dove (Turtur auritus, Ray), one White Dove (Turtur risorius, Linn., var. alba). Wray, C. G., Esq. One Palm-Squirrel (Sciurus palmarum, Linn.). Wright, Dr. Percival, F.Z.S. One Leopard (Felis leopardus, Linn.), one Seychelles Copsychus (Copsychus sechellarum, Newton). Conclusion. In concluding their Report the Council congratulate the Fellows upon the present prosperous state of every part of the Society’s affairs. Ten years ago the number of Fellows was 1716, it is now 2829, and increases rapidly every year. In 1857 the number of visitors to the Gardens was 339,217, in 1867 it was 556,214. In 1857 the income was D 30 £14,822, in 1867 it was £25,041. In 1857 the reserve- fund was £3000, it now amounts to £10,000. On January lst, 1857, the number of animals in the Menagerie was 1291, on January lst of the present year it was 2010. These facts cannot prove otherwise than gratifying to the Fellows of the Society. In conducting the Society’s affairs to their present state of prosperity, the Council have to acknowledge the assist- ance they have received from those gentlemen who have served on the Committees of Publication, Audit, and Finance during the past year. Signed for the Council, P. L. ScLaTER, Secretary. 11 Hanover Square, April 29th, 1868. REPORT OF THE AUDITORS OF THE ACCOUNTS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, Appointed January 16, 1868. Tue Auditors having fully examined the Accounts of the Society, inspected the Books, and seen Vouchers for all the various Payments ordered by the Council for the year end- ing December the 31st, 1867, respectfully submit to the Society an Abstract of such Accounts, together with a Statement of the Assets and Liabilities at the close of the year, and a Report thereon. 2 : - RECEIPTS. : E ieee Get Balance brought from Dec. 31, 1866 ...........:)eeereeseeeeeneceee|seereeeeeeeseneees veal eOS4an ogo i INCOME. sees 5 £ os. a. £ ss ids 1861 Proceedings.......... Ras eeiroe cece demain |Manah eae eee'o s eeste 019 O 1862 Annual Subscriptions ...........:sseeeeee|ecseeeeeeseeeerees 210) 0 1863 Annual Subscriptions ........+.s.sseeeeeeeles Sachadcudonegsac 2) 00 1864 Annual Subscriptions .....+.......00+ Sones OneCeO Ivory Ticket ........seeesseee saeceradsansd hs er Wt) | od 6> i : Admission Fees .....-..-..sseeseceeseenees Zora Ouen0 1865 Annual Subscriptions .........s++seeeeeeee 23 0 0 Ivory Ticket ......scescseeeeecseeeres Sons0 ot Garden Sales .....-..scecccsreccescesceeres 80 17 0 SS 129 18 0 Admission Fees ..... 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Aaoaacceertices 5,093 9 0 Ivory Tickets ...........0006 Aapbaanenaigee 81 9 0 DYaNSACHOMS Pas. .soedn oes Seldehehveterts ote 152 12 0 PrOoceedings....s...secccscscsnccesossncesees 123 1 11 Publications...... 20... sccessssecenesecrsenee 354 5 0 Dividends, and Interest on Exchequer l _Bills.........5 no BSSOreT OAM SeRONPagIa Lees. 346 10 5 : ——| 23,893 14 10 Annual Subscriptions ........-.eeeeeeee 45 0 0 808 Palen Sencncns peek onspisees==sseneiere 8 8 0 Ivory Ticket .........-++ SFipeCopOOe Ee a Ea FS) — 54 9 0 1869 Publications) (ssemssasscecrsscssiocese-s+00|.0,vucesevedsonose © ono INCOME RECEIVED IN 1867 .......sccecece|sees cosecvscnes ses 95,041 19 8 | 25,041 19 3 Proceeds of Sale of £2000 Exchequer Bills ...|...... Gonoasancdcis oma beet aateere 2,011 12 0 28,437 14 PAYMENTS. Genera] Gardens. Estabt. Total EXPENDITURE. Belonging oe 3s @. Lr Usa ids £ Sada to years 18664 Fae Rates, Taxes, &€. .........c00008 Diiteel Sino as). 79 264 9 6 Ballgtenee ss «csc oceveeeeeees sidaotoedies «| 1,767 19 10| 408 5 7| 2176 5 5 Paid on account of the previous year......... 1,979 1 7| 46113 4| 2,440 14 11 Rent, Rates, Taxes, &c. ....... eadwenee 540 2 5! 160 14 11 Salaries, Wages, and Pensions ...... 2,969 0 6/1,488 0 9 Cost and Carriage of Animals, in- cluding Keepers’ Traveling Ex- 3,244 17 11 EHS GST oc ans csececusoscscee. ne eteee Menagerie Expenses ......+0....055 sere 2a lias Seal Keepers’ Dresses..........ssesee <6 135 6 38 REOWISIOUSue - nds «secede ccacsaeche“Senaaes 4,003 7 10 New Buildings and Works............ 2,115 15 3 Other Works, Repairs, and Mate- 1867 rials ...... t tepeeeiaaiaiee et seats Garden) Hxpenses! vocvc..ceccnnscneess 840 2 2 Band Expenses”... .2..c.cesecacecusness 178 18 0 | Advertisements ............seseeeees ses] (88: 12 “0 House and Office Expenses....... stote 9619 1) 3828 4 8 Stationery and Account Books ......)...---+s-seeerees 57 15 10 Printing (Miscellaneous)......00c..s0e0|-+--r-see+--eeeee 144 10 6 Library EXXpenses ....0.sceccnceccesec|scasseesecs-cnsens 355 0 10 Proceedings (including Printing) Sas esledoeaeecnceuense 1,259 14 §& Transactions, do. Dee Tore beran teense emeet 394 12 10 Returned Subscriptions ....0+...+0+. nol bac crinodoogsoecece 48 13 0 Paid on account of the current year .........| 19,581 2 9/4,187 7 7 23,763 10 4 EXPENDITURE PAID IN 1867.........|21,560 4 4/4649 0 11 | 26,209 5 3 Cash at the Banker’s, December f General Account ...... $1,753 13 5 31, 1867, viz. Petty Cash Account ... 474 15 9 ———| 2,228 9 2 28,437 14 5 Comparison of Receipts in 1866 and 1867. Receipts. Income of Increase. Decrease. 1866. 1867. Admission Fees :— oon Bais Sas onites Fy 8, 0: 2 8d. (PaRtiane ss Biers 180 0 0 205 0 0 25 0 O Jnccccecceees Present 1,835 5 0 15365) 0 20 |seccweecccenns 470 5 0 Annual Subscriptions :— Est beta ini Wera's eisiele 84 0 0 147 0 0 63 0) 0) prices sires Hoe Present ..... --| 4,552 15 0 5,093 9 0 54014 WO [icici mts * Future ........ 0 0 45 0 0 j--ce-0e SApiacir 21 0 0 Compositions .......-.-| 1,730 0 0 1,830 0 0 FOO “O WOUh a aeeinpiater Ivory Tickets .......... 147 5 0 GPA Bia oeanoes5. 55 6 0 Admissions to Gardens..| 12,428 14 6] 12,840 2 6 411 (8 0 ders netomat Garden Sales .......... 1,006 12 9 1,513 4 0 BOG UY (Slee nem siel= Rent for Refreshment Room rsasicen ceeenir 720 0 0 730 0 0 (RAM Wu Rompeco acne. Publications .......... 646 2 0 73414 4 296) 12) 4 laste min/sistetets Dividends...........++- 334 6 8 346 10 5 12S uO lees a abeoieciet Miscellaneous.........- 64701879 (Bi |asrcncmcnie os naa| boo aucreeysocm 647 18 6 24,378 19 5 | 25,041 19 3 1,857 9 4 {1,194 9 6 Increase.... G69 2G 020 Weide ctaciie emt 1,194 9 6 | Ded. Deer. 25,041 19 3] 25,041 19 3 662 19 10 Total Payments in 1867.............- £26,209 5 3 Total Receipts in 1867 ......--++-++- 25,041 19 3 Payments over Receipts .......-. cee) 1,167 56) 0 Dr. Cash Lia. a, To Balance brought from December 31, 1866 .........0.0+eeeeeeeee 1,384 3 2 To Proceeds of Sale of £2000 Exchequer Bills .........-...-++++-- 2,011 12 0 Yo Income received in the Year .....0-ccccesveccvccccscsscscscoes 25,041 19 3 28,437 14 5 Comparison of Payments in 1866 and 1867. Payments. Expenditure of Increase. Decrease. 1866. 1867. £8. d. £ 8. d. he Bane <6) 8s) da Arrears of previous years....| 1,962 14 1] 2,440 14 11 “MOL liscoseanendoe Rent, Rates, and Taxes .... 687 10 5 700 17 4 13} ) Gil Sao asacas was Salaries, Wages, and Pen- ALOIS a ashete Gielciniele sielastae 4,230 0 0/| 4,407 1 3 Ugh ES || eratale iutalalsiele Cost and Carriage of Animals, including Keepers’ Tra- velling Expenses........ 1,782 12 7] 3,244 17 11 T5409) BSA Ss cnreaie BOC. BLQVINIONINY (so. asic sede se 3,837 11 9 | 4,003 7 10 BLO bee ricopoce Menagerie Expenses ......| 2,058 14 7] 2,124 9 1 G5) DANG) cee aed Keepers’ Dresses .......... 15115 6 Tbe | Gwi Gil lwn sean saiaciacees 16 9 3 New Buildings and Works..| 1,169 610] 2,115 15 3 946 8 5 |........- pas Other Works, Materials, and Repairs .. ....... sensi 25818, 16) Silie 3,103)12) “Ss 379.1600). oc Stree Salers Garden Expenses .......... 767 0 1 840 2 2 7 ES aD Wl Renecrnoseee Band Expenses .. : 166 2 9 178 18 0 Ti ins | eee eon Advertisements ............ 144 1 9 TSBVIBT GL [acesicas amas ae 5 9 9 House and Office Expenses. . 384 5 7 425 3 4 AOL AZ 2:0) |Seviecevecees Stationery .............006 8715 9 A U6 TOE leans cand toad 29 19 11 Printing (Miscellaneous)... 212 19 6 PAPC GE Oi laarcaccsteiesice ace 68 9 0 Proceedings (including Print- nH! boo odermMaa cinder 1,327 6 2] 1,259 14 8 |...... +. Transactions, ditto ditto 388 1 7 394 12 10 611 3 Library Expenses .......... 21915 7 355 0 10 135 5 3 Returned Subscriptions .... 22 3 0 48.13 0 2610 0 Cost of Medals ............ GG eietctarcors ata se vvelricicessecne Wee 22,418 13 9 26,209 5 3 3,983 10 11 192 19 5 Increase....} 3,790 11 6]............ ar 192 19 5 | Ded. Decr. 26,209 5 3] 26,209 5 3] 3,790 11 6 Ordinary Expenditure ......| 19,703 19 8| 21,556.10 7] 1,852 10 11 Extraordinary ditto ........] 271414 1] 4,652 14 8] 1,938 0 7 22,418 13 9 | 26,209 5 3 3,790 11 6 Contra Cr. ; Bayt A , Lie Sides By Expenditure paid in the year (including arrears of 1866).............. 26,209 5 3 By Balance at Banker’s, December 31, 1867 ......eeeeeeecenecceees st 2,228 9 2 28,437 14 5 The Assets and Liabilities of the Society on the 31st of December 1867 were as follow :-— ASSETS. Arrears of . coat Cash. Total. | Previous | Current Year Year. | £ ad/£ 2d4| £ sd) £84) $2. NOnshiat i Pankersy glestsssis ase] oscessepes doles Bevaperh eed thom) SMU aioe aia ti . * w " Pa ft “ . J ya eit cf eastnal ab hagyoog'S s o a ~~ rs mes cA MALONE) TO { an ut ris raul al i. " as } Ab . = ' + r 4 Ly aie rd TARA - nee? a: Tn | ee ner? BAD er Put ‘ny age AAP; ‘ 7 ' ” ‘ ae ( mae 5 alls? ; rd "ive Tiel! m" i . i an ri eee, KS "Bead el ave : «Bi mere ste : vue REPORT OF THE f.O-UL NPAYk DB OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, _ READ AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, APRIL 299, 1869. LONDON: Nas PRINTED BY. TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION Seu FLEET STREET. 1869. REPORT OF THE COU NEG & b OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ¢ OF LONDON, READ AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, APRIL 297u, 1869, LONDON: PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. 1869. CONTENTS. Page I. General Condition of the Society ...........0.0ee0ece 3 1. State of the Roll of Members .................- 3 a. Fellows and Annual Subscribers ............ 3 6. Foreign and Corresponding Members ..,..... 4 2; Bite of tid Binances }.i i 0.0 2 aed oad ben 5 iL; ANCOMCN ee eae Te EEC oe ee 5 b Expendibare. 9.) o)F Sviaie ane, o aleteens yess oe eee 7 Cis WESERVO LULING he cee eters cr eae oh alot bs aOR 8 a: "Assets and (iiabilities! 27.0.0 c. nes oe eee 8 TT Office, 1 Hanover Square’ |.0.7)s.. se eee oe eee 9 ie eecientiic: Meetinos! <7. ete. oe as eee 5 a ANCOME wens cab ufhaw um soe ya ee eee 5 b. Hempenditure. i. s..ba0% 2c cere oe eee 6 ¢: deserve sHUNG -.. ies vegan asic ee ae ae 8 d.2Assets and Liabilities” 5... 6s 36... « fuse 9 If. Office, 4.1 Hanover Square ... 0.05... 65. sve ee 9 L. Netembific Meetings -.. . i e..s:+ w-sajs9-0 on ee 9 DZ. VSCIENtING -EUDUCHUIOUS: B.'s... ec is co ieee 10 Do AW ERTY S's Za'e Sk ao apa +» 5 Shes ie aie ease ge, ee 11 If. Gardens, Regents Park #ie. 0.5.2 sss ete + ee 15 1. Extension of the Gardens........... etn bee 15 2. Buildings and Works. fie .0o. 4400's sapiens eee 15 Ose VIBIGOTS ce oe oa 5s dae Mn SIs ote ire eos Gan ee 18 A, MONACCTIO. v5. bx iis «Maes ooh s nu Bee 3s Sake 20 List of Animals which have been bred in the Gardens ip dhe year 186) ie visi veel oie ieee eee 25 List of Donors and Donations ........... ji ee Donclisiinwenees 4.5. ...d.rets «oa 0 aadaes Deere eee 38 ° + . REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. April 29, 1870. Iw accordance with the provisions of the Society’s Charter, the Council have now the pleasure of submitting to the ap- probation of the Fellows assembled in their forty-first Anniversary Meeting the customary Report upon the pro- gress of the Society during the past year. This, in conformity with former practice, they have divided into three heads, the first of which relates to the general state of the Society, the second to the operations carried on at the office in Hanover Square, and the last to the state of the establishment in the Regent’s Park. I. GENERAL CONDITION OF THE SOCIETY. 1. STATE OF THE ROLL OF MEMBERS. a. Fellows and Annual Subscribers. The number of Fellows, Eellows Elect, and Annual Subscribers at the close of the year 1869 amounted to 2966. Of these there were— Compounders who have paid £20. . . 137 Ditto ditto £30 “an. 620 Paying annual contributions of £2 . . . 139 Ditto ditto eee. ge Dormant 2uER ese! Sip eames 58 Admission-fees unpaid . . . . . . .) 4 Compositions remitted . . . eee ees Annual Subscribers, paying Ba, .pindenoting > 4 The corresponding number at the close of the year 1868 was 2924; so that an increase of 42 Members took place during the year 1869; and the effective strength of the Society is now greater than it has been at any period since the year 1840, when the total number of Members was 2994. In the subjoined Table is given a comparative statement of the Elections, Deaths, Resignations, and Removals which have taken place during the past Ten years, together with the number of Fellows and Annual Subscribers at the end of each year :— Pus Died. Resigned. Removed. Sih s a 8g ; Sai pmeremsro ee 2 4 Compounders, Subscribers, | Subscribers. = ae Subscribers. |.2 ais 3 S|5 2s 53 a3 fanbe ee2/, | eeurerEss Fag | £20, | £30. |o eh £2, | £3, | £2. |- £3. 3 p| 2. | 8. |e plo A Bag 93 11 4 on 20 22 3 19 2 6 16 vs» [108 1716 98 1 7 id 19 21 5 23 2 AS tw sla 89 |}. 1725 95 6 1 16 24 1 10 1 4 19 7 89 1731 164 9 4 12 23 3 19 2 a8 ass 8 80 1815 264 4 8 21 22 2 9 ees 24 71 see. [ROL 1918 321 12 5 13 23 5 16 2 1 19 96 2143 405 16 11 1B 28 1 18 3 | 89 2459 328 ll 9 12 25 4 16 8 85 2702 316 3 9 7 33 2 28 2 vee | O4 2924 197 7 7 17 37 3 30 1 2 25 26 {155 2966 b. Foreign and Corresponding Members. No vacancy occurred in the list of Foreign Members during the year 1869. The following gentlemen were duly elected Corresponding Members of the Society during the past year, and the total number of members of this class was thus raised to 195 on the 31st of December last :— Dr. Charles Semper, of Wirzburg. Mr. John Denis Macdonald, Surgeon R.N., F.R.S. Mr. John Brazier, of Sydney, N. S. W. Mr. John S. Guy, of Callao, Peru. Dr. A. Ernst, President of the Society of Physical and Natural Sciences, Caraccas. : Dr. Francis Hilgendorf, Director of the’ Zoological Gardens of Hamburg. P Mr. Robert B. White, of Medelliu, United States of Co- lumbia. ~ o Ferdinand, Baron Droste, of Hiilshoff, Westphalia. Capt. Alexander Angus Airlie Kinloch, of the Rifle Bri- gade. Lieut.-Col. Frederick Richard Pollock, Commissioner, Peshawur, Punjab, India. The Council again beg leave to remind the Corresponding Members of the Society of the following important altera. tion which has been recently made in the Bye-laws relating to them :— “ Corresponding Members of the Society are required to “ keep the Secretary informed of their addresses, or that of “some Agent in London, through whom communications “may reach them. The name of any Corresponding ** Member whose address, or that of his Agent, shall not be “ known for the space of two years shall be removed from “ the List, but may be restored again on his application to “the Council, on the occasion of the first vacancy that * occurs.” 2. STATE OF THE FINANCEs, a. Income. The total Income of the Society received during the year 1869 was £22,768 18s. 4d., being less by the sum of £2,189 8s. 9d. than the corresponding amount for 1868, The subjoined Table gives a comparative statement of the various sources of the Society’s Income for the two years, and the amount of increase or decrease under each head. Income of Increase. Decrease. 1868. 1869, Admission Fees :— Live 2) Tat, a WANT Utarstiecet setae 180 0 0 9 0 0 (Briesentin ke wie tee 1,480 5 0 580 5 9 Annual Subscriptions :— ASG Riad deaw rect 102 0 0 0 38 0 0 Present 5,733 18 0 0 76° 0 © § 0 1,410 0 0 Bi] 0}.. 780 0 0 a 83 11 0 ¢ 0) 314 0 --/12,651 4 0 5 0 2 | 1,496 10 1 Eu Ob Due. = eo ee 1,120 10 11 0 0 780 0 0 8 5 805 0 8 10%-12', 8 Dividends ...... 0 0 293 2 6 012 6 Miscellaneous 07 UA RU baer as bes 2412 7 7 1/22,768 18 4] 45213 9 2,642 2 6 6 In examining these, it is very satisfactory to note that, although there is a considerable falling off under several heads, the main source of the Society’s large Income (that of money received from visitors for entrance into the Gar- dens) not only continues unimpaired, but shows a solid increase of £214 over the previous year. The amount to be realized from “Garden sales” must necessarily vary from year to year, depending as it does upon the quantity of surplus stock to be disposed of, and the possibility of finding purchasers for objects that are not always very easily saleable. The decrease in “Admission fees” and * Compositions ” is attributable to the smaller number of new Fellows elected in 1869. It could hardly be expected that the extraordinary increase of candidates for the Fellow- ship of the Society which has shown itself during the last four or five years could be continued for an unlimited period; but so long as the number of new Members remains in excess of the number of vacancies caused by death, resignation, and removal, the Council see no cause for anxiety on this subject. To the Income must be added the sum of £2757 10s., being the proceeds of the sale of £3000 worth of Reduced £3 per cents. purchased with surplus Income in former years, the sum of £1000, being the amount of a tem- porary loan from the Society’s Bankers, which has since been paid off, and the sum of £873 12s. 7d., being the balance brought over from the previous year. These ad- ditions made a total sum of £27,400 Os. 11d. available for the expenditure of the year 1869. b. Expenditure. This sum of £27,400 Os. 11d. was disposed of in the following manner. The sum of £19,539 2s. 10d. was re- quired for the ordinary Expenditure of the Society. The sum of £6209 16s. 6d. was devoted to extraordinary Ex- penditure. After paying the interest and expenses on a temporary loan of £1500 borrowed from the Bankers’ and subsequently repaid, this left a balance of £1623 3s. 6d. at the Society’s Bankers’ on the 31st of December last, which was carried forward for the benefit of the present year’s account. The subjoined Table gives the yarious items of the & / entire expenditure during the year 1869, and a com- parison of them with the amounts paid under the cor- responding heads in 1868. Expenditure of Increase, 1868, 1869. ees Gs Sse Gy || Sie ah Arrears of previous year . ABao LA. 3° POT Ge Ot |setecsesasedeeeses Rent, Rates, and Taxes...... 753 8 4 GSE LOR On peccscescecacswed Salaries, Wages, and Pen- RIDES MRA fiat) eds cseis , The SEcrErary read some notes on the principal Additions to the Society’s Menagerie during the month of March, and called particular attention to four Burrowing Owls presented by G. Wirxs, Esq., ©.M.Z.S., and to a Wood-loving Antelope (Cephalophus ‘sylvicultrix), obtained by purchase. - Mr. J. E. Hartine, F.Z.8., exhibited an unusually fine speci- ' men of the Dusky Redshank (Totanus fuscus) in summer plumage, “recently killed near London. The Rey. H. B. Tristram exhibited two skins of Salicaria melanopogon—a rare European warbler, obtained near Ettawah, north of Agra, being the first recorded occurrence of this species in Central India. Dr. E. Hammon communicated an extract from a letter addressed to him by his nephew, Capt. Haminroy, lately com- _Manding detachment at Port Blair, concerning the true locality of the so-called “Andaman Monkey” now in the Society’s Gardens, _ which was stated to have been imported into the Andaman Islands from Burmah, a : ' 2 A letter was read from Dr. Jonny ANDERSON, F.Z.S,, of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, announcing that he had obtained a specimen of the Dolphin of the Irrawaddi, which turned out to be a species of the genus Globiocephalus. Mr. Sr. Guoncz Mrvarr read a memoir on the axial skeleton of the tailed Batrachians, containing observations on the develop- ment and mode of formation of the spinal column of these animals. A communication was read from Mr. GurarpD KReErFT, CALZS:, containing the description of a new and very remarkable animal, allied to Lepidosiren, recently discovered in the freshwaters of Queensland. Mr. Krurrr considered this animal to be an Amphi- ‘pian, and referred it to the genus Ceratodus of AcassizZ, proposing to call it Ceratodus forsteri, after Mr, Wm. ForstEr, its discoverer. Mr. R. Swryuoz, F.Z.S.; read a paper on the Mammals of Hainan, as observed during his recent visit to this island. The number of species enumerated was 21, amongst which was a Hare, believed to be undescribed and proposed to be called Lepus hainanus. A second communication was read by Mr. Swrnnox, being a List of Reptiles and Batrachians collected in the same island, with notes on their habits. The species had been determined by Dr. GiunTHER. Mr. D. G. Extiot, F.Z.S., read a paper on some new genera and species of Birds belonging to the families Formicariide, Pachyce- phalida, and Sylviide, These were proposed to be called Xeno- rhynchus pachycephaloides (from New Caledonia), Clytoctantes alivii (from Ecuador), and Calamoherpe subflavescens (from | Dahouria). ——— @ ‘ 2 =) Messrs. SHarpz and Dresser read a paper some new or little- known points in the economy of the Common Swallow (Hirundo rustica), The authors drew special attention to the changes of plumage through which this species passed during its residence in Southern Africa. Mr. G.B. SowERBy communicated descriptions of 48 new species of Shells from various localities. The next Meeting of the Society will be held at the Society’s House in Hanover Square, on Thursday, the 12th of May, 1870, at half-past Eight o’clock, p.m., when the following commu- nications will be made :— 1.—Dr. CunnincHam.—Notes on some points in the anatomy of certain Kingfishers, 2.—Mr Grorce GuLLIvVER.—On the taxonomic characters afforded by the muscular sheath of the esophagus in Sauropsida and other Verte- brates. 3.—Mr, Arrrep SaNDERS.—Notes on the myology of Platydactylus. Japonicus. 4.—Mr. R. B. Suarre.—On the Hirundinide of the Ethiopian region. whe ie rer Ptbevalan het Lg pated > See Swe a] e HUTS ae! J WI ee 3. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. | 12th MAY, 1870. PROFESSOR NEWTON, V.P., IN THE CHAIR. The SEcRETARY read some notes on the principal additions to the Society’s Menagerie during the month of April, and called particular attention to a Vulturine Guinea-fowl (Numida vultu- rina), presented by Dr. Joun Kirk, C.M.Z.S., being the first living specimen of this rare species received in England. A communication was read from Dr. R. O. CunnincHam, C.M.Z.S., on some peculiarities in the anatomy of three King- fishers, Ceryle stellata, Dacelo gigas, and Alcedo ispida. A communication was read from Mr. Groree GuLLIVER, F.Z.S., on the taxonomic characters afforded by the muscular sheath of the cesophagus in Sauropsida and other Vertebrates. Mr. R. B, Suanre read a paper containing a full account of the Swallows (Hirundinide) of Africa, and pointed out their charac- ters and geographical distribution. Particular attention was drawn to the affinities of the African Hirwndinide with those of the New World, and also to the representation of various species 2 by smaller races or sub-species throughout the thiopian Region. Thirty-eight species of Swallows were enumerated, of which number thirty were stated to be peculiar to the continent of Africa, and two to Madagascar and the adjacent islands. Two species only were common to India and Africa, and the remaining four were migratory throughout the Palearctic and thiopian regions. Dr. O. Fiyscu, C.M.Z.S., communicated the description of a new species of Penguin in the collection of the Counts Turart of Milan, which he proposed to call Dasyrhamphus herculis. Messrs. P. L. Sctarer and O, Sarvin read descriptions of seven new species of Birds collected by Dr. Hasxr during a recent expe- dition to the Galapagos Islands. These new species were mostly from Bindloes Island and Abingdon Island, which had not been visitedby former explorers, and belonged principally to a peculiar group of Fringillide, containing Geospiza and its allied forms, which is characteristic of the Galapagoan Archipelago. Mr. P. L. Scuater, F.R.S., read a paper on some new or little known species of South American Birds, amongst which was a new Woodpecker, proposed to be called Melanerpes pulcher, from New Granada. Professor Firower, F.R.S., communicated some additional notes on the specimen of the Common Fin Whale (Physalus antiquorum) recently stranded in Langston Harbour. Professor Newron read a paper “on Cricetus nigricans as an European species,’ and exhibited a specimen of this Mammal which had been lately killed in Bulgaria by Mr. ‘’. E. Bucxtey, F.Z.S., and had been presented by him to the Cambridge Museum. ~ ce The next Meeting of the Society will be held at the Society’s House, 11, Hanover Square, on Thursday, the 26th of May, 1870, at half-past Eight o’clock, p.m., when the following commu- nications will be made :— 1.—Proressor OWEN, F.R.S.—On Dinornis (Part XVI), containing notices of Internal Organs of some species, with a description of the Brain and some Nerves and Muscles of the Head of the Apteryx australis. 2.—Dr. J. Murte.—Notes on the Anatomy of the Prongbuck (Antilocapra americana.) 3.—Dr. A. B. Mever.—Some remarks on the Poison Glands of the genus Callophis. 4.—Surcron Francis Day.—Notes on some Fishes from the Western Coast of India. All communications intended for the Scientific Meetings of the Zootocicat Socrery oF Lonpon, should be addressed to the undersigned :— P. L. SCLATER, Secretary. 11, Hanover Square, London, May 138th, 1870. ies Bias Batali Hoo UT ar it oa ait t vm ald BA Sut to Bae Y iis ae aboorn dds lo emit DMA seen ten 4 went AO to to ot hoe @eukinmar it frie * gant sia Eliadtny gle apis aa 2a "via dmmanecinanic natn ut Rr iy 4 : “a? . , 4 bash sk aie one oi tie inka. ond a Fries oe ee Ley cr UR : Sanit alt kit sn. 8 Be VaR aa ad 4 A) rr Cay SS opel ee a a Mb —— yo te ~ ears} cexat ireye tater patients hae aie Lie Pe Bap eee a “cw oe ol ES Xa Cr ae vat. Set saya? ek Se ate ah Ag fy ae a oy “ap fp Ae pli aoe 4 <> oe bP, r a a) } sere se a e 7 me ‘ ~ iy - es < » Emil Nin Dag 0 > san , : a.# 9 : x » i oa fKFeajee 2". aa. ; Pat) ‘ en the =o oad ~~ i eo Capea Seek eee: “ieee ; nt > eer? rs > Dah as eae menor r te, ry ‘ - Ne RASS a artes eee als SL ee 21 So NSM APETIO ts. a).5 + nae » ares « + 4's > BMA Gee 23 List of Animals which have been bred in the Gardens mite year 1870) aye aeons « 4 2 eee 30 hiss-OL Donors and=Donations, ...".).. -.-0 eee 31 Coriclusi nti petensattiek ou caine a coed ties o Se eee 41 REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. April 29, 1871. In accordance with the provisions of the Charter, the Council have now the pleasure of submitting to the Society their forty-second Annual Report. This they pro- pose to divide, as usual, into three heads, the first of which will relate to the general affairs of the Society, the second to the operations carried on at the Office in Hanover Square, and the last to the state of the Gardens and Menagerie in the Regent’s Park. I. GENERAL CONDITION OF THE SOCIETY. 1. Stare or THE Rouut or MEMBERS. a. Fellows and Annual Subscribers. The number of Fellows, Fellows Elect, and Annual Subscribers at the close of the year 1870 amounted to 3021.- Of these there were :— Compounders who have paid £20 . . . 128 ~ Ditto ditto Sa} 0) en MMPS © Paying annual contributionsof £2. . . 133 Ditto ditto $3) 1) —« s /LO8E Dormant Ag, holy bole 16-tent eri. ob es 68 Admission-fees unpaid. . . . . . +. 39 Compositions remitted. . . . . + - Annual Subscribers, paying .£3 . . . 18 4 It must be gratifying to the Fellows to observe that the augmentation of their numbers, which has been going on steadily for the past eleven years, has not yet reached its limit. The corresponding number of Members on the Ist of January, 1869, was 2966; so that the increase during the past year was 55; and the strength of the Society is greater now than it has been at any time since the year 1830. In the subjoined Table is given a comparative statement of the Elections, Deaths, Resignations, and Removals which have taken place during the past Ten years, together with the number of Fellows and Annual Subscribers at the end of each year :— Years. 1861. 1862. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. 1867. 1868. 1869, 1870. ae Died. Resigned. | Removed. IS le a3 z oe - : g % * a 18 E HE So ae Compounders. | Subscribers.) Subscribers. = ay Subscribers. 2 2 3.9 2 2 ir as Hono- Bae Be a|em\ErEs ej | £20. | £30. |). 7. £2. | £3. | £2. | £3, gb £2, | £3. 3. BO A an a6) at | ae|) a2) a9] an | OB [as Phat (20 PR eeg | aes 95 6 1 16 24 1 10 1 4 19 7 | 89 1731 164 9 4 12 23 3 19 2 avd ae 8 | 80 1815 264 4 8 21 22 2 9 pea 24 71 we [161 1918 21 12 5 13 23 5 16 2 1 19 seen AGO 2143 405 16 11 11 28 1 18 1 ase aos 3 | 89 2459 328 Hal 9 12 25 4 16 ans 8 | 85 2702 316 3 9 17 33 2 28 $e 2 94 2924 197 7 7 17 37 3 30 1 2 25 26 |155 2966 160 9 7 6 32 51 105 3021 b. Foreign and Corresponding Members. No vacancy occurred in the list. of Foreign Members during the year 1870. The following twelve gentlemen were duly elected Cor- responding Members of the Society during the past year, and the total number of members of this class was thus raised to 190 on the 31st of December last :— His Excellency Sir Henry Barkly, K.C.B., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Mauritius. William H. Hudson, Esq., of Buenos Ayres. The Rev. O. Pickard-Cambridge, of Bloxworth Rectory, Blandford, Dorset. Dr. ae Strauch, of the Imperial Museum, St. Peters- urg. December 31. 5 Henry Adrian Churchill, Esq., C.B., H.B.M. Political Agent and Consul at Zanzibar. Dr. Bodinus, Director: of the Royal Zoological Garden, Berlin. Captain Charles Sheppey Sturt, of the Bombay Army. John Biddulph, Esq., of the Nineteenth Hussars. B. Tanner, Esq., J.P., Commander of McCarthy’s Island, River Gambia. Wyville Thomson, Esq., LL.D., Professor of Natural History in the University of Edinburgh. Monsieur Joseph M. Cornely, of the Chateau Beaujardin, Tours; and John Howland Thomson, Esq., of New Bedford, Massa- chusetts, U.S.A. 2, STATE OF THE FINANCES. a. Income. The Income of the Society during the year 1870 reached the large total of £23,257 13s. 9d., showing an increase over the Income of the preceding year of £488 15s. 5d. As will be seen by the subjoined Table, in which a com- parison of the receipts of the two years is given, the main items of increase are from admissions to the Society’s Gardens and from Garden Sales, while the only head under which any noticeable decrease has taken place is that of admission-fees, arising from the smaller number of Fellows elected in 1870 than in 1869. Income of Increase. | Decrease. 1869. 1870. Admission Fees :— Ca Aly eo A CM Se Se (7d eek. SAR i tacetawncvietdcansoracencess 8 0 0 45 0 Present . 850 0 0] 660 0 Annual Subserip Past 64 0 0 48 0 Present 5,852 7 0} 5,854 7 Future 88 0 0 93 0 Compositions . 620 0 0} 620 0 Ivory Tickets ....... 79 17 0 77 15 Admission to Gardens ............/12,865 4 0/13,204 18 Garden, Salegic<. .c..cecs<-cestivarcenns 375 19 2] 892 9 Rent for Refreshment-rooms ...} 780 0 0} 738 O 2 0 PEVDUCHILONS Jy check osu scahconeces annie 805 0 8] Ti4 9 BI 3 Dividends ....... 293 2 6 PUG PILL A/G eadehasdoevbrcess Sir F 3 Miscellaneous 08 0 83013 Tig $Bab= 4a Tilh came 22,768 18 4/23,257 13 9] 896 910] 407 14 5 It is especially satisfactory to notice the gradual and 6 steady development that has taken place in the amount received from the public for admission to the Society’s Gardens during the past ten years, as shown in the fol- lowing Table :— Amounts received for Admission to the Gardens, 1861-70*, £ £ Ue\Gil een 9,758 TSGOcRettiesa 12,428 TBE, oho 46 20,707 167 wns 12,840 iNcies y aceee 11,781 1BO3. of% eoisy 12,651 WB GAL ey ewe t cigs 12,703 LBPOR, sigan 12,865 CUT, tan cence 12,889 DSTO: tees 13,204 This may be advantageously contrasted with the amounts received from the same source during the preceding decad, 1851—60 :-— £ £ $1851 22,248 WSHGE Wee oe 9,205 SH eee 7,929 - HSS ia" Wee Ae 8,982 DBD Ov coho 11,343 1808 «Ayes se 8,881 ih a ee 10,799 TSAO x fyte 9,389 1859 ,...-» 8,454 SGD > eccsinle 10,055 Taking out in each case the exceptional Exhibition year, it will be observed that the average receipts for entrances during 1851-60 amounted to £9448, while the corresponding average in 1861-70 was £12,346. It thus appears that during the ten years last past an addition, amounting on the average to £2898, has been made to the Society’s annual Income from this one source alone. The total Income of the Society during the ten years 1851-1860, was as follows :— £ | £ so} 5y) loa ame £26,453 VS. to p.bace 15,280 USHOM ateules 12,803 | EV de 14,822 IS = Ae aie ae 17,503 | ERD: ive 14,034 D5 Geeky ie ence 16,901 | 513 eee arate 15,195 IESE Es AS 14,089 L860 g's steer 16,864 giving an average annual income of £15,277, omitting the exceptional Exhibition year. * N.B. The shillings and pence are omitted. + Year of the International Exhibition. t Year of the Great Exhibition. ~ / The total Income of the Society during the last past ten years, 1861 to 1870, was as follows :— £ £ 16) Naga abate 16,072 AGG Fe ost. 24,379 6213) AA *27,397 MAGEE tes. 25,042 Tere pees ss 20,284 Ls 1 sauce age 24,958 TIGL OO e 21,713 SRO! HEY Eb. 22,768 VBEHO* SS: _ 23,457 1S 7B 296 23,257 giving an average annual Income of £22,437, omitting the exceptional Exhibition year. It thus appears that the average annual Income of the ten last past years has exceeded the average of the ten years immediately preceding them by the sum of £7160. To the Income received during the year 1870 (£23,257 13s. 9d.) must be added the balance carried over from the previous year (£1623 3s. 6d.), and the amount of a temporary loan for one month, borrowed-of the Society’s Bankers in December last, and since paid off (£1500). This raised the total sum available for the expenditure of the year 1870 to £26,380 17s. 3d. But the Society’s receipts during the year 1870 were further increased by a legacy of £2000, left to them by the late Alfred Davis, Esq., F.Z.S. ; The following are the exact terms of Mr. Davis’s bequest :— “To the Zoological Society of London the sum of Two Thousand pounds, such sum to form a Perpetual Fund, the Income from which is to be applied to, or the creation of Annual Prizes, or any other purpose which may seem to the Council or governing body of the Society most con- ducive to its interests.” After payment of the Legacy Duty of 10 per cent., the sum handed over to the Society by Mr. Davis’s executors, in respect of this Legacy, was £1800. This was imme- diately invested by the Council in the purchase of the sum of £1994 9s. 2d. Consols. b. Expenditure. The sum of £26,380 17s. 3d., which, as stated above, was available for the Expenditure of 1870, was disposed of in the followmg manner. The sum of £21,364 12s, 10d. © Year of the International Exhibition. ~ 8 was required for the ordinary Expenditure of the Society. The sum of £3043 18s. 11d. was devoted to extraordinary Expenditure. The total Expenditure, ordinary and extra- ordinary together, was therefore £24,408 1ls. 9d. After paying the interest and expenses on a temporary loan of £1000 borrowed from the Bankers in December 1869 and repaid in January 1870, this left a balance of £968 6s. 1d. at the Society’s Bankers on the 31st of December last, which was carried forward for the benefit of the pre- sent year’s account. The subjoined Table gives the corresponding amounts paid in 1869 and 1870 under each of the pricipal heads of total expenditure, both ordinary and extraordinary. Expenditure of Increase. Decrease. 1869. 1870. SDS TIL. Be Ss 0s | Poe ee G's. d. Arrears of previous year ...| 2,597. 9 3. 3,545 17 1) 948 7 10)............... Rent, Rates, Taxes, &c....... 684 10 O 745 14 4 GI Aral nat. cast. Salaries, Wages, &c.......... AOS TT 6 je aa a bo) cc ctisecc oe eeaed 98 16 5 Cost of Animals............... 1,646°17-11 | -2,068 8 10.) 421 JO "UL \tecs...:.2..:- PLOVISIOUS sie. bes seee Pe Zeee o8- 4,064 14 10 | 4,104 6 2 SOT) Ea Sees Menagerie Expenses......... 1,808 37 4 2120 U2. BBLS oh RA ere eres Keepers’ Dresses ............ 150; a> 56 169 16 0 TGA SO aeeeecere cers New Buildings and Works| 5,411 14 11 | 1,297 16 8 |... 4113 18 3 Other Works and Repairs || 1,633 3 3] 2,192 610 | 559 3 7 | ...sc.0..c00s. Garden Expenses ............ 627 12 9 7692'S. of) IAISTD HOS Eves eces urs Band Expenses ............... 163 19 O 165 14 6 | Wi amb 5 ge ae ee Advertisements ............... 125-116 1 Sa = ee at BeAr gs Bo 7 Cat pi | House and Office Expenses.| 498 18 2 55d 7 O 5G Bile s5 ao eee hae ll 2 5 Law Expenses ...........s0. °i Lo A Dat “Li Sesocoaeeeacae es 415 4 Cost of Silver Medal ...... 4 Dy Gil aeeccneee nsarsclsa\ neouessceteaeeten 43 6 Returned Subscriptions ... 44 7 0 62 5 0 TT NS SON ae. sea | 25,748 19 4 | 24,408 11 9 |2,893 11. 5 /4,283 19 0 As regards the ordinary expenditure of the Society, under which head is included every item required for the maintenance of the Society’s whole establishment in a perfect state of efficiency, the amount disbursed for this purpose in 1870 was £21,364 12s. 10d. The corre- sponding amount for 1869 was £19,539 2s. 10d., showing an increase of £1825 10s. against the year 1870. This 9 increase, however, is rather more apparent than real, nearly half of it being attributable to the larger amount of arrears of the previous year left outstanding on the Ist of Janu- ary 1870, and the remainder being mainly due to a larger expenditure on new animals for the Society’s Menagerie, and on Scientific Publications, during the year 1870. It is obvious that these are both of them items upon which there is no difficulty in effecting a reduction of expendi- ture, if necessary. As regards the important head of pro- visions for the animals in the Gardens, for which, with the present extended collection, it is always necessary to allow a sum of upwards of £4000 a year, it is satisfactory to observe that, notwithstanding the rise of prices of many important articles of consumption, a very-slight increase under this head took place during the year 1870, the total cost of provisions having been only £39 11s. 4d. more than in 1869. The extraordinary expenditure in 1870, under which head are placed such items as in ordinary accounts would be classed as expenditure on account of capital, consisted of a sum of £3043 18s. 11d., which was entirely devoted to the following new buildings and works in the Society’s Gardens. eget ithe (1) Completion of new Elephant-house, fence, yards; and-ponds.: 7s “se 2324 6 2 (2) Completion of new Refreshment-room, with kitchens and store-rooms . . 307 0 9 (3) Burning ballast for the above-mentioned new buildings and adjoining paths . 89 12 O (4) New Heating-apparatus for Greenhouses 151 0 O (5) New Heating-apparatus for Eland-house tadsGazelle-sheds PP" Ser gg £3043 18 11 Full explanations of these items will be given in the subsequent section of the Report which relates to the Garden Establishment. c. Reserve Funds. The Society’s principal Reserve Fund consists of a sum: 10 of £7000 3 per Cents. Reduced, in which no change has been made since the last Anniversary. To this has been added during the year 1870 the sum of £1994 9s. 2d. Consols, obtained. by the investment of the legacy left by the late Alfred Davis, Esq., as already mentioned. d. Assets* and Liabilities. The Assets of the Society on the 31st of December 1869, and corresponding amounts on the 31st of December 1870, stand as follows :— 1869. 1870. Ee ean Wee Sih bre 7g @ash ati the Bankers? ...i5:scecssees eran -eveve 1623 3 6) 968 6 1 Paid for £7000 Red. .... 6599 14 4| 6599 14 4 HATA OM coil DOE Sr ea. satan ceeomenessceteel ilececeen sa eaene 1800 0 0 Arrears due for Annual Subscriptions ...... 474 0 0| 462 0 0 B gin Lrory: Tickets sista tcoshe 1616 0 9 "9 40 i ea ile nope, ey Ges eee 20618 9| 224 4 3 A fae, « CHAVA GN: SALES... ndean cet 681 12 0| 3857 15 0 4 » Rent ofRefreshment-rooms| ............... 246 0 O 9602 4 7/|10,667 8 8 The amount of Liabilities at the corresponding periods was estimated as follows :— December 31, 1869. 1870. hy oy) Sali @el| weSgp asa std. PRGA LAX CS Wisc tnnespeea tsps. soeeneegeer sg | 9359 010) 254 2 5 ASTI eB Rete woot secon este toes cess oottcerederts 2164 1 5} 1354 16 11 Contracts pending «.....c0ccsersssecseereceecees LOG2-LB tM) FA cee es ‘Gecta\h Temporary Loan from Bankers.......,......- 1000 0 0} 1500 0 0 4585 18 4] 310819 4 From this it appears that the Liabilities on the Ist of January of the present year (1871) were less by £1476 19s. than those of the corresponding date in 1870, while the Assets were greater by the sum of £1065 4s. 1d. * In the Report of the Committee of Auditors, under the head of “ Assets,” the two sums mentioned in reference to the legacy, viz. £1800 and £1994 9s. 2d., should be transposed, which will alter the total amount of the Assets as aie given from £10,861 1. 5, 10d. to £10,667 8s. 8d. 11 II. OFFICE, 11 Hanover Seauare. IF ScIENTIFIC MEETINGs. - The Scientific Meetings have been regularly held at the Society’s rooms in Hanover Square during the year 1870. No less than 165 different communications on various z00- logical subjects have been made to these meetings during the year: 104 of these were from Fellows, 3 from F oreign Members, and 27 from Corresponding Members of the Society. The remaining 31 papers were from individuals not belonging to the Society, and were communicated to it by the Secretary or by other Members. The corresponding number of communications in the year 1869 was 160. These communications were all submitted to the Com- mittee of Publication, which meets before every Scientific Meeting; and the following orders were made respecting them. Seven were ordered to be printed in the ‘ Transac- tions’ of the Society, and-121 in the < Proceedings,’ such illustrations being in every case allowed as the Committee considered necessary for the purpose. Of ten of the com- munications, abstracts or extracts were considered to be sufficient for publication, while the remaining 27 were ordered to be simply noticed in the Society’s ‘ Proceedings.’ 2. ScrenTIFIC PuBLICATIONS. The third and last part of the volume of < Proceedings ’” for 1870 was completed about a fortnight ago, and is now ready for issue to the Subscribers. The whole volume for 1870 contains nearly one thousand pages, and is illus- trated by 53 plates (mostly coloured) and a large number of woodcuts. The following Parts of the Society’s Transactions’ have been issued during the year 1870 :— Vou, VII. Parr II. (January, 1870). On Dinornis (Part XIII.) : containing a Description of the Sternum in Dinornis elephantopus and D. rheides, with Notes on that Bone in D. crassus and D. casuarinus. By Professor Owen, F.R.S., F.Z.S. With three plates. On Dinornis (Part XIV.) : containing Contributions to: the Craniology of the Genus, with a Description of, the 12 Fossil Cranium of Dasornis londinensis, Ow., from the London Clay of Sheppey. By Professor Owen, F.R.S. With seven plates. Description of the Skeleton of the Chinese White Dolphin (Delphinus sinensis, Osbeck). By W. H. Flower, F.R.S., F.Z.S., &c. With two plates. Vou. VII. Part III. (April, 1870). Notes on the Habits of some Hymenopterous Insects from the North-west Provinces of India. By Charles Horne. With an Appendix, containing Descriptions of some new Species of Apidz and Vespide collected by Mr. Horne: by Frederick Smith, of the British Museum, Illustrated from Drawings by the author of the Notes. Vou. VII. Part IV. (May, 1870). On a collection of Birds from North-eastern Abyssinia and the Bogos country. By Otto Finsch, Ph.D., C.M.Z.S. With notes by the collector, William Jesse, C.M.Z.S., Zoologist to the Abyssinian Expedition. With one map and four plates. A new and revised edition of the list of Vertebrate animals in the Society’s Gardens, by the Secretary, is in the press. A General Index to the ten years of the Society’s ‘ Pro- ceedings, from 1861 to 1870, is in preparation. The first part of the ‘ Proceedings’ for the present year is nearly complete, and will be ready for issue very shortly. 3. Liprary. The Library, under the superintendence of Mr. R. B. Sharpe, the Society’s Librarian, has been kept in good working order during the past year. The current numbers of the octavo periodicals, which are constantly required for reference, have been rearranged under a new system, which renders each number easily accessible. A new printed catalogue of the Library is in preparation. The sum of £301 2s. 2d. has been devoted to the pur- chase of new zoological works for the Library during the past year. Besides these additions, the Society’s Library has re- 13 ceived, during the year 1870, Transactions and Proceedings from the following Institutions :— ENGLAND. The Royal Society, London. Proceedings, vol. xviii. nos. 116, 117, 118, 120-122; vol. xix. no. 123. Philosophical Transactions, vol. clix. part 2; vol. clx. part 1. Catalogue of Scientific Papers, vol. iv. The Linnean Society, London. Journal (Botany), vol. xi. nos. 52, 53, 54, 55. (Zoology), vol. x. nos. 47, 48; vol. xi. no, 49. Transactions, vol. xxvi. part 4. , Vol, xxvii. parts 1, 2. The Royal Geographical Society, London. Proceedings, vol. xiv. nos. 1, 2, 3, 5. Address, 1870. Journal, vol. xxxix. The Geological Society, London. Journal, vol. xxvi. parts 1, 2, 3, 4. List of Fellows of the Society. The Royal Institution of Great Britain. List of Members. Proceedings, vol. v. part 7; vol. vi. parts 1, 2. The Royal United Service Institution. Journal, vol. xiii. nos. 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, G1. The Society of Arts. Journal, 1870, The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain. Journal, vol. iv. part 2; vol. v. part 1. The Royal Agricultural Society of Great Britain. Journal, 1870, nos. 1, 2. The Pharmaceutical Society. Pharmaceutical Journal, 1870. The Entomological Society of London. Transactions, vol. iii. part 7. ——,, 1869, parts 5, 6, 14 The Royal Society of Literature. Transactions, vol. ix. no. 123, The Quekett Microscopical Club. Journal, January, April, July 1870. Fifth Annual Report. The Plymouth Institution. Annual Report, vol. iv. part 1. 1830. 1859-65, The Royal Institution of Cornwall. Journal, no. xi. (April 1870). The Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society. Transactions, 1869-70. The Museums and Lecture Rooms Syndicate, Cambridge. Report for 1869. The Hull Literary and Philosophical Society. Annual Report for 1869. The Public Free Libraries, Manchester. Highteenth Annual Report. The Tyneside Naturalists’ Field-Club. The Natural-History Transactions of Northumberland and Durham, vol. iii. part 2. SCOTLAND. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Proceedings, Sessions 1868-69, 1869-70. Transactions, vol. xxv. part 2; vol. xxvi. part 1. The Edinburgh Geological Society. Transactions, vol. i. IRELAND. The Royal Irish Academy. Transactions, vol. xxiv. Polite Literature, part 4. Antiquities, part 8. Science, parts 9-14. 15 East [NpIEs. _ The Asiatic Society of Bengal. Proceedings, 1869, October to December. , 1870, January to N ovember. Journal, 1869, part 1, nos. 3, 4. , part 2, no. 4. , part iy nos. 1, 2. ——,, 1870, part 2, nos. 1-4. The Royal Society of the Dutch East-Indies, Batavia. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift, deel xxxi. . AUSTRALIA. The New-Zealand Institute. Transactions, vol. ii. The Victorian Patent Office, Melbourne. Patents and Patentees &c. Preservation of Food &e. MAvRITIUS. The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences. Transactions, new series, vol. iv. AMERICA. The Trustees of the New-York State Library, Albany. Fifty-second Annual Report. The Boston Society of Natural History. Proceedings, vols. i. ii. , Vol. xii. Agassiz, Address on Humboldt. Binney, Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. American Journal of A ae vol. y. parts 3, 4. ——, Vol. vi. pts. 1, 2 , Vols, i. ii. Leidy’ s Extinct Mammalian Fauna. Proceedings, January to July 1869. —— , August to December. Journal, N.S., vol. vi. part 4. The Peabody Academy of Sciences, Salem, Mass. American Naturalist, vols. i.—iii. First Annual Report of the Trustees. 16 The American Museum of Natural History, New York. First Annual Report. The Smithsonian Institution. Miscellaneous Collections, 8, 9.—Osten Sacken, Diptera of N. America, part 4.—Contributions to Knowledge, 16. The Deputy Special Commissioner of the Revenue, Washington. Monthly Report, July, August, September, 1869, The Lyceum of Natural History, New York. Annals, ix. sig, 10-20. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston. Proceedings, vol. viii. to p. 136. The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. Bulletin, vol. i. 1869. Proceedings, vol. vi. part 1. The American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia. Proceedings, vol. xi. no. 8, The Chicago Academy of Sciences. Transactions, vol. 1. part 2. The Regents of the University of the State of New York, Albany. Twenty-second Annual Report. CANADA. The Nova-Scotia Institute of Natural Sciences. Proceedings, vol. ii. part 3, CENTRAL AMERICA. The Mexican Society of Natural History, Mexico. La Naturaleza, nos. 1-11. FRANCE. The Zoological Society of Acclimatization, Paris. Bulletin, November, December, 1869. , January, March, April, July, 1870. 17 The Entomological Society of France, Paris, Annales, 4ieme série, tom. ix. The Linnean Society of Normandy, Caen. Bulletin, 2nd ser. vol. i. (1865-66). » 2nd ser. vol. ii, (1867). Russia. - The Imperial Society of Naturalists of Moscow. Bulletin, 1868, no. 4. -—, 1869, nos. 1, 2, 3, 4. —===,1870, ng, The Royal Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg. Bulletin, xiy. nos. 1-6. ———=», Ve NOS. 1, 2. Mémoires, xiii. no. 8, —, xiv. nos. 1-9, —,, xv. nos. 1-8. The Entomological Society of Russia, St. Petersburg. Hore, tom. vii. no. 1, The University of Kazan. Proceedings, 1864, parts 1, 2; 1865, part 6; 1866, parts 1-6 s 1867, parts 1-6 ; 1868, parts 1, 2;’1869, parts 1 The Society of Sciences of Finland, Helsingsfors. Bidrag til Kinnedom af Finlands Natur och Folk, heft 15 & 16, Ofversigt, xii. (1869-70), The Natural-History Society of Dorpat. Sitzungsbericht, Band iii. Heft 1. Archiy fiir die N aturkunde Liy.-, Esth- und Kurlands, erste Serie, Band vi. Lief. 18 Zweite Serie, Band 1-4, 6, 7, Lief. 1, 2. SCANDINAVIA. The Natural-History Society of Copenhagen. Videnskabelige Meddelelser, 1868, 1869, 1870. The Royal Norwegian University, Christiania. Aarsberetning, 1868. Forhandlingar, 1868, Sars, Undersogelser over Chistianiafjordens Dybvandsfauna. B 18 The Royal Danish sia of Sciences, Copenhagen. Oversigt, 1869, nos. 2, 5. Skrifte, Bd. 8, parts 3, 4, 5, 6- 7. 7 Bd 9) LSTA 1869, no. 4, ——, 1870, no. 1. —., ” 1868, no. 6, SwITZERLAND. The Society of Natural Sciences, Lausanne. Bulletin, vol. x. no. 62. The Society of Natural Sciences, Neuchatel. | Bulletin, tom. viii. parts 2, 3. The Swiss Natural-History Society, Solothurn. Jahresbericht, 1869. The Natural-History Society, Bern. Mittheilungen, 1869. BELGIUM. The Royal Academy of Sciences, Brussels. Mémoires Couronnés, 4to, t. xxxiv.; ditto, 8yo, t. xxi. Bulletin, 2nd serie, t. xxvil., xxviii. Annuaire, 1870. Iva y. The Italian Society of Natural Sciences, Milan. Atti, vol. xii. fase. 2, 3, 4. The Royal Academy of Sciences, Turin. Atti, vol. iv. disp. 1-7. , vol. v. disp. 1-7. : Gorresio, Sunti dei Lavori Scientifici. Bullettino Meteorologico, iii. iv., Appendice al vol. iy. degli Atti; Notizia storica di Scienze fisiche, &c. Houbanp. The Dutch Society of Sciences, Haarlem. Archives Néerlandaises, tom. iv. and tom. vy. parts 1, 2, 3. Verhandelingen, 3rd series, tom. i. nos. 1, 2 The Entomological Union of the Netherlands. - Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, tweede serie, deel 4, livr. 1-6; deel 5, livr. 2-6; deel 6, livr. 1. 19 The Royal Academy of Sciences, Amsterdam. Verslagen, 3rd reeks, derde deel. (Naturkunde), tweede reeks, vierde deel, —— (Letterkunde), twaalfde deel. Jaarboek, 1869. Processen-verbaal, GERMANY. The Imperial Academy of Sciences, Vienna. Sitzungsbericht, 1868, Bd. lviii. Abth. i. Heft 1-5, —, 1868, Bd. viii. Abth. ii. Heft 2.6. ——, 1869, Bd, lix. Abth. i. Heft 1-5. ——, 1869, Bd. lix. Abth. ii. Heft 15. —, 1869, Bd. Ix. Abth. i. Heft 1, 2. ——,, 1869, Bd. lx. Abth. ii. Heft I, 2. Denkschriften, Bd. xxix, The Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Berlin. Monatsbericht, November, December, 1869, ~—-, January to December, 1870, Abhandlungen, 1869, parts 1, 2. The Bohemian Natural-History Society, Prague. Arbeiten, Bd. i. Abth. 4, The Society of Sciences, Gottingen. Nachrichten, 1869, Abhandlungen, Bd. xiy, The Society of Friends of Natural History, Berlin. Sitzungsbericht, 1870, The Union of Natural History, Wiirtemberg. Wiirttembergische Jahreshefte, xxy. Band, Heft 2, 3; xxyi. Band, Heft 1-3, The Senckenbergian Natural- History Society, Frankfort. Abhandlungen, Band vii. Heft Te Bericht, Juni 1868 bis Juni 1869, The Royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich. Sitzungsbericht, 1869, i. Heft 4, —, 1869, ii, Heft 1,2, 3 4, —, 1870, i, Heft 1,'9,'3,'4, —,, 1870, ii. Heft 1, 3, The Zoological Society of Frankfort. Zoologische Garten, J uly to December, 1869, , January to June, 1870, ——, March, 1868. B2 20 The Zoological and Botanical Society of Vienna. Verhandlungen, Bd. xix. Frauenfeld, Zoologische Miscellen. Hasskarl, Commelinacez Indice. The Society of Natural Sciences of Strasbourg. Mémoires, tom. 6, livr. 9, Bulletin, 1868, nos. 1, 3-11. ——,, 1869, nos. 1-10. Donations of Works, Memoirs, and Papers have also been received from:—Professor Huxley; the Trustees of the British Museum ; Professor W. Lilljeborg; F.'T. Buck- land, Esq.; E. Giglioli, Esq.; Captain Thomas Hutton ; Dr. Alexander Strauch ; Dr. F. Stolicza; Professor Flower ; A. R. Wallace, Esq.; Professor Bianconi; Herr Fritz Miiller; Dr. H. Burmeister; Dr. Karl Semper; Dr. Mo- ritz Hornes; William T. Blanford, Esq.; Dr. Ferdinando Fabretti; W. H. Dall, Esq.; the East-India Association ; Messrs. Hoffmann and Weigenbergh; Dr. Ernst Haeckel ; M. A. Quetelet; M. Jules Verreaux; Sefior M. X. de la Espada; Professor Reinhardt; A. S. Packard, Esq.; Dr. J. V. Hayden; Monsieur H. Crosse; Professor J. V. Barboza du Bocage; Dr. A. Ernst; Professor J. D. Dana; Professor Sebastiano Richiardi; Dr. H. Troschel; Dr. Kolliker; Dr. R. Hannss; and M. Alf. Preudhomme de Borre. III. GARDENS, REGENT’S PARK. 1, BurILDINGS AND Works. The numerous buildings in the Society’s Gardens were kept in an efficient state of repair during the year 1870. A considerable sum was also devoted to the thorough renewal of the walks and paths, which it is hoped to bring into a still more satisfactory condition during the present year. ‘ The most important new work carried on in the Society’s Gardens during the past year was the final completion of the new Elephant-house, to which, as has been already mentioned above, the sum of £2324 6s. 2d. was devoted, and charged to the “ extraordinary expenditure” of 1870. Full explanations concerning the objects proposed by the Council in erecting this building, and the mode in which they have been carried out, have been given in pre- 21 vious Reports. The last remaining portions of the work, embracing the ponds, yards, and fences, were finished last year; and the building, which may be now considered com- plete, answers its design in every way. The expenditure on the new Elephant-house, up to the end of 1869, was £4032 1s. 3d. In the year 1870 the further sum of £2324 6s, 2d. was spent upon it, raising the entire cost of the building, inclusive of the yards, ponds, fences, terrace-walk in front, and rearrangement of the adjoining grounds, to £6356 7s. 5d. Besides this the sum of £307 Os. 9d. was devoted out of extraordinary expenditure of 1870 to the completion of the new Refreshment-room, and £323 to the further extension of the hot-water heating-apparatus in different parts of the Garden establishment. This raised the total expenditure of 1870 on new buildings and works in the Society’s Gardens to a little over £3040. The next new work to be proceeded with is the bridge over the Regent’s Park canal, to connect the Society’s grounds on the north bank with the present Gardens. The plans for this bridge are already determined upon, and the works will be commenced very shortly, 2. VISITORS. The total number of visitors to the Society’s Gardens during the year 1870 was 573,004, being 156 more than the corresponding number in 1869, as will be seen by the following Table :— | 1869. 1870. | Comparison. Fellows and Friends ..........cecesessssease 168,062 | 156,882 | Decr. 11,180 On ordinary days at 1s.each | 123,321 | 124,832 | Incr. 1,511 On Mondays and other days 45 Paying at 6d..eaeh 2.508 Lee vecce sss \ 232,721 | 242,381 | Incr. 9,660 Children under 12 years at - g ; 5 fidlceacks at poten. f ma. | 95,245 | 36,152 | Incr. 907 Charity Children and others having ; > % ICES AA UTISSION " ssecesecanareesesescas | BaVAgD Icha OH) | Deer. oe] 742 pees 573,004 | Incr. 156 The only year in which the entrances have been more numerous (excepting the two Exhibition years of 1851 and 22 1862) was 1868, in which the number was 182 more, as will be seen by the subjoined Statement of the Number of Visitors to the Society’s Gardens during each Year, from the Year 1828 to the Year 1870. Year. Number. Year. Number, 1828 .... 98,605 1850 .... 360,402 1829 ..., 189,913 *1851 .... 667,248 1830 .... 223,420 1852 .... 305,203 1831 «.. 3.:262,198 1853 .... 409,076 1832 ...: 206,652 1854 .... 407,676 18383 .... 211,343 1855 .... 315,002 1834 .... 208,583 1856 .... 344,184 1835 .... 210,068 1857 .... 839,217 1836 .... 268,372 1858 .... 351,580 1337 sii nliswis 1859 .... 364,356 ifssicu 5 ee lave 1860 .... 394,906 1839 ,...., 158,432 1861 .... 381,837 1840 .... 141,009 *1862 ..., 682,205 1841 .... 182,616 1863 .... 468,700 1842 .... 107,459 1864 .... 507,169 1843 .... 98,280 1865... 525,176 1844 .... 101,527 1866 .... 527,349 1845 .... 99,615 1867 .... 556,214 1846 .... 100,045 1868 .... 573,186 1847 .... 938,546 1869 .... 572,848 1848 .... 148,630 1870 .... 578,004 1849-.... 168,895 The next Table shows the mode in which these visitors were distributed through the different months of the past year :— January........ 14,250 Daly ders TREE 79,971 February ...... 9,769 August i.e 78,037 Miarctt. ssh ccyeness,4 16,931 September...... 58,069 NPC ees Sores 80,901 October. tains. 34,144 eee a One 62,164 November...... 14,207 Pein 420. bret 109,307 December .;,... 15,254 The greatest daily number of admissions during the year (28,457) took place on the 6th of June (Whit-Monday), the least (28) was on the 3rd of March; the average daily number of admissions throughout the year was 1570. * Years of the two Exhibitions. 23 3. MENAGERIE. The number of animals of the first three classes of Vertebrates in the Society’s Gardens at the close of the year 1870 was 2118, showing an increase of 105 in com- parison with the corresponding period of 1869, as will appear from the following Table :— December 31. Comparison. 1869. 1870. Quadrupeds,.............. 598 571 Decr. 27 IBIAS) Osea dcs oases estes 1245 1333 Incr. 88 Reptiles ........cccseseees 170 214 Incr. 44 2013 2118 Iner. 105 | The most remarkable accessions to the collection during the year 1870 were as follows :— January 1870. 1, A specimen of the Great Northern Diver (Colymbus glaciahs), captured in Cornwall, and presented to the Society by A. R. Hunt, Esq., January 6th. 2, A small Armadillo, purchased January 15th, and believed to be referable to the Little Armadillo (Dasypus minutus). It was stated to have been captured on the eastern slope of the Andes of La Plata, at an elevation of 3000 feet. 3. Five Brown Tritons (Geotriton fuscus), from the vicinity of Spezia in Italy, purchased January 22nd, and believed to be the first specimens of this Batrachian exhi- bited in the Society’s collection. . 4. A female Potto (Perodicticus potto), purchased January 24th. . February 1870. 1. A Brown Hyena (Hyena brunnea) from South Africa, purchased of a London dealer on February 7th, being the second specimen of this rather rare Carnivore ever possessed by the Society. The previous specimen (which was a female, purchased in 1853) had died on the 14th of August, 1866. 2. A Cape Grass-Owl (Scelostrix capensis) from South Africa, purchased February 7th. And 24 3. A Cape Horned Owl (Bubo capensis), purchased the same day. Both these birds are believed to be the first specimens of their respective species exhibited in the So- ciety’s Menagerie. 4. A Kangaroo, purchased of a London dealer on the 25th of February, and presenting the appearance of being a young animal of a species allied to the Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus), about half-grown, After careful exami- nation, the Secretary has failed in his endeavours to asso- ciate this specimen with any described species, and has therefore proposed to call it the Roan Kangaroo (Macropus erubescens) . 5. A Collared Fruit-Bat (Cynonycteris collaris), born in the Gardens February 27th, and believed to present the first recorded instance of any of the Chiroptera having been observed to breed in captivity. March 1870. 1. A male specimen of a new and very beautiful species of Impeyan, lately named by Dr. Jerdon Sclater’s Impeyan (Lophophorus sclateri), from Upper Assam, presented by Major Montagu, Bengal Staff Corps, and received March 12th. 2. A male of a new Tragopan, likewise recently named by Dr. Jerdon, and called Blyth’s Tragopan (Ceriornis blythi), from Upper Assam, presented by the same gentle- man, and received on the same date. 3. Four young Hornbills, which had been obtained by Mr. William Jamrach during his recent visit to Malacca and Sumatra, and appeared to be all young birds of the last breeding-season. ‘Two of these had been determined as being a male and a female of the Plait-billed Hornbill (Buceros plicatus). The third Hornbill, from Sumatra, appears referable to the female of Buceros corrugatus (Temm. Pl. Col. 535); the fourth to Buceros bicornis. 4. Four Burrowing Owls (Pholeoptyne cunicularia), presented by George Wilks, Esq., C.M.Z.S., of Buenos Ayres, and received March 19th, being the only specimens of this interesting species ever received, except the one previously presented by Mr. Wilks in 1868. 5. A Wood-loving Antelope (Cephalophus sylvicultriz), purchased of a dealer March 24th, and believed to be the first specimen of this beautiful Antelope (which was 25 formerly living in the Knowsley Menagerie) ever received by the Society. April 1870. 1. A female Rusine Deer, purchased April 13th, and stated to have been received from the Philippines. This Deer has been for the present designated Cervus marianus, the Deer of the Marianne Islands (upon which this term was founded by Desmarest), having been stated to have been introduced into those islands from the Philip- ines. 2. A Jackal, purchased April Ist, and stated to have been brought from the river Fernand Vas, south of the Gaboon, and to be the animal referred to as the Mboyo in Du Chaillu’s ‘ Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa’? For this animal, which appeared to be unde- scribed, the Secretary has proposed as a temporary de- signation the name of the Side-striped Jackal (Canis lateralis). 3. A Sooty Crow Shrike (Strepera fuliginosa, Gould) from Australia, purchased April 13th, believed not to have been previously exhibited, and making the third species of this peculiar Australian genus now living in the Society’s Gardens. 4, AnAngulated Tortoise (Chersina angulata) from South Africa, believed to be the first individual of this rare species obtained alive by the Society. 5. A Vulturine Guinea-fowl (Numida vulturina) from Brava, on the Somali coast of Eastern Africa, presented to the Society by Dr. John Kirk, C.M.Z:S. May 1870. 1. A male Deer, received May 5th along with a collec- tion of other animals transmitted to the Society from Sin- gapore by H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh. This Deer, which has since*been ascertained to be trom the Philip- pines, has been named by the Secretary Cervus alfredi, - after His Royal Highness the Prince who sent it home. 2. Three Bladder-nosed Seals (Cystophora cristata), ob- - tained by purchase out of a whaling ship that had come into Dundee. 3, Two Bernier’s Ibises (Ibis bernieri) from Madagascar, 26 obtained by purchase from the Société d’Acclimatation of Paris. 4. Two Guinea-fowls, received on the same 1e day from the Société Zoologique d’Acclimatation—belonging to the sec- tion allied to Numida cristata, forming the genus Guttera of Wagler. These are the typical specimens on which Mr. Elliot has established his Numida verreauai. 5. A Black-headed Conure (Conurus nandaya), probably from Paraguay or the upper La Plata, being the first ex- ample of this scarce Parrot that has been received alive. 6. A young male of the Black Wallaroo (Osphranter robustus, Gould, Mamm. of Austr. ii. pl. 11), being the first individual of this fine large Kangaroo that has reached the Society’s Gardens alive. This animal was obtained by purchase from Mr. Hagenbeck, of Hamburg, on the 16th of May. 7. A male of the very singular Huia-bird of New Zea- land (Heteralocha gouldi), obtained by purchase on the 18th of May. Much interest attaches to this form on account of the extraordinary variation of the bill in the two sexes. 8. A Tuatera Lizard (Sphenodon punctatum), purchased May 20th. A specimen of this extraordinary Lizard has been once before living in the Society’s Gardens, having been deposited there by Dr. Giinther in 1868. The pre- sent specimen is said to have been obtained from one of the’ islands on the northern coast of New Zealand. 9. Three Buff Laughing Kingfishers (Dacelo cervina) from North Australia, being the first examples of this species ever brought alive to Kurope. 10. An example of a rare Macaque (Macacus ocreatus), purchased May 31st. This Monkey seems never yet to have been obtained by any collector ; and its exact locality is unknown. June 1870. 1. Two Australian Sacred Ibises (Ibis strictipennis, Gould, B. Austr. vi. pl. 46), purchased June 13th. 2. A male. Leonine Monkey (Macacus leoninus), pur- chased June 14th from a London dealer. In July 1869 the Society obtained by presentation from Capt. R.A. Brown, a female Macaque Monkey, which had been brought by LMS. ‘Vigilant’? from the Andaman Islands. ‘Andaman Jenny,” as this Monkey was called, 27 has attracted considerable attention amongst the visitors to the Society’s Gardens by smoking pipes and playing other extraordinary tricks. It has since been shown that the so-called Andaman Monkey is the female of the pre- sent species, of which the Society has now obtained a fine male. July 1870. 1. Three Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator), hatched on the Three-island Pond in the Society’s Gardens on July 6th, being the first instance of this American species having bred in the Society’s Gardens, and, as far as is known, in Europe. 2. Two Chilian Skunks (Mephitis chilensis). 3. A pair of the Magellanic Wolf (Canis magellanicus), ‘of which the Society have never before received living examples. 4, A specimen of the Condor (Sarcorhamphus gryphus), very remarkable for the enormous development of the wattles on the head and throat, and resembling the figure of this bird given in Temminck’s Pl. Col. 494, from a spe- cimen formerly in the Leverian Museum. 5. Three Burmeister’s Cariamas (Chunga burmeisteri). The acquisition of living examples of this recently dis- covered second form of the peculiar Neotropical family Cariamidz is of special interest. 6. Two Coscoroba Swans (Cygnus coscoroba). These are the first examples of this beautiful little Swan that have reached us alive. _7. Three pairs of the Rosy-billed Duck (Metopiana peposaca). A single male of this fine Duck was received in 1867. We have obtained three pairs, so that. there is every hope for the continuance of the species. 8. Specimens of the Chilian Pin-tail (Dajfila spinicauda), new to the Society’s collection. 9. Specimens of the Chiloe Widgeon (Mareca chiloensis). The Chiloe Widgeon also, although well known in collec- tions, is new to our series of living Anatidz, and forms a fine addition to them. 10. A young Hornbill, of a species closely allied to Buceros cylindricus, for which the Secretary has proposed the name Buceros subcylindricus. 11. A male specimen of the Ethiopian Ant-Bear. (Oryc- 28 teropus ethiopicus of Sundevall). This animal has been placed in the Gardens in company with the Cape Ant- bear (O. capensis), received 18th of June, 1869. The two animals, although both males, live sociably together, and enable a comparison to be made between the external ap- pearances of these two nearly allied species. August 1870. 1. A Pluto Monkey (Cercopithecus pluto) from West Africa, purchased August 3rd. This is a scarce species which was described and figured by Dr. Gray in the Society’s ‘ Proceedings ’ as long ago as 1848. 2. ‘wo Pheasants of a species allied to Phasianus col- chicus, deposited by Mr. J. J. Stone on the 14th of August. These Pheasants arrived from one of Mr. Stone’s Chinese collectors in company with specimens of Thaumalea am- herstie, and were doubtless from the same locality—that is, from the slopes of the Yung-ling mountains beyond Ta-kien-leu, on the Chinese confines of Thibet. Mr. Elliot has lately described this species, and proposed to call it Phasianus elegans. 3. Three Roseate Spoonbills (Platalea ajaja), purchased August 14th, being the first examples of this species ever received alive by the Society. September 1870. 1. A Red-necked Bustard (Eupodotis ruficollis), pur- chased September 1st, having been imported from Natal by Capt. A. Davis. This large Bustard has never been previously exhibited alive in the Society’s Gardens. 2. Two female Dorsal Squirrels (Sciwrus dorsalis, Gray), received from the Jardin d’Acclimatation of Paris on the 7th of September, and making with the two males already in the Society’s Gardens two pairs of this beautiful Squirrel. 3. A pair of Daubenton’s Curassows (Craxv daubentoni, G. R. Gray), presented on the 29th of September by James Wright, Esq., having been received by that gentleman from Tucacas, a port in Northern Venezuela. ‘This addi- tion is of importance, as the species has not been previously received alive by the Society, and its exact locality was previously a little uncertain, 29 October 1870. 1. Two Red-tailed Guans (Ortalida ruficauda) from Tobago, received October 4th, having been presented to the Society by the Hon. W. J. Buhét, M.D., M.R.C.S., of that island. These are the first examples of this Guan ever received alive by the Society, but were in very poor condition when they arrived. One has since died ; but the other seems likely to recover. 2. A fine specimen of Geoffroy’s Cat (Felis geoffroii) , purchased October 10th of Capt. E. Hairby, by whom it was brought from Buenos Ayres, with the information that it had been obtained from Paraguay. November 1870. 1. A female of the Antarctic Wolf (Canis antarcticus), received November 8th. Mr. H. Byng, the acting colonial Secretary of this colony, kindly forwarded a pair of these animals as a present to the Society’s Menagerie; but one only survived to reach the Society’s Gardens. 2. An example of the Ka-ka-po, or Night-Parrot of New Zealand (Strigops habroptitus). On the 20th of September a gentleman deposited in the Society’s care a specimen of this most interesting bird, and removed it on November 3rd, after some unavailing attempts to come to terms with us as to its price. The Society have since received a second specimen of this extraordinary bird. December 1870. 1. An example of the Amphiuma (Amphiuma means), purchased, Dec. 6th, of a dealer, and probably from one of the Southern States of North America. 2. A Praslin Parrakeet (Coracopsis barklyi, BE. N ewton, P. Z. S. 1867, pl. xxii.), received in exchange Dec. 13th, being the second example of this rare Parrot acquired alive by the Society. 3. An example of Erxleben’s Monkey * (Cercopithecus erxlebeni, Dahlb. et Puch.), purchased Dec. 17th, and believed to be the first example of this rare and beautiful Monkey ever acquired by the Society. 4. An example of the likewise rare Pluto Monkey (Cer- copithecus pluto, Gray, P.Z.S. 1848, p.56, Mamm, pl. li.) purchased along with the last-named animal, ‘ 30 5. A small Tortoise of the genus Podocnemis from the Upper Amazon, purchased Dec. 16th, and apparently refer- able to P. unifilis of Troschel. 6. A Piping Guan (Pipile cumanensis), purchased Dee. 20th, having been obtained from the banks of the river Cassiquiare. The subjoined list gives the names of the animals that have been born or hatched in the Gardens during the year 1870. List or ANIMALS WHICH HAVE BEEN BRED IN THE GARDENS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY IN THE YEAR 1870. MAMMALS. 1 Collared Fruit-Bat (Cynonycteris collaris). 3 Tibetan Wolves (Canis laniger). 5 North-African Jackals (Canis anthus). 3 Hybrid Foxes (between Canis argentata 3 and C. vulpes ¢). 1 Spotted Hyzena (Hyena crocuta). 2 Tigers (Felis tigris). 15 Cuming’s Octodons (Octodon cumingii). 3 Mouflons (Ovis musimon). 2 Aoudads (Ovis tragelaphus). 1 Markhoor (Capra megaceros). 5 Cretan Goats (Capra beden). 2 Hybrid Ibex (between Capra megaceros g and C. ibex 9). 1 Domestic Goat (Capra hircus). 1 Persian Deer (Cervus maral). 1 Japanese Deer (Cervus sika). 1 Hog Deer (Cervus porcinus). 1 Axis Deer (Cervus avis). 1 Javan Chevrotain (Zragulus javanicus). 1 Burchell’s Zebra (Equus burchellii). 3 Vulpine Phalangers (Phalangista vulpina), 1 Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus). 1 Black-faced Kangaroo (Macropus melanops). 1 Great Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus). 3 Yellow-footed Rock-Kangaroos (Petrogale xanthopus). 1 Bennett’s Wallaby (Halmaturus bennettii). 31 BIRDS. 2 Common Bluebirds (Sialia wilsonit). 2 White-eyebrowed Wood-Swallows (Artamus superci- liosus). 5 Undulated Grass-Parrakeets (Melopsittacus undulatus). 1 Blue-headed Pigeon (Starnenas cyanocephala). 2 Red Ground-Doves (Geotrygon montana). 1 Graceful Ground-Dove (Geopelia cuneata). . 1 Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes). 1 Nicobar Pigeon (Calenas nicobarica). 3 Japanese Pheasants (Phasianus versicolor). 6 Barred-tailed Pheasants (Phasianus reevesii) . 2 Purple Kaleeges (Euplocamus horsfieldii). 3 Black-backed Kaleeges (Huplocamus melanotus). 6 Peacock Pheasants (Polyplectron chinquis). 1 Sun-bird (Hurypyga helias). 6 Upland Geese (Chloéphaga magellanica) . 4 Ruddy-headed Geese (Chloéphaga rubidiceps). 8 Egyptian Geese (Chenalopex egyptiaca). 2 Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator). 14 Ruddy Sheldrakes (Tadorna rutila). 8 Variegated Sheldrakes (Tadorna variegata). 10 Summer Ducks (Aix sponsa). 2 Mandarin Ducks (Aix galericulata). 8 Widgeons (Mareca penelope). 1 Bahama Duck (Pecilonetta bahamensis). 1 Yellow-billed Duck (Anas xanthorhyncha). 5 Shovellers (Spatula clypeata). The following is a List of Donors and their several Donas tions to the Menagerie during the year 1870. Absolon, Miss A. Two Vulpine Phalangers. Aldis, E., Esq. One Common Adder. Aldridge, Dr. One Maholi Galago. Allan, C., Esq. . One Green Monkey. Allchin, W. H., Esq. One Manx Cat. Anderson, Dr. John, F.Z.S. One Indian Ratel. 32 Arthur, Henry, Esq. Two Concentric Terrapins. Aytoun, Robert, Esq. One Vervet Monkey. Ball, Capt. Francis A. Two Common Trumpeters. Bamford, C., Esq. One Great Eagle Owl. Barnett, F., Esq. One Moustache-Monkey. Bellamy, R., Esq. One “Haw i is-billed Tartle. Belson, Rev. W. EH. One Scops Owl. Bevis, Capt. One Ocelot. Biffen, John, Esq. One King Parrakeet. Blackmore, J. r, Esq One White- ceed Piping Crow. Blatchley, Mrs. One Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. Blumenthal, A., Esq. Four Scarlet Ibises. Bond, Frederick, Esq., F.Z.S. One Lapland Bunting, one Snow Bunting, one Egyp- tian Land Lizard, one Redwing. Booth, Charles, Esq. One Arabian Baboon. Briggs, T. Graham, Esq. Two Tuberculated Lizards, two Green Monkeys. Brown, Mrs. One Grey Ichneumon. Bruce, John, Esq. One Vervet Monkey. Buckland, Mrs. One Maugé’s Dasyure. Buhot, The Hon. W. J., M.D., M.R.C.S. Two Red-tailed Guans. Busteed, J. W., Esq. One Wanderoo Monkey. Butler, Capt. One Schlegel’s Dove. 33 Byng, H., Esq. One Aneaneeie Wolf. Campbell, Col., and Officers of the 100th Regiment. One Black Bear. Campbell, James, Esq. Two Bennett’s Wallabies. Campbell, Master G. B. One Balearic Crowned Crane, one West-African Tan- talus. Carline, H. 8., Esq. One Bonnet-Monkey. Carrington, R. P., Esq., F.Z.S. “One Egyptian Ichneumon. Chaffey, Major (5th Roy. I. Lancers), Capt. Daniell, and Officers of the 102nd Fusiliers. One Tiger. Chapman, Ingram, Esq. One Common Fox. Chignall, C., Esq. . One Water-Rail. Climenson, Rev. J., F.Z.S. Two Jerboas, two Derbian Wallabies. Climpson, Mr. E. One Indian Python. Coffin, Mrs. One Red and Blue Maccaw. Coleman, T., Esq. Four Spotted Salamanders, four Edible Frogs. Collbran, Thomas, Esq. One Wood-Owl. Pooke, Capt. Bryan. One Common Adder. Crowther, W. L., Esq., C.M.Z.S. One Vulpine Phalanger, one Black and Yellow Cy- clodus. Cumberland, B. L., Esq. One Bonnet-Monkey. Crozier, Captain. One Grey Ichneumon. Dacres, Vice-Admiral Sir S8., K.C.B. One Ocelot. Daly, Lieut. One Vulpine Phalanger. 34 De Grey and Ripon, The Earl, K.C.B. One Cinereous Sea-Eagle. De Winton, Capt., F.Z.S. One Common Otter. Dillon, The Lady Louisa. One Marmoset Monkey. Directors of the Botanic Gardens, Adelaide. One Occipital Lizard, two Australian Sacred I[bises, two Black and White Geese. Dixon, James, Esq., F.Z.S. One St.-Helena Seed-eater, one Common Canary, one Pin-tailed Whydah-bird. Drinan, Capt. W. B. . One Common Genet. Duff, Mrs. Grant. One Yellow-winged Conure. Dugdale, W. D., Esq. One Peregrine Falcon. Duke, Joshua, Esq. One Australian Thick-knee. Duncan, H., Esq. One Arabian Baboon. Eldred, Mrs. One Ring-necked Parrakeet. Ferret, Mrs. , One Common Barn-Ow]. Fitzgerald, Capt. M. One Grey Francolin. Gambier, Major-General. One Moustache-Monkey. Gibb, J. D., Esq. One Brown Capuchin Monkey. Gideon, H. H., Esq. ; One Javan Chevrotain. Gilman, Mr. C. One Feline Douroucouli. Glynn, Rev. L. Three Horned Lizards. Goodfellow, C. A., Esq. One Tiger. Goodman, Mrs. One Common Kestrel. Gordon, The Hon. A. H.,C.M.Z.S8. One Marimonda Spider Monkey. 35 Gosset, Rev. J. H. One Raven. Green, J. B., Esq. One Common Badger. Green, Kirby, Esq. One Caracal, one Andalusian Hemipode. Guest, A. E., Esq. One Moorish Magpie. Guy, Mrs. One Collared Peccary. Hadow, P. D., Esq. One Guinea Baboon. Hall, Lieutenant Codrington, R.N. One Pig-tailed Monkey. Harold, F., Esq. One Chacma Baboon. Hart, Mr. One Guinea Baboon. Hayward, F. M., Esq. Two Common Chameleons. Heath, W., Esq. One Rhesus Monkey. Hepper, Lieut. A. J., R.E. One Maholi Galago. Herd, Capt. David, C.M.Z.S. One Pigeon-Hawk, one Bladder-nosed Seal. Herring, G. E., Esq. One Bonnet-Monkey. Hicks, Capt. J. C. Two Sloth Bears. Hill, Viscount, F.Z.S. One Common Otter. Hobbs, Capt. J. C. One Prehensile-tailed Porcupine. Holland, S. T., Esq. One Bonnet-Monkey. Holmes, H., Esq. One Bennett’s Gazelle. Houlden, A., Esq. One Black-backed Porphyrio. Hughes, Mrs. One King Parrakeet. Hunt, A. R., Esq. One Great Northern Diver. c 2 36 Irby, Major Howard. One Booted Eagle. Jeffs, Richard, jun., Esq. One Vervet Monkey. Jennings, Capt. One Grey Ichneumon. Jenyns, Col., and Officers of the 13th Hussars. One Black Bear. Jerdon, Dr. T. C., F.Z.S. One Indian Brush-tailed Porcupine. Jones, E., Esq. One Common Barn-Owl. Jones, W., Esq. One Common Buzzard. Kemp, Alfred G., Esq., F.Z.S. Two Pikes. Keppel, Admiral Sir H., K.C.B. Two Common Cassowaries, one Bengalese Leopard Cat, one Himalayan Bear. Kirby, R. 8., Esq. One Bonnet-Monkey. Kirk, Dr. John, C.M.Z.S. One Red-throated Francolin, two Brown-headed Par- rots, three Half-collared Doves, two Bronze-spotted Doves, one Vulturine Guinea-fowl, two Blauboks. Lawson, William, Esq. Two Widgeons, two Herring-Gulls. Layard, E. L., Esq., F.Z.S8. One Tawny Eagle. Le Heane, Lieut. James, R.N. One Coati (brown var.). Lewis, Arthur, Esq. One Rose-crested Cockatoo. Littleton, The Hon. A. C. Two Cinereous Sea-Hagles. Long, Heathcote, Esq. One Caspian Emys. Lovett, P. C., Esq. Two Common Paradoxures. Lucas, Stanley, Esq. One Coati. Macey, Capt. One Forester’s Milvago. 37 MacKenzie, H. S., Esq. One Cape Crowned Crane. MacKinlay, Mrs. One Red-crested Cardinal, two Marmoset Monkeys, two Mulita Armadillos. Matthews, A. H., Esq. One Common Adder. M’Donnell, D., Esq. One Common Kestrel. Messiter, C., Esq. One White-footed Wolf. Molyneux, Commander, R.N. One Himalayan Bear. Montagu, Major. One Sclater’s Impeyan, one Blyth’s Tragopan. Monteiro, J. J., Esq., C.M.Z.S. One Sociable Vulture. Moore, E. C., Esq. One Spotted Cavy. Mosse, Dr. E. L., R.N. One Stump-tailed Lizard. Mueller, Dr. F. von, C.M.Z.S. One Rabbit-eared Perameles. Murray, Capt. D. P. : One Sloth Bear. Murray, T. Douglas, Esq. One Macaque Monkey. Newall, C. W., Esq. One Squirrel Monkey. Non-commissioned Officers and Sappers of the 11th Company of Royal Engineers. One Arabian Baboon. Nourse, Mrs. One Himalayan Bear. Oliver, F. H., Esq. One African Leopard. Olivier, M. . One Anubis Baboon, one Pig-tailed Monkey. Ormerod, Dr. L. : Two Porpoises. Osborne, General. One Sooty Monkey. Palin, Dr. One Virginian Eagle Owl. 38 Parker, Capt. Two Fat-tailed Sheep. Parsons, Capt. G. F. One Macaque Monkey. Peart, Dr. R. S. One Rose-crested Cockatoo. Peek, H. W., Esq., M.P., F.Z.S, Two Derbian Wallabies, one Upland Goose. Penney, William, Esq. One Deep-nosed Pipe-fish, three Fifteen-spined Sticklebacks, two Hermit Crabs, one Parasitic Ane- mone. Perry, Capt. J. A. One Tiger Bittern. Phillips, Gen. Sir B. T., K.C.B., F.Z.S. One Marmoset Monkey, one Black-eared Marmoset, one Bare-faced Fruit-Pigeon. Puddick, Miss. _ Two Common Partridges. Pusey, 8. E. B., Esq., F.Z.S. One Hybrid Wild Cat. Quelch, Mr. T. J. One Hawk’s-billed Turtle. Reeves, John, Esq., F.Z.S. One Philantomba Antelope, one Macaque Monkey. Reynard, KE. H., Esq. Two Common Kingfishers. Richardson, J., Esq. One Smaller Grackle. Roberts, G. M., Esq. One Black-striped Wallaby. Rochat, Mrs. One Syrian Fennec. Rodon, G. 8., Esq. Two Malabar Squirrels. Rood, Arthur, Esq. One Rhesus Monkey. Rooke, Capt. C. One Grey Ichneumon, one Bengalese Ichneumon. Rowe, C. D., Esq. Two Little Armadillos. Salter, Dr., F.Z.S. One Common Cuckoo. 39 Salvin, Capt. One Common Heron, one Weasel. Sawkins, J. G., Esq. One Hawk-headed Parrot. Seratten, W. H., Esq. Two Gannets. Sherwood, Capt. J. W. One Macaque Monkey. Small, W. C., Esq. One West-African Python. Smart, Capt. J. N. One Vulpine Phalanger. Smethurst, Mrs. One Guinea Baboon. Smith, G. Duff Assheton, Esq. Two Lions, one Viverrine Cat, one Dingo, one Black Bear. Smith, Joseph, Esq. One Yellow Snake. Smith, Savill, Esq. One Macaque Monkey. Smythe, Col. H. J. One Indian Antelope. Stagg, Alfred G., Esq. Two Chinese Pigs. Stapylton, Major. One Hen-Harrier. Straker, V. H., Esq. One Pig-tailed Monkey. Streatfield, F. H. T., Esq., F.Z.S. One Jay, one Jackdaw. Sturt, Lieut.-Col. C. Napier, M.P., F.Z.8. Ten Pallas’s Sand-Grouse. Stuttle, W., Esq. One Roseate Cockatoo. Sutherland, C. L., Esq. Two Stock Doves, one Wood-Pigeon. Symon, Mr. J. L. One Keeled Boa, one Common Boa, one Rufous- vented Guan. Tait, William, Esq. One Eyed Lizard, one Turnstone, one Whimbrel. Taplin, Mrs. One Slender-billed Cockatoo. 40 Taunton, W. K., Esq., F.Z.S. One Green Monkey. Taylor, E. C., Esq., F.Z.S. Two Variable Lizards. Taylor, George, Esq. Two Water-Ouzels. Taylor, J., Esq. One Coati. Templeton, John, Esq. One Black-faced Spider Monkey. Thacker, Capt. Three Mauge’s Dasyures. Thompson, F. E., Esq., R.N. One African Leopard. Thompson, J. H., Esq. Five Speckled Terrapins, one Painted Terrapin, three North-American Tortoises, one Alligator Ter- rapin. Threlfall, T., Esq. One Proteus. Townsend, T. S., Esq. One Rattlesnake. Unwin, W., Esq. One Long-eared Owl. Upcher, H. M., Esq., F.Z.S. One Barred-tailed Godwit. Van Zeller, F., Esq. One Lunulated Monkey. Vasey, T. H., Esq. One Carpet-Snake. Vines, J. W., Esq. Two Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Wade, R. E. L., Esq. One Wood-Owl, one Common Kestrel. Waghorn, Dr. ; One Striped Hyzena. Waite, Capt. Thomas. Two Puff-Adders. Weeks, Capt. Three Jerboas. Weller, James, Esq. One Peregrine Falcon. Wickstead, Dr. F. Three Whydah-birds, one Red-headed Cardinal. 4] Wiggins, W., Esq. One Grey Ichneumon. Wigram, C. H., Esq.. One Dingo. Walker, Col. G. W. Two Green-winged Doves. Wilks, George, Esq., C.M.Z.S. One Teguexin Lizard, two Weasel-headed Armadillos, one Violaceous Night-Heron, two Burrowing Owls, two Brazilian Caracaras, one Chimango, one Chilian Sea-Eagle. : : Wilhams, E. P., Esq. Four Gold Carp, two Prussian Carp. Wright, James, Esq. Two Red and Blue Macaws, two Daubenton’s Curas- SOWS. Yates, A., Esq. One Common Heron. Yeatman, A. G., Esq. One White-headed Sea-Eagle. Conclusion. In concluding their Report the Council congratulate the Fellows upon the present prosperous state of every part of the Society’s affairs. Ten years ago the number of Fellows was 1716, it is now3021. In 1860 the number of visitors to the Gardens was 394,906, in 1870 it was 573,004. In 1860 the income was £16,864, last year it was £23,257. In 1860 the reserve-fund was £3000 3 per Cents., it now amounts to £7000 of the same Stock, besides the proceeds of Mr. Davis’s bequest. On January Ist, 1860, the num- ber of animals in the Menagerie was 1320, on January Ist of the present year it was 2118. These facts cannot prove otherwise than gratifying to the Fellows of the Society. It may be added that during the past ten years sums amounting altogether to upwards of £46,100 have been devoted to the permanent embellishment of the Society’s Gardens. During that period nearly every important building has been rebuilt on an improved and enlarged scale. It is only necessary to compare the new Monkey- house, the new Wapiti-house, the new Western Aviary, the new Refreshment-room, and the new Elephant-house D 42 with the buildings that preceded them, in order to realize how great has been the benefit derived by the Society’s Gardens from this expenditure. In conducting the Society’s affairs to their present state of prosperity, the Council have to acknowledge the assist- ance they have received frora those gentlemen who have served on the Committees of Publication, Audit, and Finance during the past year. Signed (for the Council), P. L. ScuaTErR, Secretary. 11 Hanover Square, April 29th 1871. roe A IMP | « "22 MAY. 1908 /o. REPORT OF THE AUDITORS OF THE ACCOUNTS ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, Appointed January 19, 1871. Tue Committee of Auditors to the Zoological Society having fully examined the Accounts, inspected the Books, and seen Vouchers for all the various Payments ordered by the Council for the year ending December 31st, 1870, respectfully submit to the Society an Abstract of such Accounts, together with a Statement of the Assets and Liabilities at the close of the year, and a Report thereon. RECEIPTS. £ Ss. Balance brought from Dec. 31, 1869 ............ Belonging INCOME. to years £ s. d. Scared: 1864 Garden Sales ..,...ssccccssecessesconsedscs |teeeetseseecensees 612 0 USGbr Proceedings: © <:+csscsspecerescaeccesees seae[tetete eee eeseeeees LAO 1866 Garden Sales .........cssccecsesecscscenee /streeneeseee tenons 6 6 0 186/ Garden iSalesiess.jssaceratssteqeacs Pee 105 9 6 Admission Pees. ...csss.ct-seescasesnesss xs 5 0 0 Annual Subscriptions ..........seseeeeeees 6 0 0 1868< Ivory Tickets ............. cs ctoeadieMaias HEE J} ed) Rroceedingstsecccttesssesterease notes eae 415 0 Garden\Sales sf:sccatcharscsseee rcs onerttes 14 4, 6 ————— 93-2 6 Admission Fees .....+...+.. eresencserseeee 40 0 0 Annual Subscriptions ........... saiaseee i 42 0 0 eae Ivory Tickets: scckstcavsesstaseohescansseiet mys hO Proceedings........+++ Ghecsceeeeeeen hace 48° 4-4 UraUsAactlONns) psevesasteressacesesee-cect s,s 97 18 8 GartientSales, se... ss. scessenedsseeottensors 319 6 2 _—— 554 16 2 (Admissions to Gardens ........04.. soe. (18,204 18 6 Rent for Retreshment Room.......... Se diane Oye OF Garden Sales® z.32ss..dditastueveedeessaes{) |) 380 N19 Admission Pees ....:$554)ssavsascorsncadet.|,, 050... 0. 10 Compositions ........ ie een vote 630 0 0 1879 J Annual Subscriptions ..........00e002-| 5854 7 0 Ivory Tickets ........... duadeoeshacs tas’ ne 66 4 0 Transactions’ 5....sccscscvecee Sdavctetoets 104 18 8 Proceedings.........+5 sniddideiiecka 90 4 10 Hublicdtiones.ssccsss,. sees cacaeses eects 414 14 0 DIVIDENASi#s, sc ccceseccesss seeetesccesnerne’ 206 1 38 (Miscellaneous ..............006+. Secaoccnced| |) SI See eerie ti 7 Annual Subscriptions, ...... Secon uae 93 0 0 is Io Tickets ...... Bvsuatedhesseevseosenaes Me ieee Bitblicationistevsecs-'s chests eoecssvertaeiees 2 2 0 ——— 96 3 0 INCOME RECEIVED ID 1870 .......ccsccesclecesceees mesic en' 23,257 18-94) 285257138 Legacy of £2000, less 10 per cent. duty, be~ queathed by the late Alfred Davis, Esq., - HE OZiSe saseseeeet etter Pose teyiws neve scacbiete dh cecd| cas wceeenceste secnlacteeremadeene senees Loan from Bankers, for one month, from Dec, 22)...-........se.0++ seeeeteeereeaees tees a | Se! 3 { PAYMENTS. Belonging to | Total 1869, 1870. EXPENDITURE. af as Eee: f fF nae. (Ge Ls, a. Rent, Rates, Taxes, &. .......0e«.Gardens| 259 12 585 12 2 ae one Ditto ditto seeeee Gen. Estab. 59 5 y 160 2 2 219 7 10 Salaries, Wages, and Pensions ...... Gardens) iscscisccescenness 2,692 18 1 2,692 18 1 Ditto ditto © > ...32 Gen? Estabi|, Aiccos.:...c008- 1718 3 o} 1,718 3 0 Cost and Carriage of Animals, and Keepers’ Travelling Expenses ........+...008 suguediey 111 O 2} 2,068 8 10 2,179 9 © IREONASIONS she ecet oO. ok. soccvenpeceeovncdvec eat 319 12 6} 4,104 6 9] 4,423 18 8, Menagerie Expenses '......sescesecseseeseeeeee-| 307 10 0] 2,121 12 8 2,429 2 8 Keepers’ Dresses............++ suneueondageasecege| ide ot Pe “oe 169 16 0 169 16 0 New Buildings and Works connected ......| 1,746 2 3| 1,297 16 8| 3,043 18 11 Other Works, Repairs, and Materials Gardens| 234 10 4} 2,106 7 3} 234017 7 Ditto ditto ditto — Gen. Estab.|.scsssesseseeeeee 85 19 7 85 19 7 Garden Expenses .es........+ sccdduveneaseeuaat 9 4 6 769 8 7 778 13 1 Band Expenses ..........00. ari epecer ocupec coe Peerprene OTHE 165 14 6 165 14 6 PRUBETAABCIDIENICN DEC o sas scsss secs alec tassessatcnsee: |oocsecnascscehtsee 124 8 5 124 8 9 House and Office Expenses «seeees..Gardens 21 0 6 139 4 8 160 5 2 - Ditto ditto . Gen. Estab] 1711 4) 416 2 4) 43313 8 Stationery and Account Books Swaacemmeremeas 13 3 6 00) Bieard o 1 1 Printing (Miscellaneous)......+0ss.ssseseesees oe 13 16 0| 28918 8 303 14 8 Library Expenses .........csceeeseeees Bese dia: 105 13 10} 195 8 4 301 2 2 _ Transactions (including Printing) saeraseesess 59 9 O} 509 12 11 569 1 11 Proceedings _— do. Ost Ssacence ee 994 1 3] 1,005 7 1{ 1,229 8 4 Midiw EXpenses......c00.00..ceees Eee es 41 19 10 x 14 0 45 310 (Ee ere rerceeer ter 2 2 6). 2 6 Returned Subscriptions ,........cescessccasseee|erecensecteeenenes 5 0 | EXPENDITURE PAID IN 1870....06| 3,545 17 1 9 Repayment of Loan of £1000, with Interest .......... Reece cones abate A205. 1,003 19 5 _ Paid for £1994 9s. 2d. Consolidated 3 per Cents ......-+seecsseeeeeees gud eel a 8 Cash at the Banker’s, December f General Account sesvonee 418 0 2 31, 1870, viz. Petty Cash Account ...... 550 5 11 968 6 1 28,180 17 3 | Comparison of Receipts in 1869 and 1870. Receipts. Income of Increase. Decrease, 1869. 1870. Admission Fees :— £ sd. (8s (Gs ASE... .06 85 0 0 45 0 0}. Present 850 0 0 660 0 oO]. Annual Subscriptions : — Wastes cw sane 64 0 0 48 0 0 Present ...... 5,852 7 0 5,854 7 0 PHGOrS os oweince 88 0 0 93 0 0 Compositions .......... 630 0 0 630 0 0 Ivory Tickets .......... 7917 0 77.15 0 Admissions to Gardens. -| 12,865 4 0] 13,204 18 6 Garden Sales .......... 375 19 2 g92 911 Rent for Refreshment Rooms ......-.....| 780 0 0 738 0 0}. Publications ..... Riclatets 805 0 8 9774 9 6 |. Dividends ............ 293 2 6 206 1 3 Miscellaneous.........+ 0 8 0 33.12 7 22,768 18 4] 23,257 13 9 896 9 10 407 14 5 Increase.... 488 1b SS cas mie se 407 14 5 | Ded. Deer. 23,257 13 9} 23,257 13 9 285 215.9 Glue ccrsissisteteite Total Payments in 1870..... sescsseee £24,408 11 9 Total Receipts in 1870 ........,.000 23,257 13 9 Payments over Receipts .......s+e++ 1,150 18 0 Dr. Cash £ s. d. To Balance brought from December 31, 1869 .....eseseeesssecceces 1,623 3 6 Vo 'Inicome received'in'the Wear. ssccssoccewecccucccccdeccocecace 23,257 13 9 To Legacy of £2000, less 10 per cent. duty, beesthed yt the late Alfred Davis, Esq., ¥.Z.S 1,800 0 0 To Loan from Bankers Darclviee 1,500 0 0 f 28,180 17 3 Comparison of Payments in 1869 and 1870. ee | Payments. = | Expenditure of | Increase. Decrease. | 1869, 1870. | We ihe # «8.d. ee hc he €£ ad | Arrears of previous years..... 2,597 9 3] 3,545.17 1 948 7 10 |eeeeeeeeeeee | Rent, Rates, Taxes, &c. .... 684 10 0 745 14 4 Gl 4 1d |esecsnseee.. | Salaries, Wages, and Pen-! ) MGS) fotos ciek ec: sreee| 4,509.17 G6) 4,411 1 1}.......ccee006/ 9816 5 | Cost, Carriage, and Keep of] Prints de osee colts cd -| 1,646.17 11} 2,068 8 10 421 10 BEC VIMIGIA NS colo v5.00 5 oss | 4,064 14 10] 4,104 6 2 39 11 Menagerie Expenses ...... | 1,808 7 4] 2,121 12 8 313 5 Keepers’ Dresses .......... 150 1 6 169 16 0 19 14 New Buildings and Works..| 5,411 1411] 1,297 16 8 |.............. Other Works, Materials, and MAMMIUNY Ag a, ce’ bist ack s 1,633 3 3 2,192 6 10 REO? STs aseecettes Garden Expenses ......:... 627 12 9 769 8 7 TAN SWI: Iiistaatsetes le « Band Expenses aie coc See 163 19 0 165 14 6 T TSG. lea ehies Advertisements ......... ee 125.11 6 TAG Bie Ss s cela was actadla's House and Office Expenses. . 498 18 2 555 7 0 56 8 Stationery ....... eisleeinte niche CET 7. 7017 7 6 10 Printing (Miscellaneous)... .. 286 7 6 289 18 8 311 Proceedings (including Print- DUR ete ccuce ces ss sok ae; 9099 5 5} 1,005 7 1 OO EES) |seewesemontns Transactions, ditto ditto 303 0 4 509 12 11 NTT hes cteiers atatns Library Expenses .......... 20610 9 TQS Si 4 esc enaes saves Lieb Law Expenses ..... ateioiele ale 719 4 415 4 Cost of Silver Medal........ 43 6 fo Returned Subscriptions ... 447 0 sete eeeeeees 25,748 19 4 24,408 11 9 2,893 11 5 |/4,233 19 0 PU lg vate sratee oie 1,340 7 7 | Ded. Incr. |2,893 11 5 DEER nat 36,748 1g” 4) |.0.+-00e Se lke0. 7" 7 Se ey Ordinary Expenditure ......| 19,539 210] 21,364 12 10 MARR OIO Ol essrwesed uc Extraordinary aE ae 6,209 16 6 3,043 18 11 |..... eine! o)kinia PP ey iin Y Aa Ded. Incr. | 1,825 10 0 25,748 19 4] 24,408.11 9 |......0cceceee 1,340 7 7 Contra Cr. By Expenditure paid in the year.............. diale'eletets ialstaiate ip sisi sibienisls 2 a0 1 - By Repayment of Loan, with Interest Sialeisis/aisiaslnsaiara stoi mien eee 1,003 19 5 By Cost of £1994 9s. 2d. Consolidated 3 per Centas - memaica eo deca 1,800 0 0 By Balance at Banker’s, December 31, 1870 aesdeshenerae 968 6 1 28,180 17 3 The Assets and Liabilities of the Society on the 31st of December 1870 were as follow :— ASSETS. Arrears of E ep Cash. Total. Previous | Current Years. Year. & s.id.\\S'% ad.) § werd.) Bme; vedi ard. Washlat the Banker pltssevscscccu[ectecsesseral Weavescscsesiecs 968 6 1| 968 6 1 Cost of £7,000 Reduced Sper) | ersccsecess|seeussoss «at 6,599 14 Al eee 6,599 14 4. Cents .:....... *Cost of £1,800 Consolidated: si ie..0...9.82.[steheeweoess 1994009. Bh ce eee 1,994. 9 2 3 per Cents ... PRIMAL Sue bap O00) 168 O.Ole stale, becrveeter 462 0 0 scriptions ... Ivory Tickets ...... DF QMORL C7 ON, Ge Cat la awbnenes ePID UO Garden Sales ...... GED PGr ed 9 Glee cgencteccc el eee 385715 0 eeeaeess) |) Baas PAB 00)5:.4.. (acest beamucantas 246 0 0 ment Room ... Publications ...... 7 AD Gl) 146) 49) sc ccengusvcedit ieee 224 4 8 435 7 0} 864 13) 8,594 3 6) 968 6 1)10,861 17 10 * Proceeds of the Davis bequest. re LIABILITIES. Debts. tee Hs Goa. de Bills, &e., estimated at— Forthe Gardens, SaY ..cccwseresceeseee 883 10 0 General Establishment ...... 444,10 3 —_—___—_—__| 1328 0 3 Rent and Taxes unpaid— For the Gardens, say........cssccseeeees 193 3 11 General Establishment ...... 60 18 6 Pe er 2 Temporary Loan from Bankers, had Dec. 22 1500 0 0 38082 2 8 7 Compared with the last year, the Auditors observe with satisfaction an increase of the number of Fellows and of Entrances to the Gardens, while further inducements to Visitors are furnished by an increased number of Animals in the Menagerie. ; They further congratulate the Society on the improved state of the Finances, the Receipts exceeding those of the last corresponding period, while the Payments are much less than the sum expended during the previous year. The Committee of Auditors beg to call the attention of the Fellows of the Zoological Society to the very handsome legacy left by the late Alfred Davis, Esq., F.Z.S.; and while express- ing their thorough approval of the manner in which the pro- ceeds have been invested, they beg most respectfully to re- commend that a like course be taken as regards sums here- after to be received from Compounders for life. The Auditors feel satisfied with the present position, and have confidence in the future prospects of the Zoological Society. In concluding their Report, they beg to express their ex- treme approval and thorough satisfaction with the admirably’ clear and accurate manner in which the accounts have been arranged and laid before them by the Society’s accountant Mr. Leigh. Epw. GREENAWAY. Epwarp JOHNSTONE. JAMES TENNANT. J. K. SMyruiegs. W. B. TEGETMEIER. J. KpMunpD Hartinea. AuLEx. NowELL SHERSON. 11 Hanover Square, February 24, 1871. rr nreade retadili ts vit sant odd “ae od} Be Rehr ; - a U \ s bain targa ‘oufh ; Si. acl weaonankita : Hs abil W horse cfg —_ Binaeh. hobrag na pa “7 nr 10, eatite Havorgint gdh mi viet “‘odt ‘to geod ~gith (go kOe af Rael sup at yi atosteynn es 4 je aBC SGI, edrto cone: oss, i oe oF ycueiyok ast abel C8! 2 a OF chaysircs ele bize 3. neat ne ae ake ay goitt, pik TALE sit ty 0 || vilukinorest Jeo ae Fat tt tt By ead sranaeb srt? ‘yiy gli ae Satna ait 6 seme t 5, aa Ne erahepe’} ROO eiitrit herwig WH <> 45 he ub. BiaanoR es sassony othnetiw, HePviios let Sty Ipaigotoo® ould % ees ¢ sedi ne ag Bes Be 4. eed dyed elriurean oil! ae apcuana 2 oh canbe #'yg0i004 oil’ mia. at: a D9 " “ee i, pat eae i) = ay. nee he sage nes % 54 mes Cora < ik ne 5 xe arsin® eI -_ Pon “gHorenitOl craw ats aso oy AMKeEST. 03 Be Sti Bans eanTTKe .2 B re ae aapaerioaT ot PS iy aie joxtmasl.anur _ sitomang. gaol " Oates oe del Xoological Aecord Association. Ava Meeting held on the 11th January, 1871,* of the Committee, which was appointed in September, 1870, by the British Associa- tion for the Advancement of Science, for the purpose of continuing a Record of Zoological Literature, it was unanimously resolved— “1. That an Association be formed, to be called the Zoo- LOGICAL Record Association, for the purpose of con- tinuing the publication of the ‘ Zoological Record ;’ that the Members of the present Committee be hereby constituted the original Members of such Association; and that Mr. Stainton be requested to act as Secretary and Executive Officer of the Association.” = 2 at, believing that a guarantee of £5 from each of 50 Members will be sufficient to continue the ‘ Zoological Record,’ the Members of the Association now present pledge themselves to endeavour to obtain that number of guarantors.” To those unacquainted with the ‘ Reeord of Zoological Litera- ture’ it may be as well to state that it was commenced by Mr. Van Voorst in the year 1865, under the Editorship of Dr. Ginther, since which time a volume has been published annually, containing a very full abstract of, and a very complete index to the Zoolo- gical Literature of the preceding year. The work, commending itself:4 ther to the scientific than to the general public, has not hith&M been financially successful, not- withstanding that fg asl years the British Association has voted (on fai@inous recommendation of the Committee ~ a * Present——The Rev. Canon Tristram (in the Chair), Professor Flower, Dr. Giinther, Mr. McLachlan, Professor Newton, Mr. Salvin, Dr. Sclater. of the Biological Section) a liberal grant in its aid—-a grant which was renewed at the last meeting. Dr. Giimther has resigned the Editorship of the ‘Record’ to Professor Newton on the completion of the forthcoming volume, and the publisher being unwilling to continue the undertaking, it is feared that the work, the utility of which is acknowledged by the general consent of Zoologists, may be completely abandoned unless immediate steps are taken to place it upon a new footing. With this idea the Members of the Committee appointed by the British Association have formed themselves into an Association constituted similarly to the British Ornithologists’ Union, which established, and has now for upwards of twelve years successfully supported, ‘The Ibis’ (an Ornithological Journal); and the Members of the Zoological Record Association hereby invite the co-operation of all Zoologists. The following is a list of the Members of the Association who have already joined it on the understanding that their liability is limited to £5: Adams, Henry, F.L.S., 19, Hanover Villas, Notting Hill, W. Allman, Professor, F.R.S., Fox Holme, Cobham, Surrey. Alston, E, R., Leesmahagow, Stockbriggs, N.B. Baird, Dr., F.R.S., British Museum, W.C. Barclay, Hanbury, F.Z.S., Church Hill House, Handsworth, Bir- mingham. Bonney, Rey. T. G., B.D., F.G.S., Fellow and Tutor of St. John’s College, Cambridge. Brooke, Sir Victor, Bart., Colebrooke, Fermanagh, Ireland. Buekley, H., F.Z.S., Calthorpe Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham. Busk, G., F.R.S., 32, Harley Street, W. Clark, J. W., M.A., F.Z.S., Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. Crotch, G. R., M.A., C.M.Z.S., Assistant Librarian in the University of Cambridge. Darwin, Charles, F.R.S., Down, Beckenham, Kent, S.E. Dresser, H. E., F.Z.S., The Firs, South Norwood, S.E. Dunning, J. W., F.L.S., 24, Old Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn, W.C. Egerton, Sir P. de M. G., Bart., M.P., F.R.S., 28.8, Albemarle Street, W. Elliot, D. G., F.L.S., F.Z.S., New York. Flower, Professor, F.R.S., Royal College of Surgeons, W.C. Francis, Dr., F.L.S,, 1, Matson Villas, Richmond, S.W. Gassiot, J. P., Jun., 6, Sussex Place, Regent’s Park, N.W. Godman, F. D., F.L.S., 55, Lowndes Square, S.W. Gray, J. E., Ph.D., F.R.S., British Museum, W.C. Grut, Ferdinand, 9, King Street, Southwark, S. Ginther, Dr., F.R.S., British Museum, W.C. Hodgson, C. B., F.Z.S., Birmingham. Horne, C., Innisfail, Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood, S.E. Hudson, R., F.R.S., Clapham Common, S8.W. Huxley, Professor, F.R.S., 26, Abbey Place, St. John’s Wood, N.W. Jeffreys, J. Gwyn, F.R.S., 25, Devonshire Place, Portland Place, W. Kingsley, Rev. Canon Charles, M.A., F.L.S., Eversley Rectory, Winch- field. Lubbock, Sir John, Bart , M.P., F.R.S., 15, Lombard Street, E.C. Lyell, Sir Charles, Bart., F.R.S., Harley Street, Cavendish Square, W. McAndrew, R., F'.R.S., Isleworth House, Isleworth. McLachlan, R., F.L.S., 39, Limes Grove, Lewisham, 8.E. MeMillan, A., 16, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, W.C. Newton, Professor, F.R.S., Magdalen College, Cambridge. Owen, Professor, F.R.S., British Museum, W.C. Parsons, Charles T., 43, Ann Street, Birmingham. Pascoey'F. P., F.L.S., 1, Burlington Road, Westbourne Park, W. Pollock, Henry, 18, Hanover Terrace, N.W. Pryor, Marlborough R., B.A., F.Z.S., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Rolleston, Professor, F.R.S., Park Grange, Oxford. Rowley, G. D., M.A., F.Z.S., Chichester House, Brighton. Russell, Sir Charles, Bart., V.C., 45, St. James’ Place, $.W. Salter, S. J. A., F.R.S., 1, Plowden Buildings, Temple, E.C. Salvin, Osbert, F.L.S., 32, The Grove, Boltons, S.W. Saunders, W. W., F.R.S., Hillfield, Reigate. Sclater, Dr. P. L., F.R.S., 11, Hanover Square, W. Sharp, D., M.B., Eccles, Thornhill, Dumfries, N.B. Smith, Frederick, British Museum, W.C. Stainton, H. T., F.R.S., Mountsfield, Lewisham, S.E. Sturt, Lieut.-Col. Napier, M.P., F.Z.S., 61, St. James’ Street, $.W. Tristram, Rev. Canon, F.R.S., Greatham Vicarage, Stockton-on-Tees. Van Voorst, John, F.L.S., 1, Paternoster Row, E.C. Walden, Viscount, F.L.S., Pres. Z.S., Chislehurst, Kent. Walker, Francis, F.L.S., Elm Hall, George Lane, Wanstead. Walsiugham, Lord, F'.Z.S., Merton Hall, Thetford. Westwood, Professor, F.L.S., Museum, Oxford. Wright, Prof. E. Perceval, M.D., F.L.S., 5, Trinity College, Dubliu. Gentlemen desirous of joining the Zoological Record Associa- tion are requested to forward their names to the Secretary. H. T. STAINTON, Mountsfield, Lewisham, 3.E. —— . INL Wes} 4. Ar Pry 4 ry t y 4% 22 MAY. 1983 fei - > LETTER TO THE COUNCIL OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. British Museum, March 13, 1871. My Lorps AnD GENTLEMEN,—I have had returned to me my Paper entitled ‘‘ Observations on the Record of Accessions to the Zoological Society,” with the following minute passed at the Committee of Publication, March 7 :—‘ That the Paper be returned to Dr. Gray, as not being upon a suitable subject for presentation at a Scientific Meeting of the Society.” I cannot understand how a paper which is a reply to obser- vations made by the Secretary at a previous Scientific Meet- ing of the Society can be a “ subject not suitable for presen- tation at a Scientific Meeting.” I described an animal received from the Gardens, with its habitat given by the Superintendent. The Secretary wrote a Paper denying the truth of the habitat; and in reply I stated that it was to be regretted that there was not a “ proper record” kept of the habitats, sex, age, &c. of the animals received into the Gardens; on which the Secretary, at a Scientific Meeting in January, gave account of sundr manuscript records and newspaper reports, and added that “there was a carefully revised Register of Accessions printed in each year’s ‘ Proceedings’ from 1862,”—concluding with, “‘how such a statement can have been conscientiously made in the face of the facts above stated, by one who was formerly a Vice-President of the Society, and is in the constant habit of referring to the ‘ Proceedings,’ I am not able to explain.” However incredible it may appear, the annual list in the ‘ Proceedings,’ as any one may satisfy himself, does not contain the habitat, the sex, age, &c. of any of the species, and is, in fact, utterly useless for any scientific purpose ; and therefore I still think that it is not a “ proper record,” and that it is one capable of great improvement. // 2 Secondly.—How can a Paper in which I suggest how the collection of animals living in the Gardens of the Society may be made more useful to scientific visitors and to the progress of zoology, be said not to be a subject suitable for presentation at a Scientific Meeting? for such a Paper is decidedly in ac- cordance with the special object for which the Society was established—that of affording the means of studying the living animals. I cannot.suppose that the Committee, by passing such a resolution, intended to impose an insult on one of the oldest, if not the oldest living Fellow of the Society, who has been many years on the Council and Publication and Garden Com- mittees, and, as the Secretary observes, “‘ a Vice-President of the Society,” and who has more than once performed the duties of Secretary during the absence of the paid Secretaries, and whose previous communications have always been accepted and form a part of the publications of the Society. But it appears to me that the Secretary forgets that the Society is primarily formed for the use of the Fellows, and secondly for the instruction of the public, and that the Fel- lows employ the paid officers and servants of the Society to carry on the business of the Fellows and to afford them faci- lities—and that the “ credit of the Society” is better in their keeping, especially if such statements as I have disproved are. to be printed by the Secretary, and not contradicted by the Fellow aggrieved. Iam, My Lords and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, J. E. GRAY. Zoological Society of London, 11 Hanover Square, London, W., 16th March, 1871. Srr,—In answer to your letter of March 13, 1871, I am directed by the Council to point out to you that, by the Bye- laws of the Society, the arrangement of the Agenda for the Scientitic Meetings is intrusted to the Publication Committee. The Council do not doubt that the Publication Committee exercised their best discretion in reference to the paper alluded to in your letter; and though they regret that the decision of the Committee should have caused you any annoyance, they do not think it expedient to interfere with it. The Council direct me to add, with reference to the registers 3 of accessions to and deaths in the Society’s Menagerie, that they are quite satisfied with the manner in which they are kept. I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, P. L. SCLATER, Secretary. Dr. J. E. Gray. This reply carefully avoids the two grounds of my com- laint :— 1. That the Publication Committee refused to read at a Scientific Meeting a Paper that was a reply to observations made at a former meeting, which the Secretary had printed as being so made. 2. The Council’s approval of the manuscript “ Register of Accessions and Deaths” is no proof that the Secretary’s account of the revised “ Annual List” printed in the ‘ Pro- ceedings’ agrees with the Secretary’s account of it which I am aecused of having falsely described. Observations on the Record of Accessions to the Gardens of the Zoological Society. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &e. [Sent on the 21st of February, returned on the 8th of March, 1871.] Ar the meeting of the Zoological Society on January 17th, 1871, the Secretary made some remarks on the observations which I had made respecting the registers of the Society not affording me the information which I required respecting the habitats of the specimens in the Gardens. Mz. Sclater stated (according to the abstract of his commu- nication published in the ‘Annals’ for Feb. 187 1, p. 162) that I have “assured the public” that no proper record is kept of the animals received into the Society’s Gardens. He says that there exists a register of accessions and another of deaths, and that the register of accessions has been carefully revised every month or year, and printed in the ‘ Proceedings,’ and a complete list of vertebrate animals is contained in the list of these animals which is sold at the gardens. I am perfectly aware of all this; but I have not found that they afford me the information I want, even when I asked for it from the keepers, not only on account of their imperfection, but also because there is no means of identifying the animal with the list of accessions arranged according to the dates when the animals were received. + A proper record of the living animals in the Society’s gar- dens should afford, first, an easy reference from the animal to the record, which might easily be done by fixing a number or other mark to the cage in which the animal is contained, referring to a similar number in the record. It should also, as Mr. Sclater states, contain “the English and scientific name, sex, and locality, so far as these are ascertainable, of every vertebrate animal received alive by the Society, together with information as to how it was obtained, whether by presenta- tion, purchase, or otherwise.” Such a record, if it also re- corded the history of the animal as regards its habits, the period of gestation, and other particulars observed while they have been in the gardens, when it died, and the cause of its death, if observed, would be a most valuable addition to our zoological knowledge, and well worthy of being printed in the ‘Proceedings’ from time to time. I have not the means of examining and quoting the manuscript registers in the office ; but Mr. Sclater informs us that the register of accessions since 1862 has been carefully revised every year, and printed in the ‘ Procéedings ;’ therefore these printed accounts ought to be a fair representative of them. I take up the volume of the ‘Proceedings’ for the year 1867, which happens to be lying before me, and at p. 1033 I find the list of accessions to the menagerie during that year. On that page I find the names of twenty animals, but I do not find a locality or the sex attached to any one of that number; and in the next page there are thirty-one, all equally without sex marked, and all without habitats, unless one regards ‘‘ Australian Quail” and “ Senegal Parrot ”’ as habitats. The list in the ‘ Proceedings’ for 1868 and 1869 does not contain more information respecting the animals received; in fact it is quite useless for scientific purposes. I have been incapable of going to the Gardens for the last two years, and, on account of my malady, only went there very seldom for some time previous. Very likely the system may have been changed since I was there; indeed I am informed that several improvements have been made since the com- mencement of this discussion. I can only say that I have not ' intentionally misstated any fact, and, caring little for the ob- servations made on myself, I have carried on the controversy entirely with the hope of improving the usefulness of the Society, in which I have taken so much interest, and the true extension of zoological science. sooloqical Arecord Association, A Meertine of the Members of this Association will be held at the Rooms of the Zoonocica Socimty, 11, Hanover Square, on Thursday, March 16th, 1871, at 4.30 p.m., for the purpose of settling the Rules of the Association and electing a Council. H. T. STAINTON, Secretary. MountTSFIELD, Lewisuam, S.E.: February 27th, 1871. +o a eee ee ee a. a fee) + A proper record of the living animals in the Society’s gar- Se cs eae) ee ts oso NS A = a 2 Piro TAsdhabe tto(R- Us eabs 2 ~ e \ OF THE \) Se) soological Alecovd Association. / 1. This ie oer has been formed for the purpose I of continuing the publication of the ‘ Record of Zoological = Literature.’ [his work consists of an Annual Volume, ~'~< which contains a very full abstract of, and a very com- plete index to, the Zoological Literature of the preceding 7 » — year. a, 2. The Association shall consist of Members and \3 Subscribers. - 3 | 3. Members are entitled to receive acopyofthe Annual Volume, and are liable to the extent of £5,intheevent of the funds-from all other sources not being equal to meet oe the Annual Expenditure. When bhi ; as_ £5 onee-been-reached, Members can either withdraw or “Yenew their Membership, and thereby incur a fresh liability. 4. Subscribers shall pay annually on the Ist of July Twenty Shillings, but incur no other liability ; in return for this they receive the Volume containing the Record of Zoological Literature of the preceding year as soon as it is published. 5. The publishing price of each Volume shall not be less than Thirty Shillings. 6. The business of the Association shall be conducted by a Council of Twelve Members (three of whom shall form a quorum), to be elected at the Annual General Meeting vf the Association. Three Members to be removed annually, but to be eligible for re-election after one year. ‘The Council shall elect one of their own body Secretary and Executive Officer. 7. The Annual General Meeting shall be held in London, within six months after the publication of the Annual Volume. 2 8. No alteration of the Rules shall be effected except at the Annual General Meeting, nor then unless such alteration has been given in the announcement convening the General Meeting. 9. Special General Meetings shall be summoned by tie Council when a requisition requiring such a Meeting be signed by not less than Ten Members. The circular calling the Meeting shall state the special business, which alone shall be transacted. 10. The accounts of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Association shall be made up before the Annual General Meeting, and examined by Four Auditors (two of whom shall form a quorum) appointed by the Council. The Auditors shall be Members of the Association who are not Members of the Council, and their statement shall be circulated amongst the Members. 11. As soon as the accounts shall thus have been made up and audited, the amount requisite to balance the expenditure shall be divided by the number of Members, each of whom shall then be called upon to pay his share, which shall to that extent reduce his liability. 12. Any subsequent sale of a back Volume shall not be considered an asset divisible amongst the Members, but shall be carried to the account of the forthcoming Volume, thereby reducing the liability of the Members in respect of such forthcoming Volume. 13. The Editor shall be appointed by the Council, and his appointment shall continue until a change is proposed by either party. Twelve months’ notice to be given. 14. The Editor is responsible for the selection of an efficient staff of Contributors, and for the early issue of the Volume, if possible, within the current year. 15. The Editor and each Contributor shall be entitled to one copy of the Volume. 16. No separate copiesof the several parts of the Record shall be lowed eae : y -_ NOTICE. Tue Anniversary Meeting of the ZooLocican Socinty oF Lonpon, for the Election of Council and Officers for the ensuing Year, will be held at their House in Hanover Square, on Saturday, the 29th instant. The Chair will be taken at One o’ Clock precisely. Will be ready on the day of Meeting. Tue PROCEEDINGS or tux SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS or tHE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY or LONDON, for the year 1870, illustrated by fifty-three plates, in cloth boards. Price to the Fellows 32s. 6d.; to the Public 47s. 6d. The Band of the Second Life Guards will, by permission of Col. Marshall, perform in the Gardens on Saturday, May 27th, at 4 o'clock, and on every succeeding Saturday until further notice at the same hour. PHILIP LUTLEY SCLATER, Secretary. 11 Hanover Square, London, W. April 1, 1871. = a j ' r ( a 4 ” e - i 6 oA ; Zz ap a Pa a if i - 7 al ¥. : . Ad aa 4 i ee y . A ‘ sites a4 * : 5 9 " nd a 4 x | ME Laror acne s Or 5c ee ing AV ee ty * ~ acs sealer a eal aida i? ? Aaeiaethies Soin 2 - } Kt) 40TH, EO if ntvaM Ay ioCa te ay, Soap Sea radiating in , ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. . April 29th, 1871. BALLOTING LIST For the Council. —_— Five Members recommended to be elected into the Council at the Anniversary Meeting on the 29th of April, 1871. The Lord Calthorpe. Francis Galton, Esq., F.R.S. Captain The Count Gleichen, R.N. John Gould, Esq., F.R.S. Dr. Hamilton. In the place of the following Members who retire therefrom :— Professor Huxley, F.R.S. J. Travers Smith, Esq. The Lord Walsingham. George R. Waterhouse, Esq. The Bishop of Winchester, D.D., F.RS. yra100e: 101008 . IN nOUKOLO ; ‘ ‘os WG (yal anes ee! oe * \ Tala oultoadna Ly “Vee vee rite on wet aad a , “ PR i fises0D ant 10% f —_———— silt. oak. ‘Baloats. od. ‘oh sbabuoaga ": rat a ‘to HS oii co ia yiners win | atl iv Berke _aoils : 8: “stodoiole ee all i BAA ef lat’ ole teoufodt ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. April 29th, 1871. BALLOTING LIST For the Committee of Publication. Three Members recommended to be elected into the Committee at the Anniversary Meeting on the 29th of April, 1871. Arthur Grote, Esq. St. George Mivart, Esq., F.R.S. Osbert Salvin, Esq. In the place of the following Members who retire 4 therefrom :— pH Professor Flower, F.R.S. a. Henry Lee, Esq. z Robert Swinhoe, Esq. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. April 29th, 1871. BALLOTING LIST For Officers. A List of the Persons recommended by the Council to be appointed to the offices of President, Treasurer, and Secretary of the Society at the Anniversary Meeting on the 29th of April, 1871.» —_——— PRESIDENT. The Viscount Walden. TREASURER. Robert Drummond, Esq. — SECRETARY, Philip Lutley Sclater, Esq., M.A.,Ph.D.,F.R.S.,etc. ‘ i Lay ¢ i , ‘9 Liam on m DUN TES WARIO , ee ; ve ‘7; t , ~- fs 14 JADIDOIOS ————————— My. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 5th DECEMBER, 1871. JOHN GOULD, ESQ., F.R.S., V.P., IN THE CHAIR. eee The Secrerary read a report on the additions that had been made to the Society’s Menagerie during the months of October and November, 1871; and called particular attention to a young female specimen of the Cape Fur-Seal ( Gtaria pusilla), presented by H.E. Sir Henry Barxty, Governor of the Cape Colony, being the first example of this interesting animal received alive in Europe. A letter was read from Dr. Burmetstrer, F.M.Z.S., of Buenos Ayres, contzining remarks on Messrs. Scrarer and SAtvin’s “Synopsis of the Cracide,’’ published in the Society’s ‘‘Pro- ceedings”? for 1870. Dr. E. Hamitron exhibited and made some remarks on an adult skull of the newly-discovered Chinese Deer (Hydropotes inermis), and compared it with an immature skull of the same species exhi- bited by Mr. R. Swryuoz at a meeting of the Society, 10th Feb., 1870. Dr. Hamirrton also drew attention to the statement made by his correspondent respecting the wonderful fecundity: of this animal, which tended to corroborate the facts stated by Mr. SwINHoE on that occasion. 2 Mr. Scratrer exhibited and remarked on a skin of the Water Opossum (Chironectes variegatus), which had been sent to him by Mr. Rozert B. Wuire, C.M.Z.S., from Medillin, U.S. of Columbia. Professor Newron, F.Z.S., exhibited and made remarks on the humerus of a Pelican (believed to be Pelecanus crispus), which had been found in the English fens. A communication was read from Surgeon Francis Day, F.Z.5., Inspector-General of Fisheries of British India, containing remarks on the fresh-water Siluroids of India and Burmah, with observations on the range of the species, their classification, and general geographical distribution. Mr. A. G. Burier read a paper on a small collection of Butter- flies made at Loanda, the capital of the Portuguese Settlements in Angola. A second paper by Mr. Burier gave the description of a new genus of Lepidoptera, allied to Apatura, which was proposed to be called Eulaceira. A paper by Mr. E. A. Smirp was read, containing a list of species of Shells from the Slave Coast, West Africa, collected by the late Commr Kvocxrer, R.N., the majority of which had been dredged at Whydah, on the Dahomey shore. . Professor Newton communicated some notes by Herr Rozerr Couttert, of Christiana, on the singular asymmetry of the skull in Tengmalm’s Owl (Strix tengmalmi). Mr. Scrarer read the third and final portion of a series of notes on rare or little-known animals now or lately living in the Society’s Gardens. Mr. Sctarer gave an account of a collection of Birds from 3 Oyapok, on the river of the same name which divides Cayenne from the northern frontier of Brazil, amongst which were two species believed to be undescribed, and proposed to be called Ochthoéca murina and Heteropelma igniceps. A third communication from Mr. Scrarer contained remarks on the species of the genera Myiozetetes and Conopias, belonging to the family Tyrannide. Mr. E. W. H. Horpsworrn, F.Z.S8., read some notes on the Red-spotted Cat (Felis rubiginosa), uf Ceylon, and its varieties. Mr. D. G. Exzor, F.Z.S., read a paper on various Felide, rectifying the synonomy of several species and giving a more perfect description of one recently obtained from North West Siberia, which he proposed to call Felis euptilura. Dr. GiinrHER made a reply to some critical remarks in a paper by Surgeon Francis Day, read ata recent meeting of the Society. The next Meeting of the Society for Scientific business, will be held at the Society’s House, in Hanover Square, on Tuesday, the 2nd of January, 1872, at Nine o’clock, p.m., when the following communications will be made :— Po 1.—Mr. Henry Apams.—Further descriptions of new species of Shells, collected by Roserr McAnprew, Esg., in the Red Sea. (Received 27th November, 1871.) 2.—Mr. P. L. Sctatzr.—On the Quadrumana found in America, North of Panama. (Received 5th December, 1871.) The following communications remain on hand :— 1.—Mr. Henry ApaMs.—Description of fourteen new species of Land and Marine Shells. (Received 27th November, 1871.) 4 2.—Mr. GrorcE Gurtiver.— On the (esophagus of the Horn-bill (Toecus melanocephalus). (Received 4th December, 1871.) 3.—Mr. J. Brazier.—Observations on the distribution of some of the Volutes found in the Australian seas. (Received 4th December, 1871.) 4.—Mr. J. Brazier.—Description of a new species of Humphreyia, from the coast of N.S. W. (Received 4th December, 1871.) 5.—Dr. J. C. Cox:—Descriptions of new Land Shells from Australia and the South Sea Islands. (Received 4th December, 1871.) 6.—Dr. G. Harriavs, F.M.Z.S., and Dr. O. Fiyscu, C.M.Z.S.—On a fourth collection of Birds from the Pelew and Mackenzie group of Islands. (Re- ceived 6th December, 1871.) All communications intended for the Scientific Meetings of the ZootocicaL Socrery or Lonpon, should be addressed to the undersigned :— P. L. SCLATER, Sceretary. 11, Hanover Square, London, W. 6th December, 1871. le sl “Fr ae 7 <> je Sy, oe eel Daag ak SA ~ REPORT COUN CFT; ZOOLOGICAL, SOCIETY OF LONDON, > READ AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. APRIL 29rn, 1872, LONDON: PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. 1872. | REPORT eka C-O\U-N CoEyL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, READ AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. APRIL 299n, 1872. LONDON: PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. 1872. CONTENTS. Page ft.) General Condition of the Society)... 6s: 6.-\. +e eaiee 3 i-estate ofthe Roll of Members a...) sete 3) a. Fellows and Annual Subscribers ............ 3. b. Foreign and Corresponding Members ........ 4 2. State.of the Pinances.'. oa. cas act's witls tae 5 a; Hinicomies Floren... es Bs Le Le Bee ee ee ee 5 6. MRpERAMULG: os oa ytjuils Peoria tae en 6 Ca Wes BOT! by 2 oa cal esl ala kad cee ee 8 ds Reserve Hunde heey: ik £34. Ghassan 9 C WASSCiS Vand Aciabilitics¢ as. cetaee Seni nk eee 9 As Omiee; 11 seamover Squire. ns... oe a 10 l cientne Meetings 3051.5 225 dca shan eae 10 2.v/Svien filie Wubhentions) 54.18 veda. ce Ws eee 2 11 Oey AMUOEST A250 oN aus Sceid 1 NA time Cee oie 12 TU Gardens, Resent's Park 2-056...) as oo. 4b 21 iL. Pouldings’and “Works. lath ok nee Bee 21 2. Prosector's' Department, -... xan ie0ra tee ee « 22 SDURIVASIIGOTIS) Shea, easy olan af ited out Stain Sas GED CTS Tae a OD AMEN APCTIB arn euic «secu i» Oe Seine oes oe 24 List of Animals exhibited for the first time in the ER LS hal & sfc:iln voy aliarteganeye, « eNo hey Ge ova a ele toga ae 33 List of Animals which have been bred in the Gardens Tye gent LOT) Mine vate eens» <0) 33 List of Donors and Donations .........+:.0+ 06 35 Coneliisvon ey eser tate f hSicciens Gaede cde Ge ee 46 REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. April 29, 1872. In accordance with the provisions of the Society’s Charter, the Council have the pleasure of submitting to the ap- probation of the Fellows their forty-third Annual Report upon the progress of the Society. This, in conformity with former Reports, they have divided into three heads, the first of which relates to the general condition of the Society, the second to the opera- tions carried on at the Office in Hanover Square, and the last to the state of the establishment in the Regent’s Park. I. GENERAL CONDITION OF THE SOCIETY. 1, Svatse or THE ROLL or MEMBERS. a. Fellows and Annual Subscribers. The number of Fellows, Fellows Elect, and Annual Subscribers at the close of the year 1871 amounted to 3047. Of these there were :— Compounders who have paid £20. . . 124 Ditto ditto ACs or, tc. ee Compositions remitted. . . . . . . (16 Paying annual contributionsof £2. . . 120 Ditto ditto LF ee, ho 2006 Dormant A Lele.’ eames 68 Admission-fees unpaid . . ah lee ee Annual Subscribers, paying ¢ £3 aatey Jape 4 The corresponding number of Fellows, Fellows Elect, and Annual Subscribers on the 31st of December 1870 was 3021, showing a net increase of 26 Members during the year. The manner in which this augmentation of the Society’s numbers has taken place will be more plainly evident from the subjoined Table, in which is given a comparative statement of the Elections, Deaths, Resigna- tions, and Removals which have taken place during the past Ten years, together with the number of Fellows and Annual Subscribers at the end of each year :— b. Foreign and Corresponding Members. One new Foreign Member of the Society has been elected during the past year, namely Professor Giovanni Canestrini, of Bologna, Italy, in the place of Professor Paolo Savi, of Pisa, deceased. The following twelve gentlemen were duly elected Cor- responding Members of the Society during the past year, and the total number of members of this class was thus raised to the full complement of 200 on the 31st of De- cember last :— The Rey. Henry F. Barnes, M.A. Bridlington Rectory, Yorkshire. George William Des Voeux, Esq. Administrator of St. Lucia, West India Islands. The Hon. W. I. Buhot, M.D., M.R.C.S. Tobago, West Indies. : | Be Died. Resigned. | Removed. 3 ols ad a [eens : ; reas ; a ,|SE|K}E ao | Years. 2a Compounders. | Subscribers. | Subscribers. a as Subscribers. a on 38 285% 24 Bilan veel ‘dc Slee za Ae | £20. | £30. ped £2, | £3. | £2. | £3 as| 2, | 8. |S p ate es | 1862.| 95 6 1 16 24 1 10 1 4 19 | 7 | 89 1731 1863. | 164 9 4 12 | 23 3 | 19 2 a zs § | 80} 1815 1864.) 264 4 8 21 22 2 9 ee 24 71 w. [161 1918 1865. | 321 12 a) 13 23 5 16 | 2 1 19 foal 96 2143 1866. | 405 16 11 11 28 1 18 | 3 89 2459 1867. | 328 11 9 12 25 4 16 ae 8 | 85 2702 1868. | 316 3 5) 17 |} 33 2 28 2 94 2924 1869.| 197 7 7 17 a7 |. 8 30 1 2 25 26 (155 2966 1870.| 160 9 if 6 32 ol 105 3021 1871. | 163 4 8 10 38 | 1 48 2 26 137 8047 December 31. | Bw ao His Excellency Herbert Taylor Ussher, Administrator of the Government. Government House, Gold Coast, West Africa. Dr. George Grey. Cradock, Cape of Good Hope. Alexander Milton Ross, Esq., M.D., M.A. Toronto, Canada. Dr. Henry Waghorn, Staff-Assistant Surgeon R.A. Mhow, Bombay. John Franks Chittenden, Esq., M.R.C.S. Colonial Hos- pital, Port of Spain, Trinidad. The Rey. S. J. Whitmee. Samoa, South Pacific. Dr, Alphonse Dubois, Conservator of Royal Museum of Natural History, Brussels. Charles B. Mosse, Esq., Staff-Surgeon. Cape-Coast Castle. Senor Don Luis I. Fontana. Buenos Ayres. 2. STATE OF THE FINANCES. a. Income. The total Income of the Society received during the year 1871 was £24,620 lls. 5d., exceeding that of the previous year by the sum of £1362 17s.8d. The following Table will show the various sources whence this Income proceeded, and the corresponding amounts received under the same heads in 1870 :-— Income of Increase. | Decrease. 1870. 1871. Admission Fees :— £ 8. £ Al Patty he eetkcc facet si Pee 0 75 r 0 715 Sradenta Sted ace asus a @uscaae 3 0 138 7 5,843 0 63 0 jie] iyo} So PNSODERDOOCDS Co” Dividends .... Miscellaneous S| XIWAOraccccs ook or © i 6 The Income of the Society during the previous eight years, 1863 to 1870, was as follows :— £ £ USCS Mess 5 5s 20,284 i Pole Ba em eS 25,042 ‘tol st oi iiaege 21,713 TSCS yeh ae 24,958 1S 7 eRe 23,457 TS60' 1 ee 22,768 WEGG* e255: 24,379 1870S, 23,257 giving an average annual Income of £23,232. It thus appears that the Income of the past year has exceeded the average of the eight years immediately pre- ceding it by the sum of £1388. The Council can point with particular gratification to the steady annual increase of the amount realized by the admission of the public on week-days to the Society’s Gardens, which still continues. In 1871 the sum received under this head was £13,813 4s., being £608 5s. 6d. more than the corresponding amount received in 1870, and con- siderably exceeding the sum thus received in any of the last eight years, as will be seen by the subjoined Table :— Amounts received for ‘Admissions to the Gardens,” 1863-71. < £ RBA zit 4 11,781 TREBI Ad ouch 12,651 1g6d betta: 12,703 USED) SLIDE . 12,865 WR GIns fee). te 12,889 IBFOT es vdiac 13,204 ipower 12,428 fers Ce 13,818 LORIE S 12,840 The large increase of the amount realized by the “ Com- positions ” paid in lieu of Annual Subscriptions is also a noticeable feature in the Table of Income for 1871. 7 b. Expenditure. The balance of £968 6s. 1d. carried over from 1870 added to the Income of 1871, gave a total of £25,588 17s. 6d. available for the expenditure of 1871. This sum was disposed of in the following manner. The sum of £21,367 19s. 9d. was required for the ordinary Expendi- ture of the Society. The sum of £669 9s. 10d. was devoted to extraordinary Expenditure. This raised the total ex- penditure for the year 1871 to £22,037 9s. 7d. The sum of £1506 5s. Od. was devoted to repayment of the prin- 7 cipal and interest of a temporary loan effected with the Bankers of the Society in December 1870, and the sum of £916 5s. Od. was invested in the purchase of £1000 This left a balance of £1128 17s. 11d. at the Society’s Bankers on the 31st of December last, which was carried forward for the benefit of the pre- sent year’s account. The subjoined Table gives the various items of expendi- ture paid during the year 1871, and a comparison of them with the amounts paid under the corresponding heads in Reduced 3 per Cents. 1870 :— Comparison of Payments in 1870 and 1871. SS SS SS ee SS a eee eee ee ee eee Arrears of previous year ... Rent, Rates, Taxes, &c....... Salaries, Wages, and Pen- sions Cost and Carriage of Ani- mals Menagerie Expenses......... Keepers’ Dresses New Buildings and Works. Other Works, Materials, and Repairs .........cces0. Garden Expenses Band Expenses ’ Advertisements Proceedings Printing) 03. .46<4 RAIS gf TB 4, Ley a ie ay Lie Ae ee ae wong we ays b: ae <2 Sie -s . ‘% = ‘Pane e - N REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, READ AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, APRIL 29rn, 1873. LONDON: PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. 1873, CONTENTS. Page I, General Condition. of the Society <. 2.0.02... os nee 3 i. State of the. Roll of Members 2... 05... 5). 5 eae 3 a. Fellows and Annual Subscribers ............ 3 b. Foreign and Corresponding Members ........ 4 2. State of the Finances..Jps). 1 i.seios tka eee 4 a. Sepia). 2 eee Tals dete eee 4 b. Expenditure ...... Geno eme are Tels. 01 5 ; Davis LTUSp-tUd . 25 vars oisicc oa oie oe enabie) d. Reserve Wands: ..25 2b cuis «s+ 2s ste ia see 8 ¢. Assets and Tadbilities:¢ . sty. «05. ied ve. oa puon 8 jf. General State of the Finances .. ../. 54 vile 9 TP: (Office; dl Manover- Square: ees see week ay VISIHOTS!.< «ais whip ts ss < ie inva bie te wis. «300, ee a Al NVC AB OIIC 3 sas: 07 "See bs hei sez weigh ieee © oul vee 23 List of Species added to the List of Vertebrates exhibited in the Society’s Gardens in the year WOT sate chen >'s Reetoonien Whee iclacrs win etait ean 25 List of Animals which have been bred in the Gardens of the Zoological Society between the Ist of - January 1872 and the 1st of January 1873 .... 45 REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. April 29, 1873. Tae Council have now the pleasure of submitting to the approbation of the Fellows their forty-fourth Annual Report upon the progress of the Society. This, in conformity with former Reports, they have divided into three heads, the first of which relates to the general condition of the Society, the second to the opera- tions carried on at the Office in Hanover Square, and the last to the state of the establishment in the Regent’s Park. I. GENERAL CONDITION OF THE SOCIETY. 1. Stave or THE Rout or MEMBERS. a. Fellows and Annual Subscribers. The number of Fellows, Fellows Elect, and Annual Subscribers at the close of. the year 1872 amounted to 3050. Of these there were :— Compounders who have paid £20. . . 119 Ditto ditto 30-5 P's Py o, OOF Compositions remitted, . oy%. 4.0% Ww yb Paying annual contributions of £2. . . 109 Ditto ditto ae of" = eis OO Dormant ee on 2, ey 78 Admission-fees unpaid . . Bit Pacts. C8 Annual Subscribers, paying Ba ass Paes 3050 The corresponding total of Fellows, Fellows Elect, and Annual Subscribers on the 31st of December 1871 was 3047. The following is a comparative statement of the Elections, Deaths, Resignations, and Removals which have taken place during the past Ten years, together with A 2 4 the aan of Fellows and Annual Subscribers at the end of each year :— Years. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. 1867. 1868. 1869. 1870. 1871. 1872. a Died. Resigned. Removed. 2 {3 ad i 33 Compounders. Subscribers. | Subscribers. 3 ats Subscribers. g oe 3 é Mare pe | £20. | £30. |) nape £2. | £3. | £2 | £3. aoe £2, | £3. g BIC A 804g Cr ee ee ee ee ee en es eS 264 4 8 21 22 2 9 ae 24 71 161 1918 321 12 5 13 23 5 16 2 1 19 =yeh Oe 2145 405 16 11 11 28 1 18 if 3 | 89 2459 328 11 9 12 25 4 16 re 8 | 85 2702 316 3 9 17 33 2 28 “53 as 2 tae fe 2924 197 7 7 7 37 3 30 1 2 25 26 {155 2966 160 9 7 6 32 ria 51 fe are 105 3021 163 4 8 » 10 38 1 48 ies 2 26 we {187 3047 185 5 7 2 11 38 2 40 1 62 14 |182 3050 b. Foreign and Corresponding Members. No vacancy occurred in the list of Foreign Members of the Society during the year 1872. The following Corresponding Members were added to the list during the year :— Mr. J. G. F. Riedel, Officer of Public Instruction and Assistant-Resident at Gorontalo, Celebes. Capt. Frederick Wollaston Hutton, of the New-Zealand Geological Survey, Auckland, New Zealand. Capt. Reginald Beavan, of the Bengal Staff Corps. Mr. Henry C. Tait, of St. Paul de Loando, Angola. Mr. William C. Tait, of Oporto, Portugal. Capt. David Hopkins, R.N., Acting British Consul at Fer- nando Po. Mr. Henry Whitely, of Cuzco, Peru. These additions raised the total number of Members of this class on the 31st of December last to 197. 2. STATE OF THE FINANCES. a. Income. The total Income of the Society for the year 1872 was £26,728 2s. 4d., exceeding that of the previous year by tne sum of £2107 10s, 11d., and being the largest amount 5 ever received by the Society in any year except in the year 1862, when the International Exhibition was held. The subjoined Table shows the various sources whence this Income proceeded, and the corresponding amounts received under each head in the previous year :— Income of Increase. | Decrease. 1871. 1872, £y spice. Vase Ger Admission Fees ...........c0000e008 790 0 O] 830 0 0 40 0 Annual Subscriptions :— PP ARtiee 1: spade sane te cached 138 0 0 161 3 0 23 3 Present 5,843 9 0] 5,912 13 0 69 4 Future 63 0 0} 117 0 0 54 0 Compositions 990 0 0} 1,350 0 0} 360 0 Ivory Tickets .. 59 13 0 9 3 0 35 5 Admissions to Gardens 13,813 4 0/15,240 15 0} 1,427 11 Garden Sales ---| 84118 3] 802 9 I1.... Rent for Refreshment-rooms ...| 1,066 0 0| 1,066 0 O|.... ODN GAETONS....--.0conseaseeseecessses 750 5 2] 856 12 11 Dividends 4 4 293 11 19 Miscellaneous 12 §& 214 6 11 5/26,728 2 4] y fe Ui Re | 2 .4)26,728 2 4) 2,107.10 11 It is gratifying to the Council to be able thus to show that there was an increase of income in 1872 under every head except that of Garden Sales, where, however, the falling off constitutes but a very insignificant sum. It is especially gratifying to them to be able to point out the large increase of the Garden Receipts which took place during the year 1872, particularly as the wea- ther was not always of the most favourable character. The total amount of income received under this head during the year was £15,240 15s., being £1427 11s. more than the corresponding amount received in 1871, and con- siderably exceeding the sum thus received in any of the previous years, except in 1862. b.. Expenditure. The balance of £1128 17s. 11d. carried over from 1871 added to the Income of 1872, together with the sum of £1000 (borrowed from the Society's bankers as a tem- porary loan to meet the December bills, and paid off during the current year), gave a total of £28,857 Os. 3d. available for the expenditure of 1872. This sum was dis- posed of in the following manner. The sum of £23,324 10s. 4d. was required for the ordinary Expenditure of the 6 Society. The sum of £3576 3s. 7d. was devoted to extra- ordinary Expenditure. This raised the total expenditure of the year 1872 to £26,900 13s. 11d., and left a balance at the Society’s bankers, on the 31st of December last, of £1956 6s. 4d. The subjoined Table gives the various items of expendi- ture paid during the year 1872, and a comparison of them with the amounts paid under the corresponding heads in 1871: Comparison of Payments in 1871 and 1872. Expenditure of Increase. Decrease. 1871. 1872. Me S.) 4Ge Le Sy. a. data munomaeee get Sd, Arrears of previous year ...| 1735 9 1 | 2072 7 7 | 38617 8)............... Rent, Rates, Taxes, &c....... 806 4 7 TOG 19” Wil ach cscceaetonene 915 6 Salaries, Wages, and Pen- SIODS(s esehassvedetesee genes 4500) 0.9") 76 aeee 1 10) 465 2 eon iersm.c sss. Cost and Carriage of Ani- MANS poo. bon gen a ckne nesta. 2112 1S. Oneal 7.2, 10)| 18d 4. DN eeiccs....25- (BrOVISIONS errarcraeeleeeese ee 4086" 4°11 | 4419 Ole) Sd8) Wee ON eesigasscersco. Menagerie Expenses......... 2096'°6 1°] 2205°9 0} 109 911 2 Keepers’ Dresses ............ 125 9 6 129 17 6 tire Pen Goes eee Works, Materials, and Re- PORES bch ots. Meesegtes soe eons 2712 11 «3 | 4558138 5 | 1846. 2° Dyer... a: Garden Expenses ............ 693 2 11 695 3 4 DVO? Blk ewwnss.000 Band Expenses 165 14 6 177-13 3 LVS HOH egewes....-- Advertisements 139 12 6 Ns Hog P13) oye lease Sate ae 7 0 House and Office Expenses.) 527 5 6 587 17 5 LORIE TU ee ceaaeeases tes Stationenyaseseenst steeleteetere 79 010 G3 MOP Di areas deaeee 138 Printing (Miscellaneous) ...) 270 5 4 285 5 3 TA Od Tyee escssceaess Proceedings (@neluding PRINGiO) Reet cseee A aomite 13897 0 8 | 1500 9 2] 108 8 6 Transactions (ditto ditto)...| 48019 7 743 12.2) 312 127 Library Expenses............ 209 1 1 355 14 6 14613 5 TWhaiw sHsp ONReatye see. se nese ot ce lecke sesaceecis: «ani 2916 O 2916 0 Returned Subscriptions ... 33 1 0 ol 7 0 28 6 0 Interest of Davis Bequest . 58 11 10 SS TO ic. .h sce cuaceonsee|eatereeguenee an Costof Medal x cations. luce eee eee 4 9 0 4-9 MOU eee aans 22,037 9 7 |26,900 13 11 | 4892 8 6] 29 4 2 Increase...... AiShon A AMY Bes, se aslees 29 4 21] Ded. Deer. 26,900 13: 11° |26,900 13 11 |'4863° 4) 4° /22.5......... Ordinary Expenditure...... 21,367 19 9 |23,324 10 4 | 1956 10 7 Extraordinary ditto......... 669 910 | 3576 3° 7 | 290613 9 22,037 9 7 |26,900 13 11 | 4863 4 4 Lc eo ee | Se ee a Seer S eee ee eee eS ee 7 The increase of the ordinary expenditure for 1872, which, as will be seen, amounted on the whole to £1956, is chiefly attributable to the larger amounts spent under the heads of “ Salaries,” “ Provisions,” « Works,” and “ Pub- lications.” As regards the “Salaries,” the increase is mainly due to the reappointment of a Prosector at the commencement of the year 1872, and to the placing of the Superintendent’s Assistant on the permanent staff. Augmentations have also been made in the salaries of some of the other officers. “ Provisions,” the Council fear, are, looking to the general rise of prices, and to the augmentation of the number of larger animals in the Collection, likely to be always an increasing item in the Society’s expenditure. Nearly 200 loads of hay are annually consumed in the Gardens ; and the high price of this article during the past year told ‘heavily against the Society. Under the head of « Works,” the increase of ordinary payments was mainly caused by an unusually large ex- penditure on the paths and walks in the Gardens. Nearly ‘the whole of these thoroughfares have been picked up and relaid in a superior manner during the last two years, and are consequently, as the Council believe, generally in a better condition than they have been for some time past. The scientific publications of 1872, as will be shown in a subsequent part of the Report, were more numerous and more costly than usual, and caused a considerable, expen- diture. But the Council believe that the Fellows will agree with them in considering that no expense should be spared necessary to keep up the efficiency of this branch of the Society’s undertakings, being that upon which the fame of the Society as a scientific body is mainly based. The augmentation of these four items, as above ex- plained, accounts for the greater portion of the increase of ordinary expenditure. The extraordinary expenditure of 1872 consisted of the following particulars :— Be £ Ss. d. New works in the Gardens . . . 2238 14 10 Special acquisition for the Menagerie 1250 0 -0 New Library and Menagerie Cata- logues }2., TL,E%5 p...-/..mmal . Sf | 8 22 £3576 3 ¥Y 8 These items will be spoken of and fully explained in subsequent parts of the Council’s Report. c. Davis Trust-fund. The interest of the Davis Bequest, the nature of which was fully explained to the Society in the last Report, amounted in 1872 to £58 11s. 10d. This sum the Council, after carefully considering various applications for it, again determined to devote to the use of the “ Zoological Record Association,” for assistance in the publication of the ‘ Zoological Record’ for 1872. d. Reserve Funds. The Society’s Reserve Fund consists of a sum of £8000 3 per Cents Reduced. The Council, however, have decided that the Reserve Fund ought to stand at a higher figure, and have deter- mined after the expiration of the present year to add to it in the following way :—first, by reinvesting the dividends received from the Reduced 3 per Cents at compound interest ; and secondly, by purchasing an additional sum of five hundred pounds-worth of like 3 per Cents every ear. : e. Assets and Liabilities. The Assets of the Society on the 31st of December 1872, and corresponding amounts on the 31st of December 1871, stand as follows :— December 31. 1871. 1872. ere fa: 7d. a ee ores Cash at the Bankers’ ......cccccsssevesceerecens 1128 17 11] 1956 6 4 Paid for £8000 Red. ©...s0c..s.seseseevessveress 7015 19 4] 751519 4 Arrears due for Annual Subscriptions ...... 516 0 O} 3865 0 O i BMMUVOLY LICKCLS\<...1s-.ceaceecess 1010 O 8 8 0 3) Bablications ......2.0..-..-0- 131 0 7} 180 1 38 ¥ », Garden Sales ...............00. 293 6 6 2411 2 ‘9 » RentforRefreshment-rooms}) 164 0 0 82 0 0 9759 14 4/10,532 6 1 Increase............ 7Vi2 Lh. 9.| seaeeettoese 10,532 6 1/10,532 6 1 9 The amount of Liabilities at the corresponding periods was estimated as follows :— December 31. 1871. 1872. SMES ACCA Vee File MEE pdtonty and. ASEH) ll ideasoncercccd. otek tac swautbeveces 292 1 5) 283 15 BES DED PE ee abt meet ata aae Cte os aod baat 1467 17 10} 2244 18 Temporary Loan How tip New Mod pens. cictde-cctoees +. sceaddoprartsees ober ot 267 11 Hor the New Bridgp' 2.2.55. settee «-veteegncn| Posese se tree. 6 95 0 For the Refreshment-r0om .ee.ssceseesesecee| ceceneceenecees 1599 O 5919 3) 5490 4 11 30)" 5 Billtepes.tessccesee 17 37 5490 4 11 Tncrease...coosscess f. General State of the Finances. Before concluding the financial part of their Report, the Council wish to call the attention of the Fellows of the Society to the subjoined Tables, in which the Income and Expenditure of every year of the Society since its existence are given. Columns are likewise added to show the ex- .traordinary expenditure of the Society in each year, the amount received for compositions, and the amount of the Reserve Fund. It will be observed that the average income of the Society during the last 12 years has been £23,389, while the average ordinary expenditure during the same time has only amounted to £19,146. It is evident, there- fore, that the financial position of the Society cannot be deemed otherwise than thoroughly satisfactory, since the extraordinary expenditure (to which the difference between the income and ordinary expenditure has been devoted) can be discontinued at any moment, when the state of affairs shall render it desirable. 10. Difference of | Extraordi-| Composi- | Reserve Year, Total Ordinary Income and | nary Ex- | tions Re- | Fund, Re- Income. | Hxpenditure. Ordinary | penditure.} ceived. /duced 3 per Expenditure. Cents. £ £ £ £ £ £ 1825-26] 1,829 697 UMASS Asai 1020 1827 4,078 4,375 — 297 1460 1828 | 11,512 | 10,374. 1,138 2360 1829 | 14,030 | 12,414 1,616 1200 | 1,052 1880 | 15,955 | 14,615 1,340 860 1831 | 17,559 | 15,913 1,646 780 | 2,108 1832 | 15,489 13,006 2,483 740 5,219 1833 | 14,839 | 13,152 1,687 570 | 7,011 1834 | 16,829 12,980 3,849 1170 9,203 1835 | 16,030 13,330 2,700 A480 | 12,292 1836. | 19,118 19,637 — 4519 670 | 10,660 1837 | 13,954 14,350 — 9396 500 | 11,558 1838 | 14,090 12,588 1,502 880 | 12,848 1889 | 13.497 | 13,637 210 370 | 13,710 1840 | 12,732 | 11,839 893 240 | 14,886 1841 | 11,612 10,931 681 120 | 14,886 1842 | 10,088 9,721 367 60 | 14,886 1843 | 9,137 | 12,858 | —3,721 12,257 1844 8,659 10,999 — 2,540 80 9,257 1845 | 8831 | 9290 | — 459 168 | 9,257 1846 8,305 8,611 — 306 249 9,257 1847 9 7 FEB MO O70 DPOB AT LI 100 | 6,972 1848 | 8165 | 8317 | — 152] 1505 50 | 6,000 1849 | 8,771 8,268 503 | 1312 120 | 4,800 1850 | 14,957 11,235 3,722 | 2348 300 5,000 1851 | 26,453 16,118 10,335 | 6261 300 | 10,000 1852 | 12,803 14,122 —1,519 | 3699 540 5,000 1853 | 17,508 14,901 2,607 | 2219 520 | 5,000. 1854 | 16,901 15,707 1,194 | 3556 900 3,000 1855 | 14,089 14,125 — 36 611 430 3,000 1856 | 15,279 15,410 — 131 429 330 3,000 1857 | 14,922 | 14,352 AMO [POLY 420 | 3,000 1858 | 14,034 12,070 1,964 125 270 4,500 1859 | 15,194 12,328 2,866 | 2016 690 5,000 1860 | 16,863 12,950 3,913 | 2999 840 6,000 1861 | 16,072 13,197 2,875 | 3776 450 6,000 1862 | 27,597 14,699 12,698 | 4014 900 | 14,000 1863 | 20,284 16,024 4,260 | 5227 1200 | 18,000 * Ige4 | 21,713 | 17,207 4,506 | 7681 | 1350 | 10,000 1865 | 23,457 18,721 4,756 | 4850 2430 | 10,000 1866 | 24,879 | 19,703 4,676 | 2714 | 1730 | 10,000 1867 | 25,041 | 21,556 3,485 | 4652 | 1830 | 10,000 1868 | 24,958 | 22/381 2577 | 3931 | 1410 | 10,000 1869 | 22,768 19,539 3,229 | 6209 630 7,000 1870 | 23,257 21,364 1,893 | 30438 630 | *7,000 1871 | 24,620 | 22,037 2,583 | 2371 990 | *8,000 1872 | 26,728 | 23324 3,404 | 3576 | 1350 | *8,000 * Exclusive of the Davis Bequest, which amounts to £1994 9s, 2d. Consols, 1l II], OFFICE, 11 Hanover Sauare. 1. Screntiric MEETINGS. To the meetings for the despatch of scientific business, held in the Society’s Rooms in Hanover Square in 1872, 143 communications were made. Of these 98 were from Fellows, 4 from Foreign Members, and 27 from Corresponding Members of the Society. The remain- ing 14 papers were from individuals not belonging to the Society, and were communicated to it by the Secretary or by other Members. The corresponding number of com- munications in the year 1871 was 161. These communications were submitted to the Committee of Publication, by whom the following orders were made respecting them. Five were ordered to be printed entire in the ‘ Transactions’ of the Society, and 93 in the ‘ Pro- ceedings,’ such illustrations being in every case allowed as the Committee considered necessary for the purpose. Of the remaining communications, abstracts or extracts were considered to be sufficient for publication. 2. Screntiric PUBLICATIONS. The third and last part of the volume of ‘ Proceedings ” for 1872 has been completed and issued to the Subscribers. The whole volume for 1872 contains 928 pages, and is illustrated by 75 plates (mostly coloured) and a large num- ber of woodcuts. The following Parts of the Society’s ‘Transactions’ have been issued during the year 1872 :— Vou. VII. Parr VIII. (January, 1872). Researches upon the Anatomy of the Pinnipedia. Part IT. Descriptive Anatomy of the Sea-lion (Otaria jubata). By James Murie, M.D., F.L.S., F.G.S., &c., Lecturer on Comparative Anatomy, Middlesex Hospital, late Prosector to the Zoological Society. With seven plates. Vou. VIII. Parr I. (March, 1872). On Risso’s Dolphin, Grampus griseus (Cuv.). By William 12 Henry Flower, F.R.S., F.R.C.S., V.P.Z.S., Hunterian Professor of Comparative Anatomy and Conservator of the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. With two plates. Vou. VIII. Parr II. (May, 1872). A List of the Birds known to inhabit the Island of Celebes. By Arthur, Viscount Walden, F.R.S., Presi- dent of the Society. With eight plates. Appendix to a List of Birds known to inhabit the Island of Celebes. By Arthur, Viscount Walden, F.R.S., President of the Society. With three plates. Vou. VIII. Parr III. (September, 1872). On Dinornis (Part XVII.): containing a Description of the Sternum and Pelvis, with an attempted Restoration, of Aptornis defossor, Ow. By Professor Owen, F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. With three plates. On the Form and Structure of the Manatee (Manatus americanus). By Dr. James Murie, F.L.S., F.G.S., &c: With ten plates. On the recent Ziphioid Whales, with a description of the Skeleton of Berardius arnouxi. By William Henry Flower, F.R.S., V.P.Z.S., Hunterian Professor of Com- parative Anatomy, and Conservator of the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons. With three plates. Two further parts of the Transactions (Parts IV. and V. of Vol. VIII.) have been finished since the commence- ment of the present year, and are now ready for distribu- tion. The new edition of the list of Vertebrates in the So- ciety’s Gardens, spoken of as being in the press at the date of the last year’s Report, was issued shortly afterwards under the following title :— “ Revised List of the Vertebrated Animals now or lately living in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, 1872.” This List contains the scientific and vernacular names of all the species of Vertebrates in the Society’s collection, arranged in systematic order, and forms a complete record of all the specimens that have been exhibited alive in the 13 Society’s Gardens during the past ten years. The total number of the species included in it is as follows :— Mammals 498, Birds 1044, Reptiles 181, Batrachians 35, Fishes 68 ; total 1826. The General Index to the ten years of the Society’s ‘ Proceedings,’ from 1861 to 1870, was also completed and issued during the past year. Both these new publications, as well as the three parts of ‘ Proceedings’ and the three parts of ‘ Transactions’ for the year, are distributed to all Subscribers of £1 1s. to the Publication Fund. 3. Liprary. The new Catalogue of the Society’s Library, mentioned as in progress in the last Report of the Council, was com- pleted by the Librarian, Mr. F. H. Waterhouse, in June last year, and can be had gratis on application by any Fellow of the Society. The press marks have been en- tered in two interleaved copies. The sum of £206 15s. 3d. has been devoted to the pur- chase of new zoological works for the Library during the past year. Besides these additions, the Society’s Library has re- ceived, during the year 1872, Transactions and Proceedings from the following Institutions :— ENGLAND. The Royal Society, London. Proceedings, vol. xx. nos, 131-139. Catalogue of Scientific Papers, vol. vi. : Philosophical Transactions, vol. clxi. parts 1, 2; vol. exlii. part 1. The Linnean Society, London. Journal (Botany), vol. xiii. nos. 66, 67, 68. (Zoology), vol. xi. no. 55. Transactions, vol. xxvii. part 4; yol. xxviii. parts 1, 2. Additions to the Library from June 1871 to June 1872. The Royal Geographical Society, London. Proceedings, vol. xvi. nos, 1, 2, 3. Address, 1872. Journal, vol. xli. Library Catalogue, 1872, 14 The Geological Society, London. Journal, vol, xxviii. parts 1, 2, 3. List of Fellows of the Society. The Royal Institution of Great Britain. Proceedings, vol. vi. part 5. The Royal United Service Institution. Journal, vol. xv. no. 65 ; vol. xvi. nos. 66, 67 The British Association. Report for 1871. The Royal Society of Literature. Transactions, vol. x. part 1. Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain. Journal, New Series, vol. v. part 2. The Society of Arts. Journal, 1872. The Royal Agricultural Society of Great Britain. Journal, vol. vii. part 2; vol. viii. parts 1, 2. The Pharmaceutical Society. Pharmaceutical Journal, 1872. The Entomological Society of London. Transactions, 1871, parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 1872, parts 1, 2, 3. The Quekett Microscopical Club. Journal, January, April, July 1872. List of Members, 1871. The Geological and Polytechnic Society of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Leeds. Proceedings, New Series, part 1. The Philosophical and Literary Society, Leeds. Annual Reports for 1871-72. The Yorkshire Philosophical Society. Communications, 1871. The Norfolk and Norwich Naturalist’s Society. Transactions, 1870-72, 15 The Royal Institution of Cornwall. Journal, April 1872. The Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. Proceedings, no. 25, 1870-71. The Hull Literary and Philosophical Society. Annual Report for 1871-72. The Public Free Libraries, Manchester. Nineteenth and Twentieth Annual Reports, 1870-72. Literary and Philosophical Society, Manchester. Proceedings, vol. xi. nos. 7-12. Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society. Annual Report, 1871-72. _ SCOTLAND. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Transactions, vol. xxvi. parts 2, 3. Proceedings, vol. vii. no. 82. ' East Inpizs. The Asiatic Society of Bengal. Proceedings, 1871, September to December. , 1872, January to August. Journal, 1871, part 2, nos. 3, 4. -, 1872, part 1, no. 1. —,, 1872, part 2, nos. 1, 2. The Asiatic Society of Bengal—North-China Branch. Journal, New Series, no. 6, 1869-70, The Society of Arts and Sciences, Batavia. Notulen, deel ix. (1871). Tijdschrift, deel xviii. afl. 3, 4, xx. afl. 3. Eerste Vervolg Catalogus des Biblotheek, 1872, AUSTRALASIA. The New-Zealand Institute. Transactions, vol, iv, 16 The Victorian Patent Office, Melbourne. Patents and Patentees &c. The Royal Society of Tasmania. Proceedings, 1870. MAURITIUS. Royal Society of Arts and Sciences. Transactions, New Series, vol. v. 1871. AMERICA. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. American Journal of Conchology, vol. vii. pts. 2, 3, 4. Proceedings, 1872. The Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Annual Report, 1870. The Lyceum of Natural History, New York. Annals, vol. x. nos. 1-7. Proceedings, vol. i. pp. 1-236. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge. Memoirs, New Series, vol. x. part 1. The American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia. Proceedings, vol. xii. no, 2. The Franklin Institute. Journal, January to December 1872. The Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Bulletin, vol. ii. nos. 4, 5. —, vol. iii. no. 1. Catalogue of the Museum, nos. 4, 5, 6. Annual Report, 1870-71. Orleans County Society of Natural Sciences. Transactions, vol. i. nos, 1, 3. FRANCE. The Zoological Society of Acclimatation, Paris. Bulletin, January to December 1872. 17 The Entomological Society of France, Paris. Annales, 5° série, tom. i. The Museum of Natural History, Paris. Nouvelles Archives, tomes vi. vii. The Imperial Academy of Sciences, Lyons. Annales, 4° série, tomes i, ii, Russia. The Imperial Society of Naturalists of Moscow. Bulletin, 1871, nos. 3, 4. -— , 1872, no. 1. The Royal Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg. Bulletin, xvii. nos. 1-3. Mémoires, xvii. nos. 11, 12. ——,, xviii. nos. 1-7. The Entomological Society of Russia, St. Petersburg. Hore, tom. viii. no. 5. —, ix. no. l. The Academy of Kazan. Proceedings, 1868, pts. 3-6. ——,, 1869, pts. 1-5. , 1870, pts. 1, 2. ——, 187], pts. 1-3. SCANDINAVIA. The Royal Danish Society of Sciences, Copenhagen. Oversigt, 1871, no. 2. Thermochemiske Untersoglser, part x. ved Julius Thomsen. The Royal Society of Sciences, Upsala. Nova Acta, ser. 3. vol. viii. fase. 1. Bulletin Meteorologicum, vol. i. nos, 1-12. — , vol. ii. nos. 7-12. ; —, vol, iii. nos. 1-12. PorRTUGAL. The, Royal Academy of Sciences, Lisbon. Journal, no, 12, December 1871. 18 SwITZERLAND. The Natural-History Society, Bern. Mittheilungen, 1871. Verhandlungen, 1871. The Natural-History Society, Zurich. Vierteljahrsschrift, Jahrg. 1871. ITALY. The Italian Society of Natural Sciences, Milan. Atti, vol. xiv. fase. 3, 4. , vol. xy. fase. 1. The Royal Academy of Sciences, Turin. Atti, vol. vii. disp. 1-7. Bullettino Meteorologico, anno vi. The Society of Natural Sciences, Padova. Atti, vol. ii. fase. 1, 2. HOLLaAnp. The Dutch Society of Sciences, Haarlem. Archives Néerlandaises, tom. vii. liv. 1-3. The Royal Academy of Sciences; Amsterdam. Verslagen (Naturkunde), tweede reeks, zesde deel. (Letterkunde), tweede reeks, tweede deel. Jaarboek, 1871. Processen-verbaal, 1871-72. GERMANY. The Imperial Academy of Sciences, Vienna. Sitzungsbericht, 1871, Abth. i. pts. 6-10. , 1871, Abth. ii. pts. 6-10. Denkschriften, Bd. xxxi. The Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Berlin. Monatsbericht, November, December, 1871. ——, January to August, 1872. The Society of Friends of Natural History, Berlin. Sitzungsbericht, 1871. 19 The Senckenbergian Natural-History Society, Frankfort. Abhandlungen, Band viii. Heft 1, 2. Bericht, 1870-71. The Royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich. Sitzungsbericht, 1871, Heft 2, 3. , 1872, Heft 4. Abhandlungen, Band xi. Abth. 1. The Zoological Society of Frankfort. Zoologische Garten, January to June, and September, 1872. The Zoological and Botanical Society of Vienna. Verhandlungen, Bd. xxi. 1871. G. Ritter von Frauenfeld. Die Grundlagen des Vogelschutz- gesetzes. —. Der Vogelschutz. Die Pflege der Jungen bei Thieren, Dr. Max Nowicki. Ueber die Weizenverwiisterin teeniopus. G. Kiinstler, Die unseren Kulturpflanzen schiidlichen Insekten. The Natural-History Society, Halle. Bericht, 1870. The Natural-History Union, Hamburg. Abhandlungen, Band y. Abth, 2. Uebersicht, Jahre 1869-70, The Society of Sciences, Gottingen. Nachrichten, 1871. Abhandlungen, Band xvi. Donations of Works, Memoirs, and Papers have also been received from :—Professor Louis Agassiz; John Anderson, Esq.; Monsieur A. Bertrand; Professor Bianconi; Monsieur Alf. Preudhomme de Borre; the Trustees of the British Museum; Dr. H. Burmeister; Professor G. Canestrini; Professor Cornalia; Monsieur H. Crosse; Professor J. D. Dana; Surgeon Francis Day ; Monsieur Eugéne E. Deslongchamps; Professor P. Doder- lem; Dr. Alphonse Dubois; H. J. Elwes, Esq.; Dr. Anton Fritsch; Dr. C. W. C. Fuchs; Signor E. H. Giglioli; Monsieur A. Grandidier; J. H. Gurney, Esq.; A. J. Harvey, Esq.; Dr. F. V. Hayden; F. W. Hutton, Esq.; Professor A.W. Malm; Monsieur Alphonse Milne- Edwards; Dr. Murie; Dr. Ladislau Netto; Professor B2 20 Newton; Professor Owen; Dr. August Paulicki; Dr. A. M. Ross; Dr. J. E. A. Sahlertz ; Count Salvadori; P. L. Sclater, Esq.; Dr. C. Semper; R. B. Sharpe, Esq.; Dr. H. Troschel; A. Wilson, Esq.; F. York, Esq. III. GARDENS, REGENT’S PARK. 1. BuritpInGs AND Works. The most important work in the Society’s Gardens pro- ceeded with during the past year was the bridge over the Regent’s Park Canal, intended to connect the Society’s new grounds on the north. bank with the present Gardens. This was completed in October last, by the contractors, Messrs. D. Cross and Son, ata total cost of £1333 13s. 8d. Of this sum, £1214 2s. 6d. was paid in 1872 and charged to the Extraordinary Expenditure of the year. The balance has since been paid off, and will form part of the Extra- ordinary Expenditure of the current year. The new Lodge in the North Gardens, opposite Primrose Hill, was commenced in July last, and has since been completed. The portion of the new Gardens lying between the bridge and the lodge has been put into temporary order; and the new entrance was opened to the public for the first time on Haster Monday. So soon as this new mode of access to the Society’s Gardens becomes more generally known, there can be no doubt that it will be made great use of, especially by the many Fellows of the Society and visitors to the Gardens that live in the populous districts to the north of the Regent’s Park. The sum of £400 was paid on account of the New Lodge in 1872; and an expenditure of £246 3s. was incurred in preparing the arrangement of the grounds, walks, and buildings in the new North Gardens. The sum of £229 2s. 9d. was spent in putting a new and more conveniently arranged iron front and new doors and bars to the Hippopotamus-house, in anticipation of the -birth of another young one. These four items, added to the cost of several smaller new works (altogether £149 6s. 7d.) amounted together to £2238 14s. 10d., which, as above mentioned, was the total extraordinary expenditure on new Works in the Society’s Gardens in 1872. 21 2. ProsrctTor’s DEPARTMENT. The new Prosector, Mr. Alfred Henry Garrod, B.A., Scholar of St. John’s College, Cambridge, entered upon his duties on the 1st of January, 1872, and remained in assiduous discharge of them throughout the year. Besides the ordinary official duties of keeping up the registers of deaths and dissections, and disposing of the dead animals for the Society’s benefit, Mr. Gariod made several im- portant communications to the Scientific Meetings in 1872, which will be found printed in the Society’s ‘ Proceedings.’ Mr. Garrod is at present directing special attention to the anatomy of birds—a subject which has hitherto re- ceived scant attention, and in which, looking to the unri- valled facilities afforded by the Society’s extensive collection, he cannot fail.to do good work for science. 3. VISITORS. The total number of visitors to the Society’s Gardens during the year.1872 was 648,088, being 52,171 more than the corresponding number in 1871, as will be seen by the following Table :— Abts, a ee ea ed 1871. 1872. | Comparison. a Fellows and Friends .............ceeee0.... 157,610 | 167,402 | Incr. 9,792 On ordinary days at ls.each_ | 12 7,969 | 139,396 | Incr. 11,427 | On Mondays and other days \ Paying at 6d. each ..........ccececes 261,900 | 291,341 | Iner. 20,441 _—_—_—— i 2 - Neneh en ae et} | 845688 | 30,497 | nee Mifecadmision wren t6 | 13,750 | 10452 [Deer 320 4,809 —_—_——— 595,917 | 648,088 | Incr. 52,171 The following Table gives the number of visitors to the Society’s Gardens in each year since they were first opened, It will be observed that there were a greater number of entrances in 1872 than in any of the precedin years, except the two Exhibition years 1851 and 1862, and that a most satisfactory and regular increase of visitors has taken place every year for the past 10 years. 22 Statement of the Number of Visitors to the Society’s Gardens during each Year, from the Year 1828 to the Year 1872. Year. 1828 .... 1829 .... LEO sic, ih B leleiaagliee 1352 oa. 5 1833 .... 1834 .... Lesa... = SOD ake POOP lt. 38 18881).44 1889. G0 1840 .... iBor bade blac, 1842 .. 1843" 20% 1844 . 1845 .... 1846 wi. « 1847 .. 1848) °5. .% ED ae loa 1850 .... Number. 98,605 189,913 223,420 262,193 206,652 211,343 208,583 210,068 263,372 173,778 179,197 158,432 141,009 132,616 107,459 98,280 101,527 99,615 100,045 93,546 143,630 168,895 360,402 Year. 1861 . 1872 F1SBb lol... 48b2 outs L858 psane' 1854 .... (E: PSSGr sos 4 SOL cues TBOO los se hs 5 Sevres 1860 .... PIBSEZ ICI 1863 .... 1864 .... W860" TS ee 1866 .. i oly eae L868) s)s8 1869 .... LES 70 wissve Lapa d Number. 667,243 305,203 409,076 407,676 315,002 344,184 339,217 351,580 364,356 394,906 381,837 682,205 468,700 507,169 525,176 527,349 556,214 573,186 572,848 573,004 595,917 648,088 * Year of the Great Exhibition. } Year of the International Exhibition. The next Table shows the mode in which these visitors were distributed through the differentmonths of the past year, and gives the corresponding numbers in 1870 and 1871 :— January February August September October November December see eee cee wees ee ew ew ee ee eet ew ee 573,004 1870. 1871. 14,250 heel) raat 9,769 14,573 16,931 29,965 80,901 69,637 Maes 62,164 95,355 pore. 109,307 66,530 79,971 92,809 78,037 | 87,296 oe 58,069 61,349 34,144 | 37,930 pei al 14,207 13,605 Belek 15,254 19,151 1872. 16,958 21,020 29,360 76,712 105,118 67,810 79,941 80,212 70,335 27,766 21,788 51,068 595,917 |. 648,088 23 On the 20th of May, 1872 (being the popular holiday of Whit-Monday) the number of entrances recorded at the gates was 44,608. This is the greatest number of visitors ever admitted to the Society’s Gardens in any one day since they were opened to the public. The nearest approach to this number was on 21st of May, 1866, when the number of entrances was 36,506. 4, MENAGERIE. The number of animals of the first three classes of Vertebrates in the Society’s Gardens at the close of the year 1872 was 2010, showing a slight but unimportant decrease in comparison with the corresponding period of 1871, as will appear from the following Table :— December 31. 1871. 1872. Comparison. Decr. 17 Quadrupeds....,......+++. 573 ‘Birds: *Acgssavessccspessene 1208. | Decr. 19 LES EFA teers 5 229 Decr. 26 2010 The most noticeable occurrence that took place in the Menagerie in 1872, was the birth and successful rearing of a young Hippopotamus, which has now attained the age of nearly six months. The two former young ones of the same mother, born in 1871, were both lost soon after their births ; and the same result having also occurred in every instance of this animal having bred on the continent except on one single occasion, it was considered hardly probable that a favourable issue would take place, although every precaution was adopted to ensure it. An additional feature of great interest on the present occasion is the fact of the young Hippopotamus having been reared by its mother—the only young one reared at Amsterdam having been removed from its parent and brought up by hand. In order to commemorate this interesting event, and in acknowledgment of the great skill and care shown by Mr. Bartlett upon this occasion, and of the services he has rendered generally to the Society, the Council determined to present him with the Silver Medal of the Society. The 24 Bronze Medal of the Society was likewise given to the two keepers Michael Prescott and Arthur Thompson, in acknowldgement of their services on this occasion. Another important occurrence for the Society’s Mena- gerie in 1872 was the acquisition of specimens of two Two-horned Rhinoceroses, both of them new to the collec- tion, and one of them previously altogether unknown to naturalists. The first of these was purchased in February 1872, from Mr. William Jamrach, the well-known dealer in living animals, for the sum of £1250, which sum was charged to the extraordinary expenditure of the year. This animal was at first believed to be the Sumatran Rhinoceros, although it had been obtained in Chittagong, far from the generally recognized locality of that species. When, how- ever, a few months afterwards a specimen of the true Su- matran Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sumatrensis) was acquired, the differences between the two animals became sufficiently obvious, and the former was named by the Secretary the Hairy-eared Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros lasiotis) . Full particulars concerning these two animals have been published in the Society’s scientific publications. The Hairy-eared Rhinoceros is still alive and in excellent health and condition in the Society’s Gardens; but the Sumatran specimen, which appears to have been a very old individual, died suddenly in September last. The opportunity of comparing the two species is therefore, for the present, lost; but the Council have every expectation of being able to replace the Sumatran animal before long. The total number of registered additions to the Society’s Menagerie in 1872 was 1344. The most remarkable accessions to the collection during the year 1872 are given in the following List of species, which are not enumerated in the “ Revised List of Verte- prates ” above alluded to. 25 List of Species added to the List of Vertebrates during the year 1872. Class MAMMALIA. Order QUADRUMANA. © Family CERCOPITHECIDA. Genus Crercoriruecus. Cercopithecus campbelli, Waterh. Campbell’s Monkey. Hab. West Coast of Africa. a. Female. Presented by Mrs. E. Ivey, June 15, 1872. Genus Macacus. Macacus rheso-similis, Sclater. Rhesus-like Monkey. Hab. East Indies, a. Male. Purchased, Feb. 15, 1872. See P. Z. 8. 1872, p- 495, pl. xxv. Macacus arctoides, Is. Geoftr. Brown Monkey. Hab. Burmah. a. Male. Presented by Mr: Oscar Fraser, Feb. 14, 1872. Specimen figured, P. Z. 8. 1872, p. 203, pl. xu. 6, Female. Presented by Lieut. Burne, Feb. 14, 1872. See P. Z. 8. 1872, p. 494. c. Female. Purchased, Feb. 14, 1872. See P. Z. 8. 1872, p. 494. Macacus rufescens, Anderson. Reddish Macaque. Hab. Kast Indies. a. Male. Purchased, Feb. 14, 1872. See P. Z. 8. 1872, p- 495, pl. xxrv. 26 Family CEBID A. Genus Mycetes. Mycetes fuscus, Kuhl. Brown Howler. Hab. Brazil. a, Male. Purchased, Nov. 8, 1872. Order CHIROPTERA. Family VESPERTILIONIDA. Genus VESPERTILIO. Vespertilio nattereri, Kuhl. Natterer’s Bat. Hab. British Isles. 2 a, 6, Presented by the Lord Lilford, F.Z.8., July 19, 1872. See P. Z.8. 1872, p. 790. Order CARNIVORA. Family FELID A&A. Genus Fetis. Felis planiceps, Vig. & Horsf. Red Tiger Cat. . Hab. Malacca. a. Purchased, Dec. 14,1872. See P. Z. 8. 1873, p. 2. Family VIVERRIDA. Genus VIVERRICULA. Viverricula schlegeli, Pollen. Schlegel’s Civet. Hab. Comoro Islands. a, Presented by C. E. Beusher, Esq., Oct. 28,1872. From Johannah, Comoro Islands, Seo P. Z.8. 1872, p. 862. . Order RODENTIA. Family SCIURIDZ. Genus Scrurvs. Sciurus griseopectus, Blyth. Grey-breasted Squirrel. Hab. China. a. Male. Presented by R. Swinhoe, Esq., F.Z.S., Nov. 9 1872. See P. Z.8. 1872, p. 818. 3 Sciurus erythropus, F.Cuv. White-banded Squirrel. - Hab. West Africa. a,b. Presented by James R. Philpot, Esq., Nov. 21, 1872. Genus Tamras. Tamias striatus (Linn.). Chipping Squirrel. Hab. North America. a,b. Purchased, Aug. 29, 1872. Genus Preromys. Pteromys magnificus, Hodgs. Red-bellied Flying Squirrel. Hab. Himalayas. a. Purchased, April 11, 1872. See P. Z. 8. 1872, p. 635, pl. 1. Genus Sciuroprerus. Sciuropterus fimbriatus, Gray. Grey Flying Squirrel. Hab. Northern India. a. Presented by Capt. the Hon. G. Napier, Dec. 11, 1872, Order UNGULATA. Family RHINOCEROTIDA. Genus RHINOCEROS. Rhinoceros lasiotis, Sclater. Hairy-eared Rhinoceros. Hab. Chittagong. a. Female. Purchased, Feb. 14,1872. Sce P. Z.8. 1872, pp. 185, 493, pl. xx, et p. 790. Rhinoceros sumatrensis, Cuvier. Sumatran Rhinoceros. Hab. Malacca. a. Female. Purchased, Aug. 21,1872. See P. Z.8. 1872, p. 790, pl. rxvit. Family BOVID A. Genus Oryx. Oryx beatriz, Gray. Beatrix Antelope. Hab. Arabia. a. Deposited, March 26, 1872. See P. Z. S. 1872, p. 603. Family CERVIDA. Genus Crrvus. Cervus rufus, F. Cuv. Red Brocket. Hab. Brazil. a. Male; b. Female. Purchased, May 24,1872. From Maranham. Class AVES. Order PASSERES. Family TURDIDA. Genus Sytvia. Sylvia cinerea, Lath. Common Whitethroat. Hab. British Isles, a. Purchased, May 3, 1872. Family PARIDZ. Genus Parus. Parus ceruleus, Linn. Blue Tit. Hab. British Isles. a, b. Received in exchange, Jan. 4, 1872. Parus palustris, Linn. Marsh-Tit. Hab. British Isles. a. Male; 6, Female. Purchased, Jan. 31, 1872. Parus major, Linn. Great Tit. Hab. British Isles. a,b, Received in exchange, Jan. 4, 1872. 30 Family CRATEROPODID A. Genus STRUTHIDEA, Struthidea cinerea, Gould. Grey Struthidea. Hab. Australia. a, b. Received in exchange, Mar. 9, 1872. See P. Z.8. 1872, p. 603 c. Purchased, Noy. 22, 1872. Family PYCNONOTIDZ. Genus Pycnonotvs. Pycnonotus hemorrhous (Gm.). Red-vented Bulbul. Hab. India. a. Purchased, May 9, 1872. Family NECTARINIIDA. Genus ZostERors. Zosterops lateralis. Lateral White-eye. Hab. New Zealand. a-f. Presented by Mr, Bills, Aug. 31, 1872. Family TANAGRIDA, Genus EvPHonIA. Euphonia crassirostris, Sclater. Thick-billed Violet Tan- ager. Hab. Central America. a. Presented by Mr. Davidson, June 28, 1872, 21 Family PLOCEIDA. Genus AMADINA. Amadina bicolor, Fraser. Cape-Palmas Finch. Hab. West Africa, a,b. Purchased, April 3, 1872. Family FRINGILLIDA. Genus PassEr. Passer petronella (Bp.). Yellow-throated Sparrow. Hab. Africa. a-d. Purchased, Feb. 13, 1872. Genus SERINUS. Serinus canicollis. Grey-necked Serin Finch. Hab. Cape of Good Hope. a. Received in exchange, July 8, 1872. " Genus ZonorTrRicHIA. Zonotrichia albicollis (Gm.). White-throated Song- Sparrow. Hab. North America. a,b. Purchased, Feb, 16, 1872. Zonotrichia pileata (Bodd.). Pileated Song-Sparrow. Hab. North America. a. Received in exchange, July 8, 1872, Genus Pirito. Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linn.). Red-eyed Ground-Finch. Hab. North America. a. Purchased, Feb. 16, 1872. Family ALAUDID&. Genus AtaupA. Alauda cristata (Linn.). Crested Lark. Hab. India. a. Male; 6. Female. Purchased, June 18, 1872. Alauda gulgula (Franklin). Indian Sky-Lark. Hab. India. a. Purchased, June 18, 1872. Genus Mirarra. Mirafra affinis (Jerdon). Madras Bush-Lark. Hab. India. a. Purchased, June 18, 1872. Family ICTERIDA. Genus IctrErus. Icterus vulgaris (Daud.). Common Hang-nest. Hab. South America. a. Purchased, May 1, 1871. Genus APnosus. Aphobus chopi, Vieill. Chopi Starling. Hab. Brazil. a, Purchased, January 11, 1872. b. Purchased, May 14, 1872. Family STURNID A. Genus AcRIDOTHERES. Aeridotheres mahrattensis (Sykes). Southern Brown Mynah. Hab. Southern India. a. Purchased, May 14, 1872. See Blyth, Ibis, 1872, p. 79. Family CORVIDA. Genus CyANnocorAx. Cyanocoraz incas (Bodd). Peruvian Blue Jay. Hab. Columbia. a, 6, Purchased, June 17, 1872. Genus DrnprociTta. Dendrocitta sinensis (Lath.). Chinese Tree-Pie. Hab. China. a, Presented by R. Swinhoe, Esq., F.Z.S., Nov. 9, 1872. Order CYPSELI. Family CAPRIMULGIDA. Genus CaprimuLeus. Caprimulgus europeus, Linn. Common Nightjar. Hab. Europe. a, b. Deposited, Aug, 9, 1872. 34 Order PICI. Family PICIDA. Genus Picus. Picus minor (Linn.). Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. Hab. British Isles. a. Purchased, Sept. 2, 1872. Order COCCYGES. Family ALCEDINID. Genus Hatcyon. Halcyon vagans (Less.). New-Zealand Kingfisher. Hab. New Zealand. a—c. Received in exchange, Oct. 2, 1872. Family CUCULIDA. Genus CENTROPUS. Centropus phasianus (Lath.). Pheasant Coucal. Hab. New South Wales. a. Purchased, March 5, 1872. See P. Z.8, 1872, p, 603. Family RAMPHASTID A. Genus RAMPHASTOS. Ramphastos vitellinus, Licht. Sulphur-and-white-breasted Toucan. Hab. South Amcrica. a. Purchased, March 7, 1872. 35 Genus PrerocLossus. Pteroglossus wiedi, Sturm. Maximilian’s Aracari. Hab. Brazil. a. Received in exchange, Noy. 22,1872, See P.Z.8. 1872, p- 862. Family PSITTACID. Genus Ara. Ara hahni, Souancé. Hahn’s Macaw. Hab. Guiana. a, 6. Purchased, Jan. 9, 1872. Genus Conurws. Conurus cruentatus (Max.). Red-cared Conure. Hab. South America. _ a, b. Purchased Sept. 26, 1872. Genus BroroceErys. Brotogerys tovt (Gm.). Tovi Parrakeet. Hab. Columbia. a. Purchased, June 28, 1872. Genus CyANORHAMPHUS. Cyanorhamphus alpinus (Buller). Alpine Parrakeet. Hab. New Zealand. a, b. Purchased, Sept. 23,1872. See P.Z.S. 1872, p. 795. Genus Loricutvs. Loriculus asiaticus (Latham). Ceylonese Hanging Parra- keet. Hab. Ceylon. a,b, Purchased, Nov. 22, 1872. c 2 36 Genus Lortvs. Lorius domicella (Linn.). Purple-capped Lory. Hab. Moluccas. a. Purchased, Jan. 24, 1872. Genus CHALCOPSITTA. Chalcopsitta scintillata (Temm.). Red-fronted Lory. Hab. New Guinea. a. Purchased, Nov. 22,1872. See P. Z.S. 1872, p. 862. Genus Nestor. Nestor notabilis, Gould. Kea, or Mountain-Parrot. Hab. New Zealand. a, Presented by the Acclimatization Society of Canterbury, N. Z., Aug. 31, 1872. See P. Z.8. 1872. p, 795. Order STEGANOPODES. Family PLOTIDA. Genus Puiorus. Plotus anhinga, Linn. American Darter. Hab. Brazil. a, Purchased, Dec. 28,1872, From Maranham. See P, Z.8. 1878, p. 3. : oF Order HERODIONES., Family PLATALEID A. Genus Jats. Ibis nippon, Temm. Nippon Ibis. Hab. China. a. Presented by R. Swinhoe, Esq., F.Z.S., Nov. 9, 1872. See P. Z. 8. 1872, p. 862. Order ANSERES. Family PALAMEDEID. Genus CHAUNA. Chauna chavaria (Linn.). Crested Screamer. Hab. Buenos Ayres. a. Presented by A.C. Maxwell, Esq., March 22,1872. See P. Z.8. 1872, p. 603. b. Presented by Higford Burr, Esq., F.Z.8., March 25, 1872. See P. Z.8. 1872, p. 603. Order GALLIN. Family PHASIANID A. Genus CALLIPEPLA. Callipepla gambelli (Nutt.). Gambel’s Partridge. Hab. California. a, b, Received in exchange, Aug. 29, 1872. See P.Z.8. 1872, p. 795. 38 Family CRACIDZ. Subfamily PENELOPINA, Genus ORTALIDA. Ortalida albiventris (Wagl.). White-bellied Guan. Hab. Brazil. a. Purchased, Dec. 18, 1872. Order ALECTORIDES. Family OTID A. Genus Evropotis. * Eupodotis denhami (Children), Denham’s Bustard. Hab. West Coast of Africa. a, Presented by C. D. O’Connor, Esq., March 19,1872. See “PZ. 8. 1872, p..603. b. Presented by H.E. Governor Ussher, March 19, 1872. See P.Z.8. 1872, p. 603. , Order GRALL. Family SCOLOPACID Ai. Genus Himanrtoprvs. Himantopus nigricollis, Vieill. Black-necked Stilt. Hab. Brazil. . a. Purchased, Dec. 28, 1872. From Maranham. See P. Z.8. 1873, p. 2, 39 Order GAVLA. Family LARIDA. Genus Larus. Larus canus (Linn.). Common Gull. Hab. British Isles. a. Presented by Dr. Stewart, Aug. 16, 1872. Order PYGOPODES. Family ALCIDA. Genus Urta. Uria troile, Linn. Common Guillemot. Hab. British Isles. a, b. sce by W. H. Scratten, Esq., F.Z.S., Sept. 25, Order CRYPTURIL. Family TINAMIDA. Genus Cryprurus. Crypturus noctivagus, Max. Banded Tinamou. Hab. Brazil. a-¢. Purchased, Aug. 29, 1872. 40 Crypturus obsoletus (Temm.). Obsolete Tinamou. Hab. Brazil. a. Purchased, Aug. 29, 1860. Order STRUTHIONES. Family APTERYGID&. Genus APTERYX. Apteryx australis, Shaw. Kiwi. Hab. South Island, New Zealand. a. Received in exchange, Oct. 10,1872. See P. Z.8. 1872, p. 861, Class REPTILIA. Order TESTUDINATA. Family TESTUDINIDA. Genus TEstupo. Testudo stellata, Schw. Starred Tortoise. Hab. Ceylon. a, b. Presented by W. Vincent Legge, Esq., R.A., C.M.ZS., Nov. 2, 1872. c. Presented by Capt. Wilkinson, Dec. 11, 1872. Testudo mauritanica, D. & B. Algerian Tortoise. Hab. Southern Spain. a. Deposited, June 28, 1872. b. Presented by W. Heslop, Esq., September 17, 1872. From the Crimea. 4] Testudo semiserrata, Smith. Semiserrated Tortoise. Hab. Cape Colony. ac. Presented by Dr. George Grey, U.M.Z.S., Jan. 25, 1872. See P.Z.8. 1872, p. 182. Genus Homopvs. Homopus areolatus (Thunb.). Areolated Tortoise. Hab. Cape Colony. a—d. Presented by Dr. George Grey, C.M.Z8., Jan. 25, 1872. From Cradock. See P. Z.8. 1872, p. 184. Family EMYDIDA. Genus CLEMmys. Clemmys decussata (Bell). Hicotee Terrapin. Hab. Jamaica. a, 6. Purchased, Jan. 28, 1872. Clemmys trijuga, Schweig. Ceylonese Terrapin. Hab. Ceylon. a, 6. Presented by Capt. Wilkinson, Dec. 11, 1872. Order CROCODILIA. Family CROCODILIDA. . Genus Gaviatis. Gavialis gangeticus (Gm.). Gayial. Hab. Ganges. a. Presented by Dr. John Anderson, Dec. 11, 1872. See P.Z.8. 1873, p, 1. 42 Order SAURIA. Family AGAMIDZ. Genus LyRIOCEPHALUS. Lyriocephalus scutatus (Linn.). Knob-nosed Lizard. Hab. Ceylon. a-c. Presented by H. M. Moseley, Esq., March 11, 1872. See P. Z. 8. 1872, p. 603. Family LACERTID. Genus LAcrertTa. Lacerta muralis, Merr. Wall-Lizard. Hab. Europe. a, b. Presented by F. Coleman, Esq., May 9, 1872. Family SEPIDA. Genus Srprs. Seps tridactylus, Laur. Three-toed Seps. Hab. §. Europe. a-c. Presented by W. C. Tait, Esq., July 30, 1872. From Portugal. Order OPHIDIA. Family COLUBRIDA. Genus CoRoNELLA. Coronella phocarum, Giinth. Robben-Island Snake. Hab. Robben Island, South Africa. a. Presented by G. H. B. Fisk, Esq., Sept. 24, 1872. See Giinther, P. Z. 8. 1872, p, 795 et p. 836. 43 Genus ZAMENIS. Zamenis caudilineatus, Ginth. Lineated Snake. Hab. Asia Minor. a. Purchased, June 10, 1872. Genus TRoPIpONOTUs. Tropidonotus leberis (Linn.). Seven-banded Snake. Hab. North America. a,b. Purchased, Aug. 6, 1872. c-t. Bred in the Gardens, Aug. 27, 1872. Family PSAMMOPHID&. Genus PsaMMopHIs. Psammophis elegans, Shaw. Slender Sand-Snake. Hab. West Coast of Africa. a-e. Presented by C. B. Mosse, Esq., C.M.Z.S., July 4, 1872. Class BATRACHIA. Order ANURA. Family BOMBINATORID A. Genus BomBINATOR. Bombinator pachypus, Bp. Italian Fire-bellied Toad. Hab, Italy. a, b. se by Prof. H, Giglioli, C.M.Z.S., May 22, AA. Class PISCES. Family SQUALID. Genus ACANTHIAS. Acanthvas vulgaris, Risso. Picked Dogfish. Hab. British Seas. a-c. Purchased, July 18, 1872. Family TRACHINID. Genus TRACHINUS. Trachinus vipera, C. & V. Lesser Weever. Hab. British Isles. a-c. Purchased, April 12, 1872. amily GADID/. Genus Gapus. Gadus merlangus (Linn.). Whiting. Hab. British Seas. Family PETROMYZONTID A. Genus PETROMYZON. Petromyzon marinus, Linn. Sea-Lamprey. Hab. British Seas. a. Purchased, April 12, 1872. 45 List or ANIMALS WHICH HAVE BEEN BRED IN THE GARDENS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BETWEEN THE IsT OF JANUARY 1872 AND THE Ist or January 1873. MAMMALS. 1 Mongoose Lemur (Lemur mongoz). 1 Collared Fruit-Bat (Cynonycteris collaris). 1 White-eared Fruit-Bat (Cynonycteris marginatus). 4. Lions (Felis leo). 2 Leopards (Felis pardus). 2 Spotted Hyznas (Hyena crocuta). 2 Marsh-Ichneumons (Herpestes paludosus) . 2 Tibetan Wolves (Canis laniger). 9 Cuming’s Octodons (Octodon cumingit). 2 Quebec Marmots (Arctomys empetra). 1 Canadian Beaver (Castor canadensis) . 1 Crested Porcupine (Hystriz cristata). 1 Crested Agouti (Dasyprocta cristata). 1 Golden Agouti (Dasyprocta agouti). 1 Crab-eating Raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), 1 Burchell’s Zebra (Equus burchellii). 2 Hippopotami (Hippopotamus amphibius). 1 Aoudad (Ovis tragelaphus). 2 Markhoors (Capra megaceros). 2 Elands (Oreas canna). 1 Cape-Buffalo (Bubalus caffer). 1 Hybrid Gayal, between Bos indicus g and half-bred ? of the same species. 1 Philantomba Antelope (Cephalophus mazrwellii). 1 Hybrid Mouflon (between Ovis aries g and Ovis musimon 9). 1 Zebu (Bos indicus). 1 Axis Deer (Cervis avis). 1 Wapiti Deer (Cervus canadensis). 1 Japanese Deer (Cervis sika). 1 Hybrid Deer (between Cervus alfredi 3 and Cervus marianus 2). 5 Vulpine Phalangers (Phalangista vulpina). 1 Great Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus). 1 Yellow-footed Rock-Kangaroo (Petrogale xanthopus). 2 Derbian Wallabies (Halmaturus derbianus). 1 Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus). 1 Bennett’s Wallaby (Halmaturus bennettii). 46 BIRDS. 2 Green Glossy Starlings (Lamprocolius chalybeus). . 2 Crested Ground-Parrakeets (Calopsitta nove - hol- landie). 1 Splendid Grass-Parrakeet (Huphema splendida). 4 Upland Geese (Chloéphaga magellanica) . 1 Egyptian Goose (Chenalopex egyptiaca). 6 Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator). 4 Ruddy Sheldrakes (Tadorna rutila). 7 Variegated Sheldrakes (Tadorna variegata). 4 Wigeon (Mareca penelope). 11 Chiloe Wigeons (Mareca chilensis). 14 Chilian Pintails (Dafila spinicauda). 2 Australian Wild Ducks (Anas superciliosa). 4 Mandarin Ducks (Aix galericulata). 2 Fulvous Tree-Ducks (Dendrocygna fulva). 7 Hybrid Spotted-billed Ducks (between Anas peecilo- rhyncha & and half-bred ¢ of the same species). 7 Shovellers (Spatula clypeata). 18 Crested Pigeons (Ocyphaps lophotes). 5 Chukar Partridges (Caccabis chukar). 5 Gold Pheasants (Thaumalea picta). 5 White-crested Kaleeges (Huplocamus albo-cristatus) . 2 Black-backed Kaleeges (Euplocamus melanotus) , 13 Hybrid Pheasants (between Phasianus reevesii g and Phasianus wallichi ? ). 13 Hybrid Pheasants (between Thaumalea amherstie 3 and Thaumalia picta 9). 5 Peacock Pheasants (Polyplectron chinquis). 1 Sun-bird (Eurypyga helias). 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Larus fuscus). REPTILES. 4. Common Adders (Vipera berus). 5 Seven-banded Snakes (Zropidonotus leberis). 47 The following is a List of Donors and their several Dona- tions to the Menagerie during the year 1872. H.R.H. The Prince of Wales. One Hybrid Wolf. Abadie, Capt. H. R. One Rhesus Monkey. Acclimatization Society of Canterbury, New Zealand. One Kea or Mountain-Parrot, one Black-tailed Flower Bird. Ahlfors, Capt. One Slow Loris. Alston, E. A., Esq., F.Z.S. One Pine-Grosbeak. Anderson, Dr. John. One Gavial. Anson, Lieut.-Col. One White-handed Gibbon. Attwood, Miss. One Vulpine Phalanger. Bailey, C. F., Esq. One Raven. Barbour, Dr. One Banded Ichneumon. Beard, Miss L. E One Weeper Capuchin. . Beddingfield, E., Esq. One Common Kestrel, one Common Barn-Owl. Beveridge, R., Esq. One Gannet. Bewscher, C. E., Esq. One Schlegel’s Civet. Bills, Mr. Two Variegated Sheldrakes, six lateral White-eyes. Birch, A. N., Esq. Collection of larvee of the Flying Stick, collection of larvee of the Leaf-insect. Blackmore, W., Esq. One Bonnet-Monkey, Blisset, H. F., Esq. One Angola Vulture. Bond, F., Esq. One Nuthatch, two Serin Finches. 48° Booker, Rev. A. W. One Red-vented Parrot. Boyle, Capt. One Yellow-fronted Amazon. Brazier, John, Hsq., C.M.Z.S. One Long-necked Chelodine. Bree, Dr., F.L.S. One Mocking-bird. Broadman, Mrs. One Blue-fronted Amazon. Broadwood, Mr. T. One Common Magpie. Brown, F. W., Esq. One Tayra. Brown, G., Esq. One Spotted Cavy. Browne, J. A. H., Esq. One Pine-Grosbeak. Buck, E., Esq. Five Spotted-billed Ducks. Buhot, Dr. One Coati. Bulmer, Miss. One Green Monkey. Burne, Lieut. One Brown Monkey. Burr, Higford, Esq., F.Z.S. One Crested Screamer. Campbell, R., Esq. One Bonnet-Monkey. Chamberlain, J., Esq. One Grey Ichneumon. Charrington, P. W., Esq. Two Grey Ichneumons. Clayton, —, Esq. One Bonnet-Monkey, one Rhesus Monkey. Cobb, Frederick P., Esq. One Pennant’s Penguin. Collin, R., Esq. One Common Boa. Coleman, F., Esq., F.Z.S. “Twelve European Tree-Frogs, ten Fire-bellied ‘Toads, one Natterjack Toad, four Spotted Salamanders, three Slowworms, five Smooth Newts, four Sand-Lizards, two Wall-Lizards. 49 Cooke, J. 8., Esq. One Laughing Kingfisher, Corner, F. M., Esq. One White-headed Sea-Hagle. Coxwell, Capt. Two Black-necked Herons. Cranston, R., Esq., jun. One Vulpine Phalanger. Crook, T., Esq. One Macaque Monkey. Crump, Miss Jane Anne. One Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. Cumberbatch, L., Esq. One Honey Buzzard. Czarnikow, C., Esq., F.Z.S. One Bean-Goose. Davidson, N., Esq. Three Spanish Terrapins, three Yellow-winged Blue Creepers, one Thick-billed Violet Tanager, one Peru- vian Thicknee. Davis, J. P., Esq. Six Silver Pheasants, three Gold Pheasants. - Deichman, A. W., Esq. One Red and Blue Macaw. Lizardi, J. J., Esq., F.Z.S. One Isabelline Antelope. Dhuleep Singh, H. H. Prince, F.Z:S8. One Vervet Monkey. Dixon, Capt. W. R. One Saered Ibis. Dixon, Mr. T. A. One Vervet Monkey. Dodd, Ashley, Esq. Hight Roach. Dodds, Dr. Two Slow Loris. Douglas, W., Esq. One Chihan Jackal. Drewitt, T. D., Esq. Eleven Common Adders. Dutton, Rev. & Hon. F. G. Two Nonpareil Finches. Egerton, Mrs. T. One Bonnet-Monkey. Elhot, Major H. G. One Crested Porcupine. Fairbridge, C. A., Esq. One Sociable Vulture. Fanshawe, J. G., Esq. Two Argus Pheasants. Farnham, Mrs. One Macaque Monkey. Finnis, Miss. One Persian Gazelle. Fisk, G. H. B., Esq. One Robben-Island Snake. Fraser, Henry F., Esq. One Wild Cat. Fraser, Mr. Oscar. One Brown Monkey. Frith, E., Esq. One Gannet. Furness, Mr. J. Two Kingfishers. Galbraith, James, Esq. One Common Wombat. Gardner, Miss E. One Green Monkey. Getting, C. L., Esq. One Rufous Tmamou. Giglioli, Prof. H.C., C.M.Z.S. Two Italian Fire- bellied Toads. Gilmore, P., Esq. Three hundred American Charr-ova. Goodman, Percy S., Esq. One Capercailzie. Gray, Col. One Cape-crowned Crane. Greatorex, Rev. Daniel. One Australian Monitor. Grey, Dr. George, C.M.Z.S. Ten Angulated Tortoises, three Semiserrated Tor- toises, four Areolated Tortoises , six Leopard Tortoises. Green, Joseph F., Esq. One Rhesus Monkey, one Vulpine Phalanger, one Bonnet-Monkey. Grenville, Mrs. One Yellow-shouldered Weaver bird, one Nonpareil Finch, one Love-bird Parrakeet. 51 Gribble, H., Esq. One White-whiskered Swine. Gripper, Joseph, Esq. One Imperial Eagle. Grove, Capt. S., R.N. One Leopard. Giinther, Dr. A., F.Z.S. One Merlin. Hairby, Mrs. One Blue-fronted Amazon. Hanbury, T., Esq. Two Laughing Kingfishers. Hand, Henry, Esq. One Chacma Baboon. Harcourt, KE. W., Esq., F.Z.S. One Common Heron. Hare, John, Esq. One Bonnet-Monkey. Harrison, H. D., Esq. One Horned Lizard. Harrison, J. G., Esq. One Ruff, one Common Curlew. Hayward, J. 8., Esq. One Yellow-footed Rock-Kangaroo. Henderson, W., Esq. One Grey Ichneumon. Herd, Capt. D. One Hawk Owl, one Osprey. Heslop, W., Esq. ~ One Moorish Tortoise. Hildebrand, Lieut.-Col. One Indian Badger. Hill, A. W., Esq, One Raven. Hind, Smithard, Rev. D. One Golden Eagle. Hogg, Q., Esq. Two Crested Curassows, one Blue-and-yellow Macaw. Hollis, G., Esq. One Common Chameleon. Hope, Lady Mildred Beresford. One Water-Rail. Hooker, Dr. C. B. Two White’s Tree-Frogs, four Australian Tree-Frogs. D2 (Sy © Hooper, E. E., Esq. Oxe Common Snake. Horne, G., Esq., M.B. One Russell’s Viper. Hosmer, Dr. Two Grivet Monkeys. Hudson, Rev. G. T. One Emu. Hunter, Mrs. One Rhesus Monkey. Huntingfield, Lord, F.Z.S. One Common Otter. Irby, Major Howard. One Bonelli’s Eagle. Ivey, Mrs. E. One Campbell’s Monkey. Jalland, H. G., Esq. One Barbary Ape. Jarvis, Capt. Four Violet Tanagers. Jarvis, Mrs. One Brazilian Hang-nest. Joel, Lewis, Esq., C.M.Z.S. One Coati. Jones, Mrs. One Common Kestrel. Julyarri, 8., Esq. One Weeper Capuchin. Kendrick, G., Esq. Two Maugé’s Dasyures. Key, M. C., Esq. One Rhesus Monkey. Kidner, F., Esq. Two Common Barn-Owls. Kingston, Lady. One Weeper Capuchin. Kirk, Dr. John, C.M.Z.S. Two Vulturine Guinea-fowls. Lambert, Lieut. F. R. H. One Sykes’s Monkey. Laurie, A., Esq. One Virginian Eagle Owl. Leary, Mrs. One White-throated Capuchin. 53 Le Breton Butler, Capt. One Globose Curassow. Lee, F. R., Esq. One Duiker Bock. Legge, Vincent W., Esq., R.A., C.M.Z.S. Two Starred Tortoises. Lé Strange, 8., Esq., F.Z.S. Two Virginian Colins. Lilford, Lord, F.Z.S. One Spanish Jackal, one One-streaked Hawk, one Montague’s Harrier, and twelve Natterer’s Bats. . Londesborough, Lord, F.Z.S. Two Blue Jays. Lowther, Hon. Chas. One Bonnet-Monkey. M‘Candlish, —, Esq. One Red-and-yellow Macaw. M‘Causland, Mrs. One Bennett’s Wallaby. MacInnes, Mrs. Two Guira Cuckoos. Martyn, Capt. J. A. One Peregrine Falcon. Masey, K. C. B., Esq. One Talapoin Monkey. Matson, Mis. One Bonnet-Monkey. Maxwell, Arthur C., Esq. One Crested Screamer: Metropolitan Board of Works. One Greater Black-backed Gull. Middleton, R. E., Esq. One Coati. Morgan, Miss. One Common Chameleon. Morgan, W., Esq. Four Mocking-birds, six Common Nightingales. Moseley, H. N., Esq. One Long-snouted Snake, five Knob-nosed Lizards. Mosse, C. B., Esq., C.M.Z.8. : Two Hissing Sand-Snakes, three Slender Sand-Snakes, two Pale Genets, two Nilotic Crocodiles, two Egyptian Monitors, four Home’s Cinixys, one Derbian Sterno- there. 54 Mueller, Dr. F. von, C.M.Z.S. One Platyrhine Wombat, four Black-backed Por- phyrios. Napier, Capt. The Hon. G. One Grey Flying Squirrel. Nasmith, —, Esq. One Rhesus Monkey. Nicholl, H., Esq. One Rose Hill Parrakeet. Norman, Miss. One Common Squirrel. Norris, James, Esq. One Macaque Monkey. Nuzuveed, The Rajah of. Two Sloth Bears. O’Connor, C. D., Esq. One Serval, one Red-necked Bustard. Palin, Dr., C.M.Z.S. One Azara’s Fox. Pannitz, T., Esq. One Guinea Baboon. Parish, F., Esq., C.M.Z.S. Three Hairy Armadillos. Parker, Commander W. H., R.N. One Striped Hyzna. Patey, I. S., Esq. ” Two Long-eared Owls. Pearsall, T. J., Esq. One Black Rat. Perkins, Miss. One Macaque Monkey. Phillips, 8. H., Esq. One Macaque Monkey. Philpot, James R., Esq. Two White-banded Squirrels. Popham, Dr. R. H. One Derbian Wallaby. Redrup, A. S., Esq. One Toque Monkey. Reed, Dr. One Rhesus Monkey. Reed, Mrs. One Suricate. Rickards, C., Esq. Two Pumas. Riley, Dr. James. One Bonnet-Monkey. Roach, I., Esq. One Common Snake. Roberts, J. H., Esq. One Grey Ichneumon. Rogers, A. R., Esq. One Common Chameleon. Rogers, E. T., Esq., C.M.Z.S. One Jerboa. Rowe, Brooking F., Esq. One Green Monkey. Rowley, G. D., Esq. One Cocoi Heron. Russell, Henry, Esq. One Rhesus Monkey. Salvin, Mrs. C. One Macaque Monkey. Sandbach, A. M., Esq. One Crab-eating Raccoon. Sandemann, Major J. G. One Humboldt’s Penguin. Sanderson, 8., Esq. One Gannet. Schaefer, S., Esq. Two Waxwings. Scousmaker, Mrs. One Malabar Squirrel. Scratten, W. H., Esq. Two Naked-footed Owls, two Common Guillemots. Seafield, Earl of, F.Z.S. Three Wild Cats. Simmonds, G., Esq. One Grey Parrot. Sketchley, J. A., Esq. One African Civet Cat. Smith, Catterson, Esq. One Squirrel Monkey. Smith, Travers I., Esq. One Common Cuckoo. Smith, Sir Charles. One Javan-Peafowl. 56 Speed, H., Esq. One Macaque Monkey. Stack, Major S. R. One Long-tailed Copsychus. Stanhope, Hon. D. One Vulpine Phalanger. Stapleton, Mrs. One Great Eagle Owl. Stewart, Dr. One Common Gull. Streatfield, F. H., Esq., F.Z.S. One Lesser Black-backed Gull. Stuart, P., Esq. One King Vulture. Swiney, Capt. G. C., A.D.C. Two Cape Crowned Cranes. Swinhoe, R., Esq., F.Z.S. One Nippon Ibis, one Chinese Tree-pie, one Grey- breasted Squirrel. Symon, J. L., Esq. One Yellow-headed Conure. Tait, W. C., Esq. Four Calandra Larks, one Marsh Harrier, five Three- toed Seps. Taverna, Count. Collection of Japanese Silkworms. Taylor, J. E., Esq. One Quebec Marmot. Thacker, Capt. Two Placid Ground-Doves. Thompson, Major. One Golden Plover. Thompson, W., Esq. Two Peregrine Falcons, a collection of Anemones. Toon, Thomas, Esq. One Rhesus Monkey. Underwood, Henry P., Esq. One Common Buzzard. Upcher, H. M., Esq., F.Z.8. One Dunlin. Ussher, H. T., Esq. One Parasitic Kite, one Denham’s Bustard, one Home’s Cinixys, one Puff Adder. or “J Van Zeller, F., Esq. One Suricate. Vaudin, C., Esq. One Coati. Warmington, A., Esq. Two Yellow-fronted Amazons. Watts, W., Esq. One Rhesus Monkey, one Macaque Monkey. Webb, E. B., Esq. One Pileated Jay. Welch, J. K., Esq. Two Sambur Deer. Wheelock, T. R., Esq. One Mantchurian Deer. Whymper, C., Esq. One Common Kestrel. Wilkinson, Capt. One Starred Tortoise, two Ceylonese Terrapins. Wilkins, R., Esq. One Great Eagle Owl. Williams, Mrs. One Vulpine Phalanger. Williams, Sir Hugh. One Common Buzzard. Wise, A. T., Esq. Three Yellow-footed Water-Tortoises. Wood, T. W., Esq. One Common Chameleon. Woodhouse, A. I., Esq. One Common Snake. Worral, F., Esq. One Diana Monkey. Wrench, Rev. T. W. One Bonnet-Monkey. Wyatt, Henry, Esq. One Royal Python. 28 Conclusion. In concluding their forty-fourth Report, the Council believe they may with propriety on this, as on several former occa- sions, offer to the Fellows their most sincere congratulations, both on the flourishing state of the Society and on its future prospects. There can be no better test of the popularity of the Society than the large and increasing number of admissions to the Gardens, which in 1872 attained an almost unprece- dented total. As regards the more purely scientific branches of the establishment, the Council believe that there is equal reason to be satisfied with the progress made during the past ear. x In conducting the Society’s affairs to their present state of prosperity, the Council have to acknowledge the assistanee they have received from those gentlemen who have served on the Committees of Publication, Audit, and Finance since the last Anniversary. Signed (for the Council), P. L. ScLaTEr, Secretary. 11 Hanover Square, April 29th, 1873. Ba” £6 NOV. 90 ae REPORT es - COUNCIL “ea OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY et Ply S ; ec; a OF LONDON, re READ AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, i APRIL 297n, 1874. LONDON: PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. 1874. REPORT COUNCIL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, READ AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MERTING, APRIL 299, 1874, LONDON: PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET, 1874. CONTENTS. : Page I. General Condition of the Society ........5...6.5.0000e 3 1, State of the Roll of Members ........% 2... 540s 3 a. Fellows and Annual Subscribers ............ 3 b. Foreign, Honorary, and Corresponding Members 4 2. State of the\ Finances, ...4...42.¢.04.0.8 4 DARE. 4 > INCOME scl 5. 3.4 RSs RS eee eee 4 b. Expenditure: ..¢ippy chi eae vh +. os ope 5 ¢. Davis ‘Trusttunt! 322.487 oou....05.. 5 eee 7 of. neserve Punds 35) «0. ns ome Oe eee 7 e. Assets and Liabilities. 2 00.9¢. HE: ot. ee eee 8 jf. General State of the Finances .............. 9 IT, ‘Office; 11° Hanover Sqtare! 3724 ohh. 28, See 9 i. Scientific Meetings. .; {2 ere tee ee ee 9 2. Scientifie Publications, 02... s\n ..co0.sen eee Oe SADPATY: sc so aude os che eee a reo ee ee ae TIT, Gardens, Reseni?s Park ..)). 72. Vee. oe eee 20 1, Boildings and, Works 7. -.cu cee oo ss eae 20 Be WASIUONS 3,25, a 3,60 ceteelals de ges, Se Ee 21 3. Zoological Lectures ....... said Le 0 sails Whiaka tte Be eames 4." Menagerie «sc. Sy PR a i 23 List of Animals which have been bred in the Gardens of the Zoological Society between the Ist of January 1873 and the 1st of January 1874 .... 24 List of Species new to the List of Vertebrates exhibited in the Society’s Gardens in the year 1S 7 eo terete wcprcs nd bec pe a ces ee ee 26 Last of Donors and-Donations- ...:....... oss A4 i 3 Conclusion. occ ects ee ee ee 556 REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. April 29, 1874. Tur Council have now the pleasure of submitting to the approbation of the Fellows their forty-fifth Annual Report upon the progress of the Society. This, in conformity with former Reports, they have divided into three heads, the first of which relates to the general condition of the Society, the second to the opera- tions carried on at the Office in Hanover Square, and the last to the state of the establishment in the Regent’s Park. I. GENERAL CONDITION OF THE SOCIETY. 1. STATE OF THE ROLL or MEMBERS. a. Fellows and Annual Subscribers. The number of Fellows, Fellows Elect, and Annual Subscribers at the close of the year 1873 amounted to 3173. Of these there were :— Compounders who have paid £20. . . 114 Ditto ditto B50 ccs te dee Compositions remitted . . . . 17 Paying annual contributions of £2 . . . 103 Ditto ditto £3 ocaets 2082 Dormant oN 14 ~aitbede 6 Rae Adimission-fees unpaid . ..} =) -)) «+. 4/ 146 Annual Subscribers, paying £3 . . . . 12 3173 The corresponding total of Fellows, Fellows Elect, and Annual Subscribers on the 31st of December 1872 was 3050. The following is a comparative statement of the Elections, Deaths, Resignations, and Removals which have taken place during the past Ten years, together with the number of Fellows and Annual Subscribers at the end of each year :— A 2 iad | Died. | Resigned. Removed. iS is | Ss (Blase en eee Se Compounders. | Subscribers. Subscribers. Le as | Subscribers. 's oes 13 2 Fg | £20. | £30. [roy | £2 | £3. | £2 | 2. ep) £2. | Sos ae A Fria (ee ae ee ee ee | 71 | .... {ler | 1918 | 321 | 12 iays tie re Yas es) 5 | 16 | 2 1 | 19 |... | 96) "2148 405 | 16 | 1 11 | 38S) eae ans | | 8 |89| 2459 328 | 11 9 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 8 |85| 270 316 3 9 173] BSes| Sevens oo eh 2 94] 2924 197 7 7 | 17 | 37 | 3 | 30 1 | 2 | 25 | 26 4155} 2966 160 9 7 ren asy al ime yy a 105} 3021 163 4 8 10 | 38 a eee 2 | 26 137 | 3047 185 5 7 2 11 38. |, 2 [440 1 | 62 14 |182 |} 3050 216 5 7 6} BBY aye | BE cle coe dae 2 | 1 |93| 3173 b. Foreign, Honorary, and Corresponding Members. No vacancy occurred in the list of Foreign Members of the Society during the year 1873. The following Honorary Members were elected in1873:— Sir Harry St. George Ord, C.B., Governor of the Straits Settlements. Sir Richard Pollock, K.C.S.I., Commissioner at Peshawur, N.W. Provinces, India. The following Corresponding Members were elected during the year :— Dr. Ploem, Buitenzorg, Java. Dr. E. Perceval Wright, Professor of Botany and Director of the Museum, University, Dublin. The Marquis Giacomo Doria, of Genoa. Signor Luigi Maria d’Albertis. Mr. G. E. Dobson, of the Indian Medical Service. Mr. Henry P. Le Messurier, M.1.C.E., of Bombay. Dr. Karl Mobius, of Kiel. Mr. Edwyn C, Reed, of the National Museum, Santiago, Chile. 2, STATE oF THE FINANCES. a. Income. The total Income of the Society for the year 1873 was £28,099 3s. 114.. being the largest ever received by the Society since its foundation. The two Exhibition-years 1851 and 1862 have hitherto been regarded as exceptional in point of Income; but the past year, though no special and Annual vo circumstances attracted a flow of visitors to the metropolis, has been still more successful than either of them. The subjoined Table shows the various sources of this Income, and enables a comparison of the items to be made with the corresponding amounts received in 1872 :— Income of Increase. | Decrease. Admission Fees:— Compositions Ivory Tickets .. Admissions to G | Garden Sales..... Rent for Refresh Publications ........... Dividends on Redu (ETE ee re ee aoe er 9 : Interest on Davis ; Miscellaneous .............-ccsese00+ 126,72. Inerease...... 11,2 71 0 Ded. Deer. 28,099 3 11/28,099 311! 1,371 1 7! It will be thus seen that the increase of the Income of 1873 over that of the previous year was mainly due to the great augmentation of the receipts from the admission of visitors to the Society’s Gardens. The amount thus realized (£17,055 18s. 6d.) has never been exceeded, except in the two Exhibition-years above mentioned. The steady progress that has taken place in the amount thus received from the public during the past ten years is shown in the following Table :— Amounts received for Adniission to the Gardens, 1863-73. £ L ae 11,781 i oe oe 12,865 aeroor 12,703 Tah. s-teeae 13,204 aati 12,889 | Pegi ares VY 13,813 foo oh. .5.. 12,428 | (pa 15,240 i —ees . 12,840 WSIS. ee 17,055 Tes! -L, .L 8 12,651 b. Expenditure. To the Income of the year 1873 must be added the balance carried over to the Society’s credit from 1872. This amounted to £1956 6s. 4d., and raised the total sum available for the expenditure of 1873 to £30,055 10s. 3d. 6 Of this amount the sum of £27,667 Os. 6d. was devoted to the ordinary and extraordinary expenditure of the year: the sum of £1004 2s. 2d. was required to repay a tem- porary loan contracted with the Society’s bankers in December 1872, and the remaining sum of £1384 7s. 7d. was carried over for the benefit of the present year 1874. The subjoined Table gives the particulars of the expen- diture of 1873, and a comparison of each of them with the corresponding amount paid in 1872 :— Comparison of Payments in 1872 and 1873. 1872 1873 1s. a, ani ace Arrears of previous year ...| 2072 7 7 | 2859 8 ll Rent, Rates, Taxes, &....... WG-9 ~ A 78112 9 Salaries, Wages, and Pen- IONS: hanno ee een: 4822 110 | 4864 5 7 Cost and Carriage of Ani- WAGs .See es recasesecdteasss 3247 2 0 | 179717 3 IPrOVISIONS = ...0,20:4.-docc0eones 4419 9 11 | 4700 11 6 Menagerie Expenses......... 2205 9 @ | 2297 12 6 Keepers’ Dresses ...........- 129 17 6 139 8 0 Works, Materials, and Re- ORF AST sec peoel eer Ophea moor 4558 15 5 | 3973 1 1 Newb uitl dingses. rencccch cure) conssesnnacl av ooo 2148 5 9 Garden Expenses ...........- 695 3 4 917 0 3 Band Expenses ...,........... 177 15 3 166 0 6 Advertisements .............4. 155, 9) Gal « 141 50. 0 House and Office Expenses.| 557 17 5 | 5738 9 3 Stationery ............ccceeeee 6319 2| 6316 6 Printing (Miscellaneous) ...) 285 5 3 822 14 8 Proceedings (ineluding (Primi) ie seces ocean vonsa 1500 9 2 | 125812 6 Transactions (ditto ditto)...) 745 12 2 3i7 4 (O Library Expenses ............ 355 14 6 181 16 8 Law Expenses. ............... 29 16 0 BoC eeeerc ood Returned Subscriptions ... Chai O 29-1 0 Expenditure of Davis Be- ESt os a alagae er eeeae rests: 58 11 10 58 11 10 Cost of Medal ............... 49 0 810 0 New Menagerie Catalogue..| ........s.ceeseee 0-0 26,900 13 11 27,667 0 6 Increase...... MOG. (BO OT Meteacevass ducers ce 27,667 0 6 [97,607 0 6 Ordinary Expenditure...... 23,324 10 4 (22,721 3 11 Extraordinary ditto......... 3,076 3 7 | 4,945 16 7 26,900 13 11 27,667 0 6 | | | | | Expenditure of Increase. Decrease. Le eg GUE os... Laas iat 2) tens a EERE od: 1416 4 7 Oi Wie fs a ae Be te aye ts 149 4 9 Pe RC Ee Pe as ap, OPO MG AR occ ncci - i Ls a 585 12 4 Ag a Ge. OM AG ATG ccc 7 ee: 1112 9 Bid. Gee vs 25 Tl 10 Mieseeniae Wie es eo 8 Sis GQ ydet watatb vendo belied mii 24116 8 bi nc popee Hs 366 8 2! RAS IEA 4 2) 173 17 10| il Ssa0 ee 2916 0} Se 32 6 0 ate. 4: ok ~ QW eebean cee a. 0 Of be el 3672 0 1/290513 6. 2905 13 6 | Ded. Deer. | T1666 fetes enna : oe ee 603 6 5! Too) Ta (0 teeta | 766 6 7 : led / The ordinary expenditure of 1873 shows a diminution of £603 6s. 5d. as compared with that of 1872, notwith- standing the larger amount of the arrears of the previous year. The extraordinary expenditure of 1873 consisted of the ¥ following items:— ~ £ Ss 0d i. New buildings in the Gardens . . . 4179 2 1 ii. New Menagerie Catalogue. . . . . 16614 6 iii. Purchase of a Sumatran Rhinoceros . 600 0 O £4945 16 7 Concerning-these full particulars will be given under the head of the report relating to the Society’s Gardens. c. Davis Trust-fund. As mentioned in several preceding Reports, the Society in 1870 received a legacy of £2000, left to them by the late Alfred Davis, Esq., F.Z.S. a The following were the exact terms of Mr. Davis’s bequest :— “To the Zoological Society of London the sum of Two Thousand pounds, such sum to forma Perpetual Fund, the Income from which is to be applied to, or to the creation of, Annual Prizes, or any other purpose which may seem to the Council or governing body of the Society most con- ducive to its interests.” The interest of the Davis Bequest amounted in 1873 to £58 1ls. 10d. This sum the Council, after considering various applications for it, again determined to devote to the use of the “Zoological Record Association,” for assistance in the publication of the ‘Zoological Record’ for 1873. As regards the proposed application of this fund for the present year, details are given in a subsequent part of the Report. : d. Reserve Funds. The Society’s Reserve Fund consists of a sum of £8000 _ 3 per Cents Reduced. ‘The Council, however, as announced in their last Report, have decided that, in the present flourishing state of the 8 Society’s finances, the Reserve Fund ought to be gradually increased, and have determined to add to it in the following way :—first, by reinvesting the dividends received from the present reserve-fund at compound interest ; and, secondly, by purchasing an additional sum of five hundred pounds- worth of like 3 per Cents every year. e. Assets and Liabilities. The Assets of the Society on the 31st of December 1873, and corresponding amounts on the 31st of December 1872, stand-as follows :— __ December 51. 1872 1873, 27 9 a) Le Cashvatithe Bankers’ c2i-.ccesssssseroacemsenes 1956 6 4) 1384 7 7 Paid for £8000 Reduced 3 per Cents ...... 7515 19 4| 7515 19 4 Arrears due for Annual Subscriptions ...... 3865 0 0; 431 0 0 a ff elivony: Wickets) -ta.5. aumcmtasce: 8 8 0 10 10 O Be soy Beuiblications) y,..e.crcerereaaecl 10 td TS 166 18 1) di », Garden Sales ...............08. 42411 2] 726 2 0} Ee ., Rent forRefreshment-room| 82 0 0} 164 0 0! ee 10,532 6 1/10,39817 0. DRCrEACE ounces sp «\iesxesewenmetay 133 9 1 | ———— ——= : 110,532 6 1/10,552 6 1 The amount of Liabilities at the corresponding periods was estimated as follows :— ss | December 31. 1872. 1875. SS): oe, eae Rent and Daxesie.th..:...c+.+.c0+-0saseatenenees- 283 15 4| 275 6 3 BMG Sy. Pathos ead cette lics dk. Sad feces 224418 O| 1886 3 8 Temporary Loan from Bankers......,........ 1000: 0) (Qc acecemanmene | For the New Lodge, balanco ............ a 267 ee eee For the New Bridge, kalance .............4. 9d: 0) S10), 20h coeeeceeemies | For the Refreshment-room ...seccecesveeeeee 1599-4 QO; #0'| Secacieereee | 5490 411] 16619 11 Decrehseviteses.ses:|) sdeasreeet oes 3828 15 0 5490 411) 5490 411 9 f. General State of the Finances. The excellent general state of the Socicty’s finances is sufficiently manifest from the steady increase of the Society’s Income, as shown in the subjoined Table, in which the gross receipts of every year are stated :— ee. | epee: 1825-26| 1,829 || 1851 | 26,453 1827 | 4078 || 1852 | 12,803 1828 | 11,512 || 1853 | 17,508 1829 | 14,030 }| 1854 | 16,901 1830 | 15,955 || 1855 | 14,089 | 1831 | 17,559 || 1856 | 15,279 | 1832 | 15,489 || 1857 | 14,822 1883 | 14,839 || 1858 | 14,034 1834 | 16,829 || 1859 | 15,194 1835 | 16,030 || 1860 | 16,863 1836 | 19,118 || 1861 | 16,072 1837 | 13,954 || 1862 | 27,397 1838 | 14,090 || 1863 | 20,284 18389 | 13,427 || 1864 | 21,713 1840 | 12,732 || 1865 | 23,457 1841 | 11,612 || 1866 | 24,379 1842 | 10,088 | 1867 | 25,041 1843 | 9,137 || 1868 | 24,958 1844 | 8659 | 1869 | 22,768 1845 | 8881 || 1870 | 23,257 1846 | 8305 || 1871 | 24,620 | 1847 | 7,765 || 1872 | 26,728 | 1848 | 8165 | 1873 | 28,099 | 1849 | 8,771 || | | 1850 | 14,957 The average Income of the last 10 years will thus be seen to have been £24,502. The average Ordinary Expenditure of the last 10 years, under which head is embraced every item necessary to keep the Society’s whole establishment in a perfect state of efficiency, has been £20,788. It will be seen, therefore, that the margin of receipts over necessary expenditure is ample. IJ, OFFICE, 11 Hanover Square. 1. Screntiric MEETINGS. To the meetings for the despatch of scientific business, held in the Society’s Rooms in Hanover Square in 1873, 10 141 communications were made. Of these 101 were from Fellows, 4 from Foreign Members, and 21 from Corresponding Members of the Society. The remain- ing 15 papers were from individuals not belonging to the Society, and were communicated to it by the Secretary or by other Members. ‘The corresponding number of com- munications in the year 1872 was 143. These communications were submitted to the Committee of Publication, by whom the following orders were made respecting them. Seven were ordered to be printed entire in the ‘ Transactions’ of the Society, and 102 in the ‘ Pro- ceedings,’ such illustrations being in every case allowed as the Committee considered necessary for the purpose. Of the remaining communications, abstracts or extracts were considered to be sufficient for publication. 2. ScireENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS. The third and last part of the volume of ‘ Proceedings’ for 1873 has been completed and is ready for issue to the Subscribers. The whole volume for 1873 contains upwards of 800 pages, and is illustrated by 69 plates (mostly coloured) and a large number of woodcuts. Three Parts of the Society’s ‘ Transactions’ were issued in 1873, viz. :— Vou. VIII. Parr LY. (February, 1873). On the Organization of the Caaing Whale (Globioce- phalus melas). By Dr. James Murie, F.L.S., F.G.S., &e. With nine plates. Vou. VIII. Parr V. (March, 1873). A Description of ‘the Madreporaria dredged up during the Expeditions of H.M.S. ¢ Porcupine’ in 1869 and 1870. By Prot. P. Martin Duncan, M.B. (Lond.), F.R.S., F.G.S., Professor of Geology to King’s College, London. With eleven plates. Vor. VIII. Parr VI. (May, 1873). On the Osteology of the Marsupialia. (Part III.) Modi- fications of the Skeleton in the Species of Phascolomys. By Professor Owen, F.R.S., F.Z.S., &c. With eight plates. 11 On Dinornis (Part XVIII.) : containing a Description of the Pelvis and Bones of the Leg of Dinornis gravis. By Professor Owen, F.R.S., F.Z.S., &c. With four plates. On Dinornis (Part XIX.): containing a Description of aFemur indicative of a new Genus of large Wingless Bird (Dromiornis australis, Owen) from a post-tertiary deposit in Queensland, Australia. By Professor Owen, F.R.S.,F.Z.S., &c. With two plates. Three more parts of Transactions (Parts VII., VIIL., and IX. of Vol. VIII.) are now nearly ready for distribu- tion, and the eighth volume will, it is expected, be com- -pleted during the present year. 3. LiBRARY. The Library, under the superintendence of Mr. F. H. Waterhouse, the Society’s Librarian, has been kept in good working order during the past year. The sum of £222 3s. 11d. has been devoted to the pur- chase of new zoological works for the Library during the past year. Besides these additions, the Society’s Library has re- ceived, during the year 1873, Transactions and Proceedings from the following Institutions :-— ENGLAND. The Royal Society, London. Proceedings, vol. xxi, nos. 139-147. Philosophical Transactions, vol. exlii. part 2. The Linnean Society, London. Journal (Botany), vol. xiii. nos, 69-72; vol. xiv. nos, 73, 74. (Zoology), vol. xi. no. 56. ; Transactions, vol. xxviii. part 3; vol. xxix. parts 1, 2. Proceedings, Session 1872-1873. The Royal Geographical Society, London. Proceedings, vol. xvi. nos. 4,5; vol. xvii. nos, 1-5. Journal, vol. xlii. The Geological Society, London. Journal, vol, xxix. parts 1-4. List of Fellows of the Society. 12 The Royal Institution of Great Pritain. Proceedings, vol. vi. part 6; vol. vil. part 1. The Royal United Service Institution. Journal, vol. xvi. nos. 68, 69, and Appendix; vol. xvii. nos. 70-74. The British Association. Report for 1872. The Royal Society of Literature. Transactions, vol. x. parts 2, 3. Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain. Journal, New Series, vol. iy. parts 1, 2. The Society of Arts. Journal, 1873, The Royal Agricultural Society of Great Britain. Journal, yol. ix. parts 1, 2. The Pharmaceutical Society. Pharmaceutical Journal, 1873. Calender, 1873. The Entomological Society of London. Transactions, 1873, parts 1-4. The Quekett Microscopical Club. Journal, nos, 20-24. Eighth Report, 1875. The Yorkshire Philosophical Society. Communications, 1872. The Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society. Transactions, 1872-73. The Natural-History Society of Northumberland and Durham. Transactions, vol. iv. part 2. The Plymouth Institution. Annual Report and Transactions, yol. iv. part 4. 13 The Roval Institution of Cornwall. Journal, no. xiy., April 1873. The Public Free Libraries, Manchester. Twenty-first Annual Report, 1873. Literary and Philosophical Society, Manchester, Proceedings, vol. xi. pp. 179-188; vol. xii. pp. 1-80. Liverpool Free Public Library. Catalogue, containing the books received up to December, 1870. ScoTLanD. The Edinburgh Geological Society. Transactions, vol. ii. part 2. IRELAND. The Royal Dublin Society. Journal, vol. vi. no. 2. The Royal Irish Academy. Transactions, vol. xxiv. parts 16, 17. , vol. xxv. parts 1-4. Proceedings, vol. ix. parts 2, 3. , vol. x. parts 1-4, , 2nd Series, vol. i. parts 1-8. Belfast Natural-History Society. Proceedings, Session 1871-72. ‘AST INDIES. The Asiatic Society of Bengal. Proceedings, 1872, nos. 9-12. Journal, vol. xli. nos. 172-180. ;, vol. xlii. nos. 181-185. Descriptive Ethnology of Bengal, by E. T, Dalton. The Asiatic Society of Bengal—North-China Branch. Journal, 1871-72. Catalogue of the Library, 1872. The Society of Arts and Sciences, Batavia. Notulen, deel x. afl. 1-4; deel xi. afl. 1. Tijdschrift, deel xviii. afl. 2, 5, 6; deel xx. afl. 1-6. Verhandlungen, deel xxxiv.-xxxvi. 14 AUSTRALASIA. The New-Zealand Institute. Transactions, vol. vy. The Victorian Patent Office, Melbourne. Patents and Patentees &e. The Zoological and Acclimatization Society of Victoria. Proceedings, 1873. The Royal Society of Tasmania, Monthly Notices, 1871. MAURITIUS. Royal Society of Arts and Sciences. Transactions, New Series, vol. vi. 1872. AMERICA. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Proceedings, 1873. The Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Contributions to Knowledge, vol. xviii. (1878). The Lyceum of Natural History, New York. Annals, vol. x. pp. 198-225 and 252, The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge. Memoirs, New Series, vol. x. part 2. i Proceedings, vol. viii. pp. 409-504. The American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Proceedings, vol. xii, no, 89, The Franklin Institute. Journal, 1873, The Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, Mass. Bulletin, vol. iii. nos, 2-5. Catalogue of the Museum, no. 7. 15 The Peabody Academy of Sciences, Salem, Mass. American Naturalist, vol. v. (1871); vol. vi. nos. 1-11 (1872). Fourth Annual Report of the Trustees, 1871, Memoirs, vol. i. nos. 2, 3. Record of American Entomology. The Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. 3ulletin, vol. i. nos. 1-3. Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Sciences. Proceedings and Transactions, yol. iii. part 2, The University of Chili, Santiago. Anales, vols. xxiv.—xlii. FRANCE. The Zoological Society of Acclimatation, Paris. Bulletin, January to December 1873. The Academy of Sciences, Paris. Comptes Rendus, vols. Ixvi.-lxxy. (1871-72). The Entomological Society of France, Paris. Annales, 5° série, tom. ii. The Imperial Academy of Sciences, Lyons. Annales, 4° série, tome iii, The Imperial Academy of Metz. Mémoires, 1868-71. The Royal Society of Sciences of Liége. Mémoires, 2° série, tome iii, 1873, Russia. The Imperial Society of Naturalists of Moscow. Bulletin, 1872, nos. 3, 4. -—, 1873, nos. 1, 2. The Royal Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg. Bulletin, xvii. nos. 4, 5. -——, xviil. nos. 1-7. Mémoires, xviii. nos, 8-10. xix. nos. 1, 2. oe] 16 The Entomological Society of Russia, St. Petersburg. Hore, tom. ix. no3. 3, 4. The Academy of Kazan. Proceedings, 1872-73. SCANDINAVIA. The Natural-History Society of Copenhagen. Videnskabelige Meddelelser, 1871. teaister, 1849-68. The Royal Danish Society of Sciences, Copenhagen. Oversigt, 1872. Mémoires, 5™° série, vol. ix. nos. 8, 9. ——, vol. x. nos. 1, 2. The Royal Society of Sciences, Upsala. Nova Acta, ser. 3. vol. viii. fase. 2. Bulletin Météorologique, vol. iv. nos. 1-12. , vol. y. nos, 1-6. The Royal Norwegian University, Christiania. Forhandlinger, Aar 1871. Sars, On some remarkable forms of animal life. Carcinologiske bidrag til Norges Fauna. bs — , Bidrag til Kundskaben om Christianiafjordens Fauna, part 4. Jensen, Bidrag til Kristianiafjordens Molluskfauna, af W. C. Brogeer, PorrUGAL. The Royal Academy of Sciences, Lisboa. Journal, nos. 13-15, 1872-75. SwiITZERLAND. The Society of Natural Sciences, Lausanne. Bulletin, vol. xi. nos. 68, 69, 70. The Natural-History Society, Bern. Mittheilungen, 1872. The Physical and Natural-History Society, Geneva. Mémoires, tome xxii., tome xxiii, part 1. 17 The Natural-History Society, Zurich. Vierteljahrsschrift, Jahre. 1872. Society of Natural Sciences of Neuchatel. Bulletin, tom. ix, parts 2, 3. The Natural-History Society, Basel. Verhandlungen, Band v. Heft 4, The Helvétique Society of Natural Sciences, Freiberg. Actes, 1872. The Natural-History Society, St. Gallen. Bericht, 1858-72. , Be.Gium. The Royal Academy of Sciences, Brussels. Mémoires Couronnées, tom. xxii. 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Wiirttembergische J. ahreshefte, Jahreang 28, Heft 1-3. The Physical and Natural-History Society, Innsbruck. Berichte, Jahr. iij, Heft 1-2. Hungary. The Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Almanach, 1871-72, Ertesitije, 1870, szim 13-18 ; 1871, szim 1-17 ; 1872, szim 1-8, Evkonyvei, xiii. drb. 2,3, & 5. Ertekezezések (Mathematikai), 1870-71, szim 6-11; 1872, szim ], Ertekezezesek, 1870-71, szim 3-15 3 1872, szim 1-9, Donations of Works, Memoirs, and Papers have also been received from :— Professor Bianconi; Monsieur H. de la Blanchére; Professor J. V. Barboza du Bocage ; Monsieur Louis Bouton ; the Trustees of the British Mu- seum; W. Buller, Esq.; Dr. H. Burmeister; W. A. Conklin, Esq.; Monsieur J. M. Cornely ; Monsieur H, Crosse ; W. H. Dall, Esq. ; Professor J. D. Dana ; Surgeon Francis Day; Professor P. Doderlein; Ferdinand Baron Droste; D. G. Elliot, Esq.; T.C. Eyton, Esq.; Professor Flower; Signor E. H. Giglioli; Lieut. A. R. Gordon ; Dr. E, Haeckel; Dr. Hooker 3 O. C. Marsh, Esq. ; Mon- sieur Charles Martins ; Monsieur Otto A. L, Morch; Pro- fessor Newton; the Colonial Government of New Zealand ; Professor Owen ; Professor J. Reinhardt ; Charles V. Riley, Esq.; Dr. A. M. Ross; the Duke of Roussillon ; Count Salvadori; P. L. Sclater, Esq.; Walter J. Scott, Esq. ; H. R. Silvester, Esq.; John A. Smith, Esq.; Robert Swinhoe, Esq.; W. B. Tegetmeier, Esq.; H. S. Thomas, Esq.; Professor T, Thorell; Dr. H, Troschel; Edwin Ward, Esq.; G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. III. GARDENS, REGENT’S PARK. 1. BurnpING@s AND Works. The expenditure on the staff of workmen, together with the labour and materials required for ordinary repairs in the Society’s Gardens in 1873, amounted to £2236. Under this head are included all the items necessary for the maintenance of this branch of the So- ciety’s establishment in a perfect state of efficiency. Be- sides this, as already mentioned, a sum of £4179 2s. 1d. was expended on the following new Works and Build- ings :— 1, New Refreshment-buildings ........ccse eee eeeee £2151 17 9 2. New Lodges and Entrance-gates .....,...+.00008 715 13 9 3. Fencing and other works in the new NorthGardens 49313 3 4, Completion of the New Bridge .........-...e.005 438 1 2 5. New Turnstiles at the South Entrance............ 7018 0 6. New Stables at the Top Yard. ..............5.... 96 12 10 7. Other smaller works ........-.05, To tinoTTOr 207 5 4 £4179 2 1 The most important and most costly of these works was the rebuilding of the main Refreshment-room in the South Gardens. When the new Dining-room was built in 1869, plans were prepared by Mr. Salvin, the Society’s Architect, for this part of the work also; but its execution was de- ferred until a more favourable opportunity. Last year, in consequence of the bad state of repair of the old Refresh- ment-room and the great inconvenience caused to visitors by its inadequate accommodation, the Council determined that the time had arrived when this desirable improvement could be no longer postponed. It was accordingly carried out under contract by Messrs, Simpson and Co. at a total cost of £2151 17s. 9d. The Council believe that the Refreshment-buildings as now arranged are not only in every way suited to the purposes for which they are destined, but are also orna- mental in appearance and creditable to the Architect. To render them quite complete, it still remains to remove 21 the iron and glass portion of the Second-class Refresh- ment-room and rebuild it in brick, which the Council hope to be able to accomplish before long, as it will not involve any very considerable outlay. The sum of £715 13s. 9d. was required in 1873 for the completion of the New Lodge and Entrance-gates in the North Gardens, and an expenditure of £498 13s. 3d. was incurred on new fences, planting the banks, and other works in this recent addition to the Society’s Gardens. 2. VISITORS. The total number of visitors to the Society’s Gardens during the year 1873 was 713,046, being 64,958 more than the corresponding number in 1872, as will be seen by the following Table :— ; ; | | | as | 1872. ; 1873. | Comparison. | | Fellows and Friends ........ssssseeeseesseee| | 167,402 | 179,389 | Incr. 11,987 ( On ordinary days at ls.each | 139,396 | 160,991 Incr. 21,595 a Nila hag BENET! ai Incr. 22,222 | Paying at 6d. each............sse000 \ | NG. each ersneccereses} | 39497 | 46,692 | Incr. 7,195 Charity Children and others having : free ADMISSION .....-..sscceeseeeeeeens | cae ot Aes ee | 648,088 713,046 | Incr. 64,958 This great increase is especially gratifying to the Council, ~showing as it does that the popularity of the Society’s Gardens as a place of instructive recreation increases year by year. It will be seen by the subjoined Table that the number of entrances in 1873 exceeded even that of 1862, in which the International Exhibition was held. 29 Statement of the Number of Visitor's to the Society’s Gardens during each Year, from the Year 1828 to the Year 1873. Year. Number. Year. Number. 1828 .... 98,605 | 1852 .... 805,203 1829 .... 189,913 t 1853. ..., 409,076 1830 .... 223,420 | 1854 .... 407,676 1831 :;....,202,199 | 1855 .... 315,002 1832 .... 206,652 1856 .... 344,184 18383 .... 211,348 1857 2.7. ‘S89/20F 1834 .... 208,583 1858 .... 351,580 1885 .... 210,068 1859 .... 364,356 1836 .... 263,372 1860 .... 394,906 ABST Ste A STS 1861 .... 381,837 SSB. 02 ee LO LOy: | +1862 .... 682,205 1839 .... 158,482 1863 .... 468,700 1840 .... 141,009 1864 .... 507,169 1841 .... 182,616 1865 .... 525,176 1842 .... 107,459 1866 .... 527,349 1843 .... 98,280 1867 .... 556,214 (eat... LOLo27 1868 .... 573,186 flere gage = CS oilin 1869 .... 572,848 1846 .... 100,045 1870 .... 578,004 1847 .... 93,546 1871... SOS 0N7, 1848 .... 143,630 | 1872 .... 648,088 1849 .... 168,895 1873 .... 713,046 Ee : ; : : ee } Year of the International Exhibition. |- * Year of the Great Exhibition. 3. ZOOLOGICAL LECTURES. _ The Council have long been of opinion that the instruc- tiveness of the Society’s collection of living animals would be much increased by the establishment of Lectures upon their classification and affinities, and upon other zoological subjects of a like character. There have been many diffi- culties to interfere with the execution of this plan. But, as an experiment in this direction, the Council deter- mined to appropriate the interest of the Davis Fund of 1874 to the establishment of a series of Lectures upon Zoological Subjects, to be given in the Picture-Gallery in the Society’s Gardens in the Regent’s Park, on Tuesdays and Fridays at 5 p.m. between Easter and Whitsuntide. 93 Arrangements were made with the following Gentlemen to give the Lectures :— Date. Lecture. Introductory Lecture on the Animals in the Gardens. By P.-L. Scuarer, M.A., Ph.D., 1. Tuesday, April 14... F.R.S., Secretary to the Society. On the Geographical Distribution of Mammals. By P. L. Scuater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., Se- cretary to the Society. 3. Tuesday, ,, 21... 4. Friday, fades 5. Tuesday, ,, 28...) 6. Friday, May 1... 7. Tuesday, ,, 5...! | On the General Classification of Vertebrates. 8. Friday, WS es By A. H. Garnop, B.A., Fellow of St. John’s 9. Tuesday, ,,, 12... College, Cambridge, Prosector to the Society. 10. Friday, ae GAS 11. Tuesday, ,, 19...) | On the Aquarium and its Inhabitants. By W. 12. Friday, Paes ote B. Carpenter, M.D., F.R.S. 2. Friday, reget ik eee ) These Lectures are free to Fellows of the Society and their friends, and to other visitors to the Gardens. 4, MENAGERIE. The number of animals belonging to the first three classes of Vertebrates living in the Society’s Menagerie at the close of 1872 was 2010. The corresponding number on the 31st of December 1873 was 2187, as will be seen by the subjoined Table :— | December 31. {° 7. *meeern =| Comparison, | 1872. | 1878. Quadrupeds............... | 573 | 592 | Iner. 19 Birdos hoy 8. 8 ; 1208 | 1829 | Iner.121 Reptile: i vaddsiegases «02 | 229 266 | Incr. 37 | Pn Vote dm 2010 | 2187 | Incr. 177 The sum allowed in the estimates for the ordinary pur- chases for the Society’s Menagerie in 1873 was £2500. The amount actually spent in this manner, together with carriage and keepers’ travelling expenses was only £1797 17s. 3d. Besides this, however, the sum of £600 was paid for a Sumatran Rhinoceros, acquired in 1872. - This animal (the first and only example of its species acquired by the Society) did not (the Council regret to say) live very long*; but was of much interest as serving for a comparison of its characters with those of the Indian, Hairy- eared, and Two-horned species of the same genus. List or ANIMALS WHICH HAVE BEEN BRED IN THE GARDENS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BETWEEN THE IST OF JANUARY 1873 AND THE IsT or January 1874. MAMMALS. 1 Green Monkey (Cercopithecus callitrichus) . 1 Hybrid Monkey (bred between Macacus cynomolgus 3 and Macacus erythraus 2). 1 Collared Fruit-Bat (Cynonycteris collaris) . 3 Spotted Hyzenas (Hyena crocuta), 2 Tibetan Wolves (Canis laniger). 2 Beavers (Castor canadensis). 3 Crested Porcupines (Hystrixv cristata). 1 Cuming’s Octodon (Octodon cumingit). 1 Markhoor (Capra megaceros) . 1 Philantomba Antelope (Cephalophus maawelli). 1 Zebu (Bos indicus). 1 Hybrid Zebu (between Bos indicus and hybrid of the same species). 2 Axis Deer (Cervus azis). . 1 Prince Alfred’s Deer (Cervus alfredi). 1 Virginian Deer (Cervus virginianus). 2 Vulpine Phalangers (Phalangista vulpina). 1 Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus). 3 Great Kangaroos (Macropus giganteus). 1 Yellow-footed Rock-Kangaroo (Petrogale xanthopus). 1 Derbian Wallaby (Halmaturus derbianus). BIRDS. 2 Indian Dial-birds (Copsychus saularis). 4 Mocking-birds (Mimus polyglottus). 3 CrestedGround-Parrakeets (Calopsittanove-hollandie). 4 Upland Geese (Chloéphaga magellanica). * See a notice of the causes of its death by the Society’s Presector in P, Z.S, 1873, p. 92. 25 4 Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator). 4 Black-necked Swans (Cygnus nigricollis). 4 Ruddy Sheldrakes (Tadorna rutila). 4 Variegated Sheldrakes (Tudorna variegata). 11 Summer Ducks (Aiz sponsa). 11 Chiloe Widgeon (Mareca chiloensis) . 19 Chilian Pintail (Dafila spinicauda). 7 Australian Wild Ducks (Anas superciliosa). 4 Rosy-billed Ducks (Metopiana peposaca). 3 Crested Pigeons (Ocyphaps lophotes). 2 Bronze-winged Pigeons (Phaps chalcoptera). 4 Gambel’s Partridges (Callipepla gambelli). 15 Three-quarter bred Amherst Pheasants (between Thaumalea amherstie and half-bred of the same species), 10 Hybrid Pheasants (between Euplocamus swinhoii and E. nycthemerus). 1 Purple Kaleege (Euplocamus horsfieldii). 6 White-crested Kaleeges (Euplocamus albo-cristatus) . 1 Temminck’s Tragopan (Ceriornis temminckii). 7 Peacock Pheasants (Polyplectron chinquis). REPTILES. 10 Yellow Snakes (Chilobothrus inornatus). 7 Common Snakes (Tropidonotus natriz). The total number of registered additions to the Society’s Menagerie in 1873 was 1414, obtained as follows :— Presentations .\... 73 Y 8 s09 Deposits SSS 2) 2 Were ss 86 Purchases¢.y ¢*1 ¢) $57 Repeater). 408 In exchange . . Mees +>, 80 Bred in the Gardens Polat. ° 197 —_—. Total .segace eee; « .. 1474 The most remarkable accessions during the year 1873 are given in the following list of 17 Mammals, 54 Birds, 14 Reptiles, 1 Batrachian, and 6 Fishes, which were new to the Society’s collection. List of Species new to the List of Vertebrates exhibited in the Society’s Gardens in the year 1873. Class MAMMALIA. Order QUADRUMANA. Family CERCOPITHECID&. Genus CoLosus. Colobus polycomus (Schreb.). King Colobus. Hab. Sierra Leone. a. Purchased, May 16, 1873. Colobus bicolor (Wesmael). White-thighed Colobus. Hab. West Africa. a. Purchased, March 28, 1873. Family CEBID &. Genus SAIMARIS. Saimaris ceerstedi (Reinh.). Red-backed Squirrel Monkey. Hab. Central America. a. Purchased, April 29,1873. From Veragua. See P. Z.S. 1873, p. 434. Order CHIROPTERA. Family PTEROPODID A. Genus Preroprvus. Pteropus formosus, Sclater. Formosan Fruit-Bat. Hab. Formosa. a,b. Presented by the Rev. Mr. Ritchie, Jan, 9, 1873. See P, Z.S. 1873, p. 193, pl. xxii. = 27 Family VESPERTILIONID2. Genus Taprnozovs. Taphozous nudiventer (Riipp.). Naked-bellied Tomb-Bat. Hab. Africa. a. Presented by Mr. W. Jamrach, Jan. 20, 1873. See P.Z.8. 1873, p. 194, Order INSECTIVORA. Family ERINACEID.&, Genus Ertnacevs. Erinaceus collaris, Gray. Collared Hedgehog. Hab. N.W. India. a-d. Presented by A. Anderson, Esq., F.Z.8., May 17, 1873, See P. Z.8. 1873, p. 518 Order CARNIVORA. Family FELID®. Genus Fetts. Felis aurata, Temm. Rusty Tiger Cat. Hab. Gold Coast, W. Africa. a. Female. Presented by C.S. Salmon, Esq., Feb. 11, 1873. See P. Z.8. 1873, p. 311. Family MUSTELID #&. Genus MELEs. Meles leptorhynchus, A, Milne-Edwards. Sharp-nosed Badger, Hab. China. a. Presented by R. Swinhoe, Esq., F.Z.S., Nov. 13, 1873. See P. Z. 8, 1873, p. 762. 28 Order RODENTIA. Family SCIURIDA. Genus Scrurvs. Sciurus tennenti, Layard. 'Tennent’s Squirrel. Hab. Ceylon. a. Male; 6. Female. Presented by Hugh Nevill, Esq., July 9, 1873. Sciurus macruroides, Hodgson. Black Hill-Squirrel. Hab. East Indies. a. Purchased, Noy. 11, 1873. Sciurus macrurus, Erx]. Grizzled Hill-Squirrel. Hab. India. --a«, Purchased, Dec. 4, 1873. Genus SPERMOPHILUS. Spermophilus mongolicus, A. Milne-Edwards. Mongolian Souslik. Hab. China. a, b. Presented by R. Swinhoe, Esq., F.Z.8., Noy. 13, 1873. See P.Z. 8. 1873, p. 762. Order UNGULATA. Family BOVID&. Genus GAZELLA. Gazella muscatensis, Brooke. Muscat Gazelle. Hab. Muscat. . a. Male. Presented by Major C. B. Evan Smith, Aug, 15, 1872. See P.Z.S. 1874, p. 141, pl. xxii. b, Female. Deposited. Sept. 26, 1873. 29 Family CERVIDA. Genus Cervus. Cervus virginianus, Gm. Virginian Deer. Hab. North America. a, b, Male and Female. Received in exchange, Feb. 19, 1873. Genus Hyproporss. Hydropotes inermis, Swinhoe. Chinese Water-Deer. Hab. China. a, Male. Presented by R. Swinhoe, Esq., F.Z.8., May 8, 1873, See P.Z.8. 1873, p. 517. Order EDENTATA. - Family DASYPODIDA. Genus XENURUS. Xenurus unicinctus (Linn.). Broad-banded Armadillo. Hab. Brazil. - a, Purchased, April 8, 1873. See P.Z.S. 1873, p. 434. Order MARSUPIALIA. Family PHALANGISTIDA. Genus Dromicia. Dromicia nana (Geoffr.). Dormouse Phalanger. Hab. Tasmania. a, Purchased, May 30, 1873. b. Presented by W. F., Stratford, Esq., June 18, 1873. 30 Class AVES. Order PASSERES. Family TURDIDA. Genus Turpus. Turdus rufiventris, Vieill. Red-bellied Thrush. Hab. Buenos Ayres. a. Purchased, Oct. 30, 1873. Family PARIDA. Genus Parvs. Parus ater, Linn. Cole Tit. Hab. British Islands. a-c. Purchased, May 5, 1873. Family CRATEROPODIDA. Genus GAarRULAX. Garrulax picticollis, Swinhoe. Collared Jay Thrush. Hab. China. a, Purchased, Oct. 30, 1873. See P. Z.8. 1873, p. 761. Family TANAGRID A. Genus CaLLisTeE. Calliste brasiliensis (Linn.). Blue-and-black Tanager. Hab. Brazil. a-f. Purchased, Oct. 20, 1873. Calliste melanonota (Vieill.). Black-shouldered Tanager. Hab. Brazil. a. Purchased, Oct. 20, 1873. 31 Family FRINGILLIDA. Genus ParoaRiA. Paroaria capitata (afr. et D’Orb.). Yellow-billed Car- dinal. Hab. Chili. a,b. Purchased, Noy. 11, 1873. Genus Sycatis. Sycalis luteola (Sparrm.). Yellowish Finch. Hab. Brazil. a,b. Purchased, July 11, 1873. Genus Loxta. Loxia pityopsittacus, Bechst. Parrot Crossbill. Hab. Europe. a. Purchased, Dee. 9, 1873. Genus EMBERIZA. Emberiza chrysophrys (Pall.). Yellow-browed Bunting. : Hab. Japan. a, Purchased, April 25, 1873. See P. Z.8. 1873, p. 434. Genus Evuspiza. Euspiza rutila (Pall.). Red-backed Bunting. Hab. Japan. a. Purchased, April 25,1873. See P. Z.8. 1873, p. 434. Euspiza americana. American Bunting. Hab. America. - ad. Purchased, June 4, 1873. 32 Euspiza aureola (Pall). Yellow-breasted Bunting. Hab. Japan. a, Male. Received in exchange, Noy. 13, 1873. Genus Metoruus. Melophus melanicterus (Gm.). Crested Biack Bunting. Hab. India. a,b, Purchased, April 25, 1873. Family ALAUDIDA. Genus PyrrHULAUDA. Pyrrhulauda verticalis (Smith). White-headel Bullfinch Lark. Hab. South Africa. a-c. Purchased, Sept. 26, 1873, Family ICTERID. Genus DonicnHonyx. Dolichonyx oryzivora (Linn.). American Rice-bird. Hab. North America. a, b. Purchased, June 14, 1873. Genus XANTHOSOMUS. Xanthosomus flavus (Gm.). Yellow Trupial. Hab. Buenos Ayres. a,b. Purchased, Oct. 30, 1873. Genus CassIcus. Cassicus hemorrhous (Linn.). Red-rumped Hangnest. Hab. South America. a. Purchased, Sept. 18, 1873. we w Genus IcTERUvs. Icterus spurius (Linn.). Orchard Hangnest. Hab. North America. a—d, Purchased, July 25, 1873. Family CORVID.X. Genus Corvus. Corvus culminatus, Sykes. Large-hilled Crow. Hab. India. a, Presented by W. Dunn, Esq., May 28, 1873. Genus Cyanopouivs. Cyanopolius cyaneus (Pall.). Blue Magpie. Hab. China. a, Presented by the Rey, A. W. Petre, Oct. 28, 1873. Family DENDROCOLAPTID. Genus FurNARIUS. Furnarius rufus (Gm.). Red Oven-bird. - Hab. Buenos Ayres. a. Purchased, Oct. 30, 1873. Order PSITTACI. Family PSITTACID.. Genus Conurvs. Conurus wagleri (Gray). Wagler’s Conure. Hab. Venezuela. a. Purchased, July 7, 1873. 34 Genus PALZORNIS. Paleornis erythrogenys (Blyth). Red-cheeked Parrakeet. Hab. Nicobar Islands. a. Purchased, March 13, 1873. Genus EurHEeMa. Euphema chrysogastra (Lath.). Orange-bellied Grass-Par- rakeet. Hab. South Australia. a—d. Purchased, Feb. 11, 1875. Genus PyRRHULOPSIS. Pyrrhulopsis tabuensis (Liath.), Tabuan Parrakeet. Hab. Fiji Islands. a. Purchased, July 7, 1873. See P.Z.8. 1873, p. 683. Genus Pronus. Pionus sordidus (Linn.). Blue-throated Parrot. Hab. Venezuela. a,b, Purchased, Noy, 24, 1873. Genus CuryYsorTis. Chrysotis albifrons (Sparrm.). White-browed Amazon, Hab. Honduras. a. Purchased, Jan. 27, 1873. Chrysotis agilis (Linn.). Active Amazon. Hab. Jamaica. a. Purchased, Noy. 24, 1873, ee 39 Chry sotis amazonica (Linn.). Orange-winged Amazon. Hab. South America. a. Purchased, April 29, 1873. From Cartagena. Genus Eos. Eos riciniata (Bechst.). Violet-necked Lory. Hab. Moluccas. a. Purchased, Sept. 26, 1873. See P. Z. 8. 1873, p. 684, Genus TRicHOGLOssUS. Trichoglossus ornatus (Linn.). Ornamental Lory. Hab. Moluccas. a. Purchased, May 16, 1873. Order ACCIPITRES. Family FALCONID. Genus SpizaiTvs. Spizaétus caligatus (Raffl.). Malayan Hawk Eagle. Hab. Burmah. a. Presented by H. Fielden, Esq., Noy. 21, 1873. Genus Crrcaitvus. Circaétus gallicus (Gm.). Short-toed Eagle. Hab. Morocco. a. Presented by Capt. P. Perry, March 18, 1873, From Saffi, Morocco. c 2 Order HERODIONES. Family CICONID. Genus CiconI,. Ciconia boyciana, Swinhoe. Boyce’s Stork. Hab. Japan. a, b. Presented by R. H. Boyce, Esq., Dec. 31, 1873. See P.Z.S8. 1874, p. 2, pl. i. Order ANSERES. Family ANATID A. Genus FULIGULA. Fuligula mariloides (Vigors). Chinese Scaup Duck. Hab. Ningpo, China. a-c. Females. Presented by R. Swinhoe, Esq., F.Z.S., Feb. 22, 1873. See P.Z.S. 1873, p. 312. Order COLUMB. Family COLUMBID. Genus ZENAIDA. Zenaida martinicana (Bp.). Martinican Dove. Hab. West Indies. a-f. Presented by J. H. Hawtayne, Esq., July 9, 1873. From Union Island, one of the Grenadines. Order GALLIN ©. Family PHASIANIDA. Genus Corurnix. _ Coturnix chinensis (Linn.). Chinese Quail. Hab. China. a, 6, Purchased, April 25, 1873. 37 Genus OvonvrorpHorus. Odontophorus dentatus (Temm.). Capoeira Partridge. Hab. Brazil. a. Purchased, March 20, 1873. Genus Gaxtus. Gallus stanleyi (Gray). Ceylonese Jungle-fowl. Hab. Ceylon. a, Male; 6. Female. Presented by H. Bayley, Esq., Sept. 10, 1873. See P. 4.8. 1873, p. 683. Family CRACIDAL. Genus Pirite. Pipile cujubi (Petz.). Amazonian Guan. Hab. Lower Amazons. a—c. Purchased, May 25, 1873. See P, Z. 8. 1873, p. 518, Genus OrvraLiDa, Ortalida vetula (Wagl.). Mexican Guan. Hab. Mexico. «. Purchased, May 15, 1873. Family TURNICID. Genus Turnix. Turnizx lepurana, Smith (Vieill.). Lepurana Hemipode. Hab. West Africa. a, b,¢. Purchased, Feb, 19, 1873. 38 Order ALECTORIDES. Family GRUID/. Genus Grus. Grus leucauchen, Temm. White-necked Crane. Hab. Japan. ua, b. Purchased, April 17, 1873. See P. Z.8, 1873, p. 434. Family RALULID A. Genus PorPHYRIO. Porphyrio indicus (Horsf.). Indian Porphyrio. Hab. Navigators’ Island.” a. Presented by the Rev. J. 8. Whitmee, C.M.Z.8., May 28, 1873. Order GRALL/. Family CHARADRITD. Genus /HGIALITIS. Afgialitis hiaticula (Linn.). Ringed Plover. Hab. British Islands. a. Purchased, July 14, 1873. Order GAVLZE. Family LARID Ai. Genus Larus. Larus leucopterus (Faber). Iceland Gull. Hab. Northern Europe. a. Presented by B. L. Smith, Esq., Oct. 7, 1873, a 59 Family PROCELLARID &, Genus Purrinus. Puffinus anglorum (Boie). Manx Shearwater. Hab. British Isles. a. Presented by Dr. Bree, F.Z.8., Sept. 10, 1873. b. Deposited, Sept. 19, 1873. Genus Darrion. Daption capensis (Linn.). Cape Petrel. Hab. South Atlantic. a. Purchased, Oct. 15, 1873. From Manilla. “Order IMPENNES. Family SPHENISCID24. Genus HupyPtss. Eudyptes chrysocome (Forst.). Rock-hopper Penguin. Had. Falkland Islands. a; Presented by J. M. Dean, Esy., July 1, 1873. See P.Z. 8. 1873, p. 683. Order CRYPTURI. Family TINAMID&. Genus Tinamvs. Tinamus solitarius (Vieill.). Solitary Tinamou. Hab. Brazil. a, 6, Received in exchange, Oct. 13, 1873. 10 Genus Cryerurus, Crypturus obsoletus (Temm.). Obsolete Tinamou. Hab. Brazil. a, b. Received in exchange, Oct. 21, 1873. Genus Ruyncnorvs. Rhynchotus perdicarius (Kittl.}. Chilian Tinamou. Hab. South America. a. Purchased, Jan. 10, 1873. Genus NotHuRa. Nothura maculosa, Temm. Spotted Tinamou, Hab. Buenos Ayres. a, Received in exchange, Aug. 8, 1873. Class REPTILIA. Order TESTUDINATA. Family TESTUDINIDA, Genus TEestuvo. Testudo elongata. Burmese Tortoise. Hab. India. a—d, Presented by Dr. John Anderson, F.Z.S., May 16, 1873, Family EMYDID®. Genus Cvora. Cuora amboinensis (Daud.). Amboina Box Tortoise. Hab. India. a. Presented by Dr. John Anderson, F.Z.S., May 16, 1873. 41 Genus Emys. Emys europea (Schneider). European Terrapin. Hab. Italy. a—d, Purchased, April 26, 1873. Genus CLEMMys. Clemmys punctularia (Daud.). Rough Terrapin. Hab. Trinidad. at. tags by F. Chittenden, Esq., C.M.Z.8., Oct. £6, S15. Clemmys reevesi (Gray). Reeves’s Terrapin. Hab. China. a-c. Presented by R. Swinhoe, Esq., F.Z.8., May 8, 1873. See P.Z. 8. 1873, p. 517. Clemmys unicolor, Gray. Black-headed Terrapin. Hab. China. a—c. Presented by R. Swinhoe, Esq., F.Z.8., May 8, 1873, See P. Z.8. 1873, p. 517, pl. xliv. Order CROCODILIA. Family CROCODILID-E. Genus JAcARE. Jacare latirostris (Daud.). Broad-snouted Caiman. Hab. South America. «, Purchased, April 29, 1873, From Baranquilla. Genus CrocopiLes. - Crocodilus frontatus, Murray. Broad-tronted Crocodile. Hab. West Africa. a. Presented by J.J. Monteiro, Esq., C.M.Z.S., June 26, 1873. From the River Bonny. 12 Order SAURIA. Family AGAMIDA. Genus AGAMA. Agama colonorum (Daud.). Spinose Lizard. Hab. North-west Africa. a. Purchased, June 7, 1873. Genus AMPHIBOLURUS. Amphibolurus angulifer (Gray). Lozenge-marked Lizard. Hab. New Holland. ad. Purchased, June 2, 1873. Genus PsAMMODROMUS. Psammodromus hispanicus, Fitz. Spanish Sand-Lizard. Hab., Spain. a,b. Presented by E. Cavendish Taylor, Esq., F.Z.S., April 16, 1873. From Tangiers. Order OPHIDIA. Family COLUBRID. Genus CoryPHOoDON. Coryphodon testaceus (Say). 'Testaceous Snake. Hab. California. a, 6. Presented by A. Forrer, Esq., Aug. 20, 1873. Genus PirvoPuHis. Pituophis catenifer (Blainv.). Chained Snake. Hab, California. a, Presented by A. Forrer, Esq., Aug. 20, 1873. Family CROTALID-E, Genus CRoTALUS. Crotalus miliarius (Linn.). Smaller Rattlesnake. ‘Hab. Canada. a. Presented by J. W, James, Esq., Nov. 30, 1873. Class BATRACHIA. Order ANURA. Family HYLID&. Genus Hyta. Hyla versicolor (Leconte). Changeable Tree- Frog. Hab. North America. a. Presented by Prof. Rolleston, Nov. 10, 1873. Class PISCES. Family SQUALID. Genus ScyLiium. Scyllium stellare (Linn.). Large Spotted Dogfish. Hab. British Seas. F a,b, Purchased, July 28, 1873. 44 * Family GADIDA. Genus Gapus. Gadus pollachius, Linn. The Pollack. Hab. British Seas. Family PLEURONECTIDA, Genus RHomsvus. Rhombus levis (Linn.), Brill. Hab. British Seas. Family CYPRINIDA. Genus BARBUS. ~ Barbus vulgaris (Fleming). Barbel. Hab, British Fresh Waters. Genus Lruciscus. Leuciscus cephalus (Linn.). Chub. Hab. British Fresh Waters. Genus ABRAMIS. Abramis brama, Linn. Bream, Hab, British Fresh Waters. The following is a List of Donors and their several Dona- tions to the Menagerie during the year 1873. Acclimatization Society of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Two Weka Rails, one Variegated Sheldrake. Acclimatization Society of Victoria, New South Wales. Two Ursine Dasyures., 45 Adéy, A. F., Esq. One Common Paradoxure, one Greater Black-backed Gull. Adie, A., Esq. ° One Common Heron. Anderson, A., Esq., F.Z.S. Four Collared Hedgehogs. Anderson, Dr. J., F.Z.S. Four Burmese Tortoises, one Amboina Box Tortoise. Askew, Mr. F. One Herring-Gull. Baker, J., Esq. One Javan Chevrotain. Bayley, H., Esq. Two Ceylonese Jungle-fowls. Bennett, Capt. Chie Virginian Deer. Bennett, Dr. Gs F.Z.S. One New-Caledonian Rail. Benyon, A., Esq. One Suricate. Bischoffsheim, Mrs. Two Black-cared Marmosets. Blackmore, 8., Esq. One Ey red Lizard. Blake, J., Esq. Tw o Common Peafowl. Blisset, H. F., Esq. Two Black Kites. Bond, F., Esq., F.Z.S. One Lapland Bunting. Bone, Capt. T. R. Four Lacertine Snakes, two Horseshoe- Snakes. Booker, W. L., Esq. "Tivo Homed Lizards. Boyce, R. H., Esq. Two Boyce’s Storks. Bradley, F. E., Esq. One Bonnet-Monkey. Bradshaw, Capt. J. J. Three Egyptian Cats. Bradshaw, Miss. One Green Monkey, one Bonnet-Monkey. Brajleholer, Capt. One Black-backed Jackal. 46 Bray, J. Daws, Esq. One-Grivet Monkey. Breach, Miss. One Raccoon, one Vulpine Phalanger. Bree, Dr., F.Z.S. One Manx Shearwater, one Long-eared Owl. Brighton Aquarium Company. One Cuttlefish. Brooke, Miss Jane Anne. One Fallow Deer. Brooks, Miss E. One Ocelot. Brooksbank, A., Esq. One Common Heron. Browne, W. H. Latham, Esq. One Wood-Owl. Burrows, C., Esq. One Crested Ground-Parrakeet. Butehart, Capt. George. One Garnett’s Galago. Campbell, J. 8., Esq. One Tytler’s Paradoxure. Carmichael, John, Esq. * Two Mexican Guans. Castro, J. de, Esq. One Spotted Cavy. Chittenden, F., Esq. One Brazilian Tortoise. Clark, Mr. J. A. One Common Lapwing, one Thicknee. Clark, Lieut. N. L. H., R.N. One Logger-headed Turtle. Cock, G. C., Esq. One Rhesus Monkey. Cocks, A. H., Esq. Two Mountain-Finches. Couteau, Mrs. One Grivet Monkey. Cowper, Capt. One Alligator. Crawford, G. P., Esq. One Coati. Cresswell, F., Esq. Four Knots, two Dunlins. i ata tA 2 a — 47 Crofts, J. A., lisq. One Domestic Goat. Crookshank, A., Esq. One Malayan Bear. Cust, Lady. One African Civet Cat, one Hyacinthine Purphyrio, five Occipital Lizards. Daintry, G. 8., Esq. One Grey Ichneumon. Davies, Rear-Admiral. One Cashmere Monkey. Day, R. W., Esq. One Green Monkey. Dean, J. M., Esq. One Rock-hopper Penguin. Dean, R., Esq, One Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. Denison, Capt., R.N. One Macaque Monkey. Dixon, Mr. J. One Coati. Donald, Capt. A. One Australian Crane. Downe, The Viscountess. One Common Hawfinch. Doyle, Dr. One Crested Pelican. Dunn, W., Esq., C.M.Z.S. One Large-billed Crow, one Indian Crow. Dutton, J., Esq. One Black Iguana. Edwards, J., Esq. One Common Squirrel. Ellis, The Hon. E. Three Gray’s Terrapins, two Algerian Tortoises. Fenn, Capt. E. G. One Vervet Monkey. Fielden, H., Esq. One Malayan Hawk-Eagle. Finch-Hatton, Hon. M. E. G. One Lion. Fiske,.The Rev. G. H. R. Five Robben-Island Snakes. Forrest, W., Esq. One Hairy Armadillo. 18 Frank, P., Esq. One Mocking-bird, one Nightingale. Freeman, J. E., Esq. One Rhesus Monkey. Frere, Bartle, Esq. One Garnet's Galago. Friederichs, F. H., Esq. One Common Jackal. Frieland, H., Esq. One Diamond Snake. Furlonger, Miss A. One Madagascar Porphyrio. Gassiot, J. P., Esq., Jun., F.Z.8. Sev Baeea Common Turtledoves, one Barbary Turtle- dove. Gaye, A. C., Esq. One Caracal. Gillispie, W., Esq. One Alligator. Gordon, The Hon. Sir Arthur Hamilton, K.C.M.G. T wo Emus. Gore, Mr. One Macaque Monkey. Giinther, Dr., F.R.S., F.Z.S. One Snow- Bunting. Hanley, John, Esq. One Alligator. Hannen, Geo., sq. Two Barbary Turtledoves, Harper, J.8., Esq. One Common Paradoxure. Ilart, Lionel, Esq. One Leopard, one Civet Cat. Hawkins, Mr. One Great Grey Shrike. Hawkshaw, C., Esq. One Black-eared Marmoset. Hawtayne, G. H., Esq. One Crab- eating Opossum, six Neptiotiiass Doves. Hay, Sir John Dr ummond, K.C.B. One Puff Adder, one Horseshoe Snake, one Bonelli’s Eagle, six Moorish Tortoises, four Spanish Terrapins. Hayley, T., Esq. One Grey Ichneumon. Le 49 Heane, Lieut. J. Ll., R.N. Two Goldfinches, Two Canary Finches, One Paradise Whydah bird. Heath, Mr. Geo. Two Maugé’s Dasyures. Henry, Capt. G. F. One Indian Leopard. Hensman, Mr. H. P. One Little Grebe. Hepburn, A. B., Esq. Two Rough-legged Buzzards. Herd, Capt. D., C.M.Z.S. One Red Fox. Hewitt, H. N., Esq. One Macaque Monkey. Hewitt, Mrs. One Rose Hill-Parrakeet. Higson, Mrs. One Common Marmoset. Holford, G. H., Esq. One Cornish Chough. Holloway, H. E., Esq. Two Mouflons. Hood, E., Esq. One Patas Monkey. Horsford, J. A., Esq. One Smooth-headed Capuchin. Hotham, W. C., Esq. Three Common Chameleons. Isaacson, J. W., Esq. One Mexican Deer. Ives, Col. Gordon, F.Z.S. One Vervet Monkey. James, J. W., Esq. One Smaller Rattlesnake. Jamrach, Mr. W. One Naked-bellied Tomb-bat, one Bacha Eagle. Johnson, W. E., Esq. One Ring-necked Parrakeet. Keymer, A. B., Esq., and Judge Lovesy. One Ocelot. Kincaid, J. E., Esq. One Ring-necked Pheasant. 50 Kingsley, Miss. One Prairie Marmot. Knight, Mr. H. One Rhesus Monkey. Laws, R., Esq. One Bonnet-Monkey. Le Mesurier, H. P., Esq. Four Starred Tortoises. Le Soueff, A. C., Esq. Three Black-backed Porphyrios. Lewis, Dr. One Wood-Owl. Liebert, J. T., Esq. Four Canada Geese. Littleton, Lieut. Hon. A. C. Two Sand-Badgers. Liveing, Mrs. E. One Clifford’s Snake. Lloyd, A., Esq. One Bonnet-Monkey. Louth, The Lord, F.Z.S. One Brown Capuchin, two Bonnet-Monkeys. Lovegrove, W., Esq., F.Z.S. One Palm-Squirrel. Lovesy, Judge. Three Black Vultures, two Black-headed Parrots. Lovesy, Mrs. C. C. One West-Indian Rail. ’ Lowson, J. W., Esq. One Hairy Armadillo. Lyon, Miss L. C. Two Crested Ground-Parrakeets, Mackinlay, Mrs. Two Mulita Armadillos. Maclaine, M. G., Esq. One Pike. Main, Rev. T. One Larger Hill-Mynah. Mawrer, Mr. C. One Common Paradoxure, Menzies, W. S., Esq. Two Long-eared Owls. Monteiro, J. J., Esq., C.M.Z.S. One -Erxleben’s Monkey, one Moustache Monkey, 51 one Banded Ichneumon, two Bronze-spotted Doves, one Broad-fronted Crocodile. Moore, G., Esq. One Vulpine Squirrel. Miller, Miss. One Bonnet-Monkey. Murchison, J. H., Esq. One Jaguar. Neale, Mr. Two Common Partridges. Nelson, The Lord. Four Common Peafowls. Nevill, Hugh, Esq., F.Z.S. Two Tennent’s Squirrels, four Blossom-headed Par- rakeets, one Alexandrine Parrakeet, one Layard’s Parrakeet. Newton, R., Esq. Two Bateleur Eagles, one Wattled Crane, oné White- bellied Stork. Nutt, Capt. Henry Lowther. One Asiatic Wild Ass. Oakes, A. E., Esq. One Anubis Baboon, one Patas Monkey. Ord, Sir Harry St. George, C.B., Hon.Memb.Z.S. One White-handed Gibbon, two Slow Lorises; one Tiger, one Binturong,two Argus Pheasants, two White- handed Gibbons. Paget, Mrs. One Squirrel Monkey. Palin, Dr. John, C.M.Z.S. One Alligator. Parnaby, J., Esq. A Collection of Salmon- and Trout-ova. Parr, Charlton, Esq. One Hybrid Mandarin Duck. Patey, Mr. G. S. One Thicknee. Perry, Capt. P. One Short-toed Eagle. Petre, The Rev. A. W. One Hawk’s-billed Turtle, one Bosman’s Potto; one Blue Magpie. Phillips, Capt. Twelve Gray’s Terrapins, one Persian Gazelle. 52 Phillips, T., Esq. One Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, one Lead- beater’s Cockatoo. Pitcher, Mr. W. C. One Wood-Ovwl. Reid, 8. G., Esq., and Lieut. Denison, R.E. One Naked-footed Owl, one Egyptian Vulture, two African Buzzards. Riddell, Sir Thomas, Bart. One Wild Cat. Ridley, —, Esq. One Maugé’s Dasyure. Ritchie, Rev. Mr. Two Formosan Fruit-Bats. Rogers, G. E., Esq. Two Indian Antelopes. Rolleston, Prof. George, F.Z.S. One Changeable Tree-Frog. Roope, Cabel, Esq., Jun. One Cinereous Sea- Eagle. Russell, The Lord Herbrand, F.Z.8. ’ Two Tench, golden variety. Rust, H. B., Esq. One Ruddy Ichneumon. Salmon, C. S., Esq. One Rusty Tiger Cat. Salvin, Capt. One Slowworm. Sanderson, Dr. B., F.R.S. Four Bull-frogs. Sandon, Miss. One Arabian Baboon. Sandwith, T. B., Esq. Two Cretan Ibexes. Sass, F. A., Esq. One Tench. Serjeants of the First Battalion Scots Fusiliers. One Toque Monkey. Sewell, H., Esq. One Mountain Finch. Shelley, Capt. G. E., F.Z.S. One Eyed Lizard. Shelton, Mr. J. One Tasmanian Rat-kangaroo. 53 Shirley, W. H., Esq. Two Domestic Sheep. Siddons, Miss. One Dwarf Chameleon. Simpson, Mrs. W. One Grey Ichneumon. Slack, J. W., Esq. One Nightjar. Smith, B. L., Esq. One Iceland Gull, one Arctic Fox. Smith, Griffiths, Esq. One Rose Hill-Parrakeet, one Crested Ground-Parra- keet. Smith, G. N., Esq. Two Green Lizards, four Slowworms, one Common Snake. Smith, H. G., Esq. Three Rose Hill-Parrakeets, one Pennant’s Parrakeet, one Vulpine Phalanger. Smith, J., Esq. Two Wood-Owls. Smith, Major C. B. Evan. One Muscat Gazelle. Smith, Miss A. One Red-headed Bunting. Smith, Miss H. One Rhesus Monkey. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, U.S. ~ One Alligator Terrapin. Spence, J. M., Esq., F.Z.S. Two Tuberculated Lizards. Stafford, S. J. F., Esq. Two Green-winged Doves, two Chinese Doves. Stanley, John, Esq. One Common Marmoset, one Black-eared Marmoset, one Blue-fronted Amazon. Stephen, Mr. G. Two Common Barn-Owls. Stern, Mrs. Four Common Peafowl. Stirling, The Lady. One Macaque Monkey. Stirling, the Rev. Dr. One Chilian Jackal, one Coypu. 54 St. John, Comm. H. C., R.N. One Black Cuckoo, one Seychellean Sternothere. Strachey, Lieut. L. Clive, R.N. One Condor Vulture. Stratford, Mr. W. F. One Dormouse Phalanger. Streatfeild, F. H. T., Esq. Two Hooded Crows. Stokes, Mr. W. One Rough-legged Buzzard. Stubbs, S., Esq. One Cardinal Grosbeak, one Red-shouldered Star- ling, one Grey-headed Sparrow, one Rufous-necked Weaver-bird. Sturt, Capt. C. S., C.M.Z.S. Three Starred Tortoises. Swinhoe, R., Esq., F.Z.S. One sharp-nosed Badger, two Mongolian Sousliks, one Reeves’s Muntjac, three Chinese Scaup Ducks, one Chinese Water-Deer, three Reeves’s Terrapins, three Black-headed Terrapins. Tait, A. W., Esq. One Golden Eagle. Taylor, E. Cavendish, Esq., F.Z.S. Two Spanish Sand-Lizards, two Algerian Tortoises, three Spanish Terrapins. Taylor, G. R., Esq. One Himalayan Bear. Thomas, Mrs. One Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. Thornton, H. Welch, Esq. Two Egyptian Geese. Tindale, J. P., Esq., F.Z.S. Two Vinaceous Turtledoves. Towndron, Mr. T. One Greater White-crested Cockatoo. Trevor, S. W., Esq. Two Stanleyan Chevrotains, one Slow Loris. Turner-Turner, J., Esq. One Common Buzzard. Turner, R. S., Esq. One Common Adder. Veitch, Mr. G. One Macaque Moukey. 55 Vincey, E., Esq. One vere Monkey. Walker, W., Esq. One ‘Grey Ichneumon. Ward, Mr. J. K One Bonnet-Monkey. Watkin, T. R., Esq. Three Fournier’s Capromys. Watson, Mr. J., Jun. One Angulated Tortoise. - Wellicombe, Mrs. Two Common Barn-Owls. Weut, Brandford, Esq. One Black-handed Spider Monkey. Wharton, C. B., Esq., F.Z.S. One Common Cuckoo. Whitaker, J., Esq., Jun. Two Long-eared Owls. White, A. J. C., Esq. Two Griffon Vultures, one Golden Eagle. White, Mr. One Common Hedgehog. Whiteside, —, Esq. One Common Cuckoo. Whitfield, R. G., Esq., F.Z.S. One Macaque Monkey. Whitmee, Rev. J. S., C.M.Z.8. One Indian Porphyrio. Wilkinson, Comm., R.N. One Malabar Squirrel. Williams, Dr. E. One Barbary Sheep. Wilson, Mrs. One Crested Screamer. Wilson, M. B., Esq. One Brown Bear. Wilson, Mr. S. Three Chubb, dees Barbel, one Roach. Wishart, Miss E. D. One Rhesus Monkey. Worthington, A. B., Esq. One Blotched Genet. Wood, A., Esq. One Yellow Hangnest. 56 Wood, W. C., Esq. Three Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Wright, A. C., Esq. One Dark-green Snake, one Four-lined Snake. Conclusion. In concluding their forty-fifth Report, the Council beg leave to congratulate the members upon the successful results of the last financial year, which has been one of marked success even after several years of great prosperity. As regards future prospects, there can be no better test of the popularity of the Society than the large and yearly increasing number of admissions to the Gardens, which in 1873 attained an unpre- cedented total. Nor do the Council believe that there is less reason to be satisfied with the progress made during the past year in other branches of their establishment. In conducting the Society’s affairs to their present state of prosperity, the Council have to acknowledge the assistance they have received from the Committee of Publication, and from the gentlemen who have served upon the Committees of Finance and Audit. Signed (for the Council), P. L. ScLATER, Secretary. 11 Hanover Square, April 29th, 1874. Anes) 9 . if 9 ; a * Bs. “ 4 > = | , Ps REPORT COUNCIL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, READ AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, APRIL 297n, 1875, LONDON: PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET, 1875, REPORT OF THE SCOUN Cah OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, READ AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, APRIL 29rn, 1875, LONDON: PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET, 1875. CONTENTS. 7 Page I. General Condition of the Society .........-s0uns0e se» 3 1. State ofthe Roll‘of Members ........:...c,ee0s6 3 a. Fellows and Annual Subscribers ...........- 3 b. Foreign, Honorary, and Corresponding Members 4 2: “State of the Finances.) ...5 0... «et tes eee 5 2. ACOMO? sr te ate oe. be ee 5 6. Expenditune”.\6L7.().. . 42 sind ss A pat pee 6 c. WReserve Fund)... i 6s sa Vein ob Sieie pe 8 d.Assets and Liabilities «.2..5.5.5s- > 5s eee 9 TL Wifes, 1). Hanover, Squaxp®..% .'s\..:)54 = slew seo a 9 1, Acientifie Meétiniga (ALIA. EA GATS. 9 2, Heientific Publications: oc sis. sk. ese eee 10 De LADPATY co | Feb. 19, 1874. 31 Order UNGULATA. Suborder PERISSODACTYLA. Family RHINOCEROTIDZ. Genus RuINocERos. Rhinoceros sondaicus, Cuv. Sondaic Rhinoceros. Hab. Java. a. Male. Purchased, March 7, 1874. See P.Z.S. 1874, p. 182, pl. xxviii. Family BOVIDA. Genus GazeLua. Gazella arabica, Hempr. et Ehr. Arabian Gazelle. Hab. Arabia, a. Male; 6. Female. Presented by Mrs. Benecke, J uly 25, 1874. From Aden. See P. Z.8. 1874, p. 494, Genus Oryx. Oryx beisa (Riipp.). Beisa Antelope. Hab. Central Africa. a. Male, Presented by Admiral Arthur Cumming, May 28, 1874, See P.Z.8. 1874, p. 323. Family CERVIDZ. Subfamily Cervinaz. Genus Cervus. Cervus euopis, Swinhoe. Large-eyed Deer. Hab. Newchang, North China. a. Male. Purchased Feb. 27,1874. See P.Z.S. 1874, p.151, Cervus campestris, F. Cuy. Pampas Deer. Hab. South America. a. Male; b. Female. Purchased, Dec. 23, 1874. From the Argentine Republic. See P.Z.8. 1875, p. 1. 32 Genus Crervu.us. Cervulus muntjac, Zimm. Indian Muntjac. Hab. India. a. Male. Purchased, Nov. 6, 1874. From Saigon. P.Z.S. 1874, p. 665. Cervulus sclateri, Swinhoe. Sclater’s Muntjac. Hab. China. a,b. Males. Purchased, May 29, 1874. Cervulus micrurus, Scl. Short-tailed Muntjac. Hab. China. Sce a, Female. Purchased, Feb. 27, 1874. See P. Z. 8. 1875. b, Male. Purchased, May 29, 1874. Order MARSUPIALIA. Family MACROPODID. Genus Dorcopsis. Dorcopsis luctuosa (D’ Albertis). Mourning Kangaroo. Hab. South of New Guinea. a, Female. Deposited, April 17, 1874. See P.Z.8. 1874, p. 247, pl. xlii., and P. Z.S. 1875, p. 48. Class AVES. Order PASSERES. Family TURDID&. Genus SYLVIA. Sylvia atricapilla, Linn. Black-cap Warbler. Hab. Europe. a. Presented by Lieut. J. L. Herne, R.N., April 9, 1874. 33 Family PARIDA. Genus Sirra. Sitta europea, Linn. White-bellied Nuthatch. Hab. N. Europe. a. Purchased, Oct. 14, 1874. Genus Parvs. Parus cyanus, Pallas. Azure Titmouse. Hab. N. Europe. a. Purchased, Oct. 14, 1874. Family CRATEROPODIDZ. Genus GarruLax. Garrulax perspicillatus (Gm.). Masked Jay Thrush, Hab. China. a,b. Purchased, July 22, 1874. Family PYCNONOTIDA, Genus Puytiornis. Phyllornis aurifrons, Temm. Malabar Green Bulbul. Hab. India. a. Purchased, Jan. 12, 1874. Family PLOCEID. Genus Pytetia. Pytelia phenicoptera, Sw. Crimson-winged Waxbill. Hab. West Africa. a. Purchased, Jan. 12, 1874, 34 Family FRINGILLID&. “Subfamily Frin@iLLinz. Genus Passer. Passer alario (Linn.), Alario Sparrow. Hab. South Africa. a,b. Purchased, Jan. 2, 1874. Order PICI. Family YUNGIDA. Genus YuNX. Yunex torquilla, Linn. Wryneck. Hab. Europe. a. Purchased, July 16, 1874. Order COCCYGES. Family BUCE ROTID. Genus Bucerros. Buceros malayanus, Rattles. Malayan Hornbill. Hab. Malacca. | a. Purchased, Feb. 17, 1874. See P.Z.8: 1874, p. 151. 35 Order PSITTACT. Family PSITTACID A. Subfamily Cacatuina. Genus Cacartva. Cacatua goffini, Finsch. Goffin’s Cockatoo, Hab. Queensland. - a. Purchased, July 31, 1862, 6. Presented by C. Turner, Esq., June 28, 1871. ¢. Presented by F. J. Dean, Esq., F.Z.8., Oct. 17, 1874, Genus Curysotts. Chrysotis finschi, Sclater. Finsch’s Amazon. Hab. Western Mexico. a. Presented by Mrs. C. Chivers, March 9, 1874. See P. Z.8. 1874, p. 206, pl. xxxiv. MNES -OYOOSSE Chrysotis bouqueti, Bechst. Blue-faced Amazon. Hab. St. Lucia, West Indies. a. Purchased, May 6, 1874. See P. Z. 8. 1874, p. 323; P.Z.8. 1875, p. 61, pls ii Chrysotis guildingi, Vigors. Guilding’s Amazon. Hab. St. Vincent, West Indies. a. Purchased, May 29, 1874. _ See P. Z. 8. 1874, p. 324, Subfamily Loriinaz. Genus Eos. Eos tricolor (Steph.). Blue-tailed Lory. Hab. Moluccas. a, 6, Purchased, Feb, 28, 1874: c2 36 Eos rubra (Gm.). Red Lory. Hab. Moluccas. a. Purchased, March 3, 1874. Genus TRICHOGLOSSUS. Trichoglossus cyanogrammus (Wagl.). Green-naped Lory. Hab. Moluccas. a. Purchased, Jan. 22, 1874. Order ACCIPITRES. Family FALCONID. Subfamily PotyBoRINaz. Genus Mitvaco. Milvago chimachima (Vieill.). Chimachima Milvago. Hab. Brazil. a. Purchased, Jan. 20, 1874. Subfamily Aq'uILIN&. Genus ButEo. Buteo erythronotus (King). Red-backed Buzzard. Hab. South America. a. Purchased, July 20, 1874. Genus URUBITINGA. Urubitinga anthracina, Nitzsch. Ash-coloured Buzzard. Hab. St. Vincent, West Indies. a. Purchased, Noy. 26, 1874. 37 Genus HERPETOTHERES. Herpetotheres cachinnans, Linn. Laughing Falcon, Hab. Brazil. a. Purchased, June 30, 1874, Subfamily Fanconina2. Genus TINNUNCULUS. Tinnunculus sparverius (Linn.), Hab. South America, a. Purchased, Aug. 29, 1874, American Kestrel. Subfamily Accipr7Ring, Genus Accipiter. Accipiter melanoleucus, Smith, Black-an Hawk. Hab. Africa. a. Presented by Capt. Griffiths, at sea off Cape Verd. d-white Sparrow- Sept. 5, 1874, Captured Order HERODIONES. Family CICONIIDA. Genus Lr PTOPTILUS, Leptoptilus argala (Linn.). Indian Adjutant. Hab. India. a,b. Purchased, Jan. 26, 1874, 38 Order ANSERES. Family ANATIDA. Subfamily ANaTIN &. Genus RHODONESSA. Rhodonessa caryophyllacea (Latham). Pink-headed Duck. Hab. India. a. Male; 6. Female. Purchased, Jan. 12, 1874. See P.Z.S. 1874, p. 110. Genus QuERQUEDULA. Querquedula falcata (Pallas). Falcated Teal. Hab. China. a, b, Males. Purchased, Feb. 27, 1874. See P. Z. 8. 1874, p. 152 Subfamily FuLIGuLINa«. Genus FuLicuua. Fuligula rufina (Pallas). Red-crested Whistling Duck. Hab. India. a. Male. Presented by E. Buck, Esq., June 3, 1874. Order COLUMB. Family CARPOPHAGID/. Genus CaRPoPHAGa. Carpophaga sylvatica, Tickell, Green Fruit-Pigeon. | Hab. India. a, 6, Received in exchange, Sept. 9, 1874. 39 Family COLUMBID&. Genus IANTH@NAs. Tanthenas leucolema, Gray. White-throated Violet Pi- geon. Hab. Moluccas. a. Purchased, March 6, 1874. Genus Macropyera. Macropygia phasianella (Temm.). Pheasant-tailed Pigeon. Hab. New South Wales. a,6. Purchased, Jan. 26, 1874. Genus Turtvur. Turtur suratensis, Gm. Spotted Turtledove. Hab. India. a, 6. Received in exchange, March 5, 1874, Genus Prristera. Peristera geoffroit (Temm.). Geoffroy’s Dove. Hab. Brazil. a, b. Purchased, Oct. 19, 1874. From the Island of Fer- nando de Noronha, Genus Zenarpa. Zenuida leucoptera (Linn.). White-winged Zenaida Dove. Hab. West Indies. a; 6, Received in exchange, June 15, 1874. 40 Order GALLIN ~&. Family TETRAONID. Genus TETRAO. Tetrao phasianellus, Linn. Sharp-tailed Grouse. Hab. North America. a, Received in exchange, May 9, 1874. Family PHASIANID A. Subfamily CaccaBININA. Genus CaccaBis. Caccabis petrosa (Gm.). Barbary Partridge. Hab. North Africa. a. Male; 6,c. Females. Presented by Saville G. Reed, Esq., F.L.S., June 7, 1874. From Spain. Family CRACIDA. Subfamily PenELOoPIN:. Genus ORTALIDA. Ortalida garrula (Humb.). Chattering Guan. Hab. Cartagena, U, 8S. of Columbia. a. Presented by George Dawson Rowley, Esq., F.Z.8., Aug. 26, 1874. Al Order ALECTORIDES. Family PSOPHIID A. Genus Psopuia. Psophia leucoptera, Spix. White-backed Trumpeter. Hab. Amazons. a. Deposited, Oct. 6, 1874. Order GRALL-. Family SCOLOPACID. Genus NuMENIvs. Numenius femoralis, Peale. Pacific Curlew. Hab. Quiros Island, S. Pacific. a,b, Presented by the Rev. 8. J. Whitmee, C.M.Z.S., May 27, 1874. See P. Z.8. 1874, p. 323. Genus REecuRvVIROSTRA. Recurvirostra avocetia, Linn. Avocet. Hab. Europe. a-d. Purchased, Aug. 21, 1874. Order GAVLAE. Family LARIDZA. Genus Lestris. Lestris pomatorhinus, Temm. Pomatorhine Skua. Hab. Europe. a, Purchased, Noy. 20, 1874. 42 Genus Larus. Larus audouini, Payr. Audouin’s Gull. Hab. Sardinia. a, b. Presented by Lord Lilford, F.L.S., June 29, 1874. See P.Z.8. 1874, p. 494. Genus STERNA. Sterna cantiaca (Gm.). Sandwich Tern. Hab. Europe. a-d. Purchased, Aug. 21, 1874. Order IMPENNES. Family SPHENISCID. Genus PyGoscELes. Pygosceles teniatus (Peale). Gentoo Penguin. Hab. Falkland Islands. a. Purchased, Oct. 22,1874. See P.Z.8. 1874, p. 605. Order STRUTHIONES. Family CASUARIID. Genus CasvARIvs. Casuarius uniappendiculatus, Blyth. One-wattled Casso- wary. Hab. New Guinea. a. Presented by Capt. Moresby, of H.M.S. ‘ Basilisk,’ Aug. 25, 1874. See P.Z.8. 1874, p. 495; and Poii8: 1875, p..85, phxx, 43 Casuarius westermanni, Scl. Westerman’s Cassowary. Hab. New Guinea. a. Received in exchange, Sept. 20,1871. See P.Z.S. 1875, p- 85, pl. xix. Casuarius picticollis, Scl. Painted-necked Cassowary. Hab. South of New Guinea. a. Purchased, May 27, 1874. See P.Z.S. 1875, p. 85, pl. xviii. ’ Class REPTILIA. Order TESTUDINATA. Family EMYDIDA. Genus CLemmys. Clemmys floridana (Le Conte). Floridan Terrapin. Hab. St. John’s River, North America. a. Presented by the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, U.S. A., June 4, 1874. Clemmys serrata (Daud.). Serrated Terrapin. Hab. North Carolina. a-d. Presented by the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, fr ' U.S: A., June 11, 1874. See P.Z.S. 1874, p- 494. Family TRIONYCHIDA. Genus Trionyx. Trionyx ferox, Schneid. North-American Trionyx. Hab. Lake Michigan, North America. a. Presented by the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, U.S.A., June 4,1874, See P.Z.8. 1874, p, 494. 44 Order SAURIA. Family AGAMIDA. Genus URomastTix. Uromastix microlepis, Blanford. Small-scaled Mastigure. Hab. Busreh, Persian Gulf. a-c. Presented by Capt. Phillips, Aug. 4, 1874. See P. Z.8. 1874, p. 495 et p. 656, pl. Ixxx. Uromastiz hardwickti, Gray. Hardwicke’s Mastigure. Hab. India. a,b. Presented by Lieut.-Col. C. 8. Sturt,C.M.Z.S., Dec. 23, 1874. See P.Z.S. 1875, p. 1. Family LACERTIDA. Genus LAcErRTA. Lacerta lilfordi, Giinther. Lilford’s Lizard. Hab. Minorca. a,b. Presented by Lord Lilford, F.Z.S., June 29, 1874. See P. Z.S8. 1874, p. 494. Family SCINCID. Genus Macroscincvs. Macroscincus cocteauit (Dum. et Bibr.). Cocteau’s Skink. Hab. Cape-Verd Islands. a,b, Presented by Prof. Barboza du Bocage, F.M.Z.S., Aug. 14, 1874. See P.Z.S, 1874, p. 495. Genus Hinvtia. Hinulia whitei, Gray. White’s Skink. Hab. Australia. a—c. Purchased, July 31, 1874. Order OPHIDIA. Family COLUBRID A&A. Genus Liormts. Liophis merremii (Max.). Merrem’s Snake. Hab. Monte Video. a. Purchased, Jan. 17, 1874. Class BATRACHIA. Order ANURA. Family BUFONIDZ. Genus Buro. Bufo agua, Latr. Giant Toad. Hab. Brazil. a. Presented by Mr. D’Arcy, Noy. 19, 1874. Class PISCES, Order CIRRHOSTOMI. Family BRANCHIOSTOMATID A. Genus BrancHiostToMa. Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas). Lancelet, Hab. Coast of Italy. a-r. Presented by the Director of the Zoological Station, Naples. 46 The following is a List of Donors and their several Dona- tions to the Menagerie during the year 1874, Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice. One Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. Acclimatization Society of Melbourne, Victoria. Two Red Kangaroos. Adlington, W., Esq. Four Common Tench. Alexander, J. W., Esq. One Spotted Cavy. Allen, J., Esq. One Rhesus Monkey. Angus, .Mrs. One Common Hedgehog. Archibald, Capt. One Punjaub Wild Sheep. Arnold, Mr. W. Two Common Tench. Aveling, H. J., Esq. | One Roseate Cockatoo, one Ring-necked Parrakeet. Bailey, Mr. J. jun., F.Z.S. One Pintail Duck. Bainbridge, J. H., Esq. One Muscat Gazelle. Baldwin, H., Esq. One Rose-crested Cockatoo. Barboza du Bocage, Prof., F.M.Z.S. Two Cocteau’s Skinks. Bateson, N. M., Esq. One Virginian Deer. Beaumont, R. E., Esq. Two Glaucous Gulls. Bemmelen, M. A. A. van. Two Litttle Bitterns. - ‘ Benecke, Mrs. Two Arabian Gazelles. Bennett, P. W., Esq. Two Common Ravens. Berkeley, The Hon. P. C. F. One Crocodile. Blackmore, H. P., Esq. Two Common Dormice. Boddam-Whetham, J. W., Esq. One Tooth-billed Pigeon. 47 Boswell, Mrs. One Red-shouldered Starling. Bower, H., Esq. Two Black Swans. Brooke, Sir Victor. ; Two Cinereous Sea-Eagles. Bruce, Geo., Esq. One Crested Curassow. Bruce, Mr. One Bonnet Monkey. Brunnschweiler, G. J., Esq. One King Vulture. Buck, E., Esq. . One Red-crested Whistling Duck. Buckland, F., Esq., F.Z.S. Three hundred Young Salmon. Burrell, Mrs. One Common Barn-Owl. Burroughs, Colonel. One Raven. Calthorpe, Lord.’ One Vervet Monkey. Canning, The Hon. A. S. G. One Black-winged Pea-fowl. Carington, Colonel. - One Leadbeater’s Cockatoo. Catlin, Mrs. One Ring-necked Parrakeet. Chambers, W. P., Esq. Two Coatis. Chivers, Mrs. One Finsch’s Amazon. Clark, Mr. J. One Common Chameleon. Clarke, Sir Andrew, K.C.M.G.S. One Macaque Monkey, white variety, Clements, Nelson, Esq. ; One Stump-tailed Lizard. Cobbett, Capt. E. N. One Virginian Deer. Cocks, A. H., Esq. Two Fire-bellied Toads. Colbeck, G. R., Esq. One Common Paradoxure. 48 Cooper, H. T. M., Esq. One Long-nosed Crocodile. Cosgrove, W. O., Mr. One Rhesus Monkey. Croker, J. J., Esq. One Common Quail. Cumming, Admiral Arthur. One Beisa Antelope. Cusack, R. H., Esq. One Garnett’s Galago. D’ Albuquerque, Le Chevalier. Three Common Marmosets. Dalrymple, Sir Henry, Bart. Six Common Guillemots. Danford, C., Esq. One Common Wolf. Dawes, Edwyn S8., Esq. One Persian Gazelle, one Syrian Fennec Fox. Dawkins, Mrs. C. Two Grey-breasted Parrakeets. Dean, F. J., Esq., F.Z.S. One Gaftin’s Cockatoo, Du Bose, Miss. One Bonnet-Monkey. Duncan, A. B., Esq. One Speckled Terrapin. Dunn, W., Esq., C.M.Z.S. Two Rhesus Monkeys. Edersheim, J., Esq. One Roe Deer. Elmes, J. C., Esq. One Rose-crested Cockatoo. Elphinstone, J. D., Esq. One Indian Leopard. Etheridge, Dr. E. One Common Cuckoo. Fairchild, J., Esq. One White-winged Whydah-bird. Fenton, G. H., Esq. One Viperine Snake. Fisk, The Rev. G. H. R. One Horned Viper, one Rufescent Snake. Forbes, Mr. W. A. One Sand-Lizard. 49 Forster, Capt. Two Jungle Striped Squirrels Fox, L. Owen, Esq. One Macaque Monkey. Francis, J. W., Esq. Two Pine-Martens. Fraser, Rev. A. B. ' Two Golden Pheasants. Freemantle, Capt. E. R., R.N., C.B. One Domestic Sheep. From West Africa. French, Miss A. Two Barbary Turtledoves. Fulcher, Mast. P. One Common Jay. Fullard, Mrs. One Macaque Monkey. Fuller, F., Esq. One Black-backed Piping Crow. Galton, W. P., Esq. Two Reeves’s Muntjacs. Gildea, Major F. One Chinese Turtledove. Golding Bird, J. P., Esq. One Common Chameleon. Gordon, The Hon. Sir Arthur, C.M.Z.S. One Praslin Parrakeet, four Red-crowned Pigeons. Gorringe, The Rev. P. R. One Wood-Owl. Gower, Abel A. J., Esq. One White-cheeked Flying Squirrel, one Formosan Deer, one Japanese Monkey, three J apanese Bantams. Graham, F., Esq. One Black-eared Marmoset. Grant, F., Esq. One Red-footed Fox. Gray, Capt. A. Three Bladder-nosed Seals, one Greenland Seal. Gray, Capt. D. One Bladder-nosed Seal. Grenville, Mrs. 1. One Common Magpie. Griffiths, Capt. : One Black and White Sparrowhawk. 50 Hall, The Misses Browning. Three Scorpions. Hallett, Capt. One Grey Ichneumon. Hannington, P., Esq. One Red-billed Toucan. Harris, J., Esq. One Australian Rail. Harrison, J. P., Esq. Two Black-eared Marmosets. Hassam, Mr. C. One Vervet Monkey. Hawkins, Mr. E. Two Senegal Touracous. Hayward, J. F., Esq. ' Two Laughing Kingfishers. Heane, Lieut. J. Ll., R.N. Two Canary Finches, two Goldfinches, one Blackcap Warbler, twoCutthroat Finches, two Paradise Whydah- birds. Heath, Miss. One Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. Hersey, C., Esq. One Quebee Marmot. Hervey, Rev. A. C. One Smooth Snake. Hewes, Mr. J. T. One Cornish Chough. Hillel, J., Esq. One Roe Deer. Hincks, 8. C., Esq. One Rufous-necked Weaverbird, one Wood-Owl, three Long-eared Owls. Holland, Neville, Esq. Two Boa Constrictors, two West-Indian Agoutis. Hollis, Geo., Esq. One Feline Douroucouli. Hooper, Miss S. One Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. Houston, Vice-Admiral Wallis. One Crested Ground-Parrakeet. Hughes, Mr. T. One Bonnet-Monkey. 51 Humfrey, J., Esq. One Indian Lioness, Humphrey, Mr. H. One Grey Ichneumon. Jackson, The Hon. Justice. One Sambur Deer, one Axis Deer, two Chukar Par. tridges. Jamrach, Mr. W. One Tuberculated Lizard, one Sumatran Civet. Jarvis, Capt. T. Two Violet Tanagers. Jary, Major, F.Z.8, Two Cinereous Sea-Eagles, Jonas, Messrs. J. and H. Four Tench (Golden variety), two Trout. Judge, Mr. J. ; One Chilian Sea-Eagle. Keane, Mr. J. T. One Egyptian Fox. Keel, Mr. One Black-headed Gull, one Arctic Fox. Kelly, W. F., Esq. One Red-backed Squirrel Monkey. Kemp, E. C., Esq. One Common Boa. Ker, J. E., Esq. One Slowworm. Kincaid, Mr. J. E. One Pig-tailed Monkey. King, Mr. A group of Plumose Anemones. Kirby, Mr. F. One Maugé’s Dasyure. Kirk, Dr. J., C.M.Z.S. Three Vulturine Guinea-fowls. Lancaster, Miss. Egyptian Gazelle. Lascelles, Gerald, Esq. One Goshawk. Lawson, George, Esq. One Blossom-headed Parrakeet, Lewis, J. F., Esq. One Common Cuckoo. 52 Lichtabbel, H. A. M. de, Esq. One Mexican Agouti, two Plantain-Squirrels, one Macaque Monkey, two Malbrouck Monkeys. Lilford, Lord, F.Z.S. Two Audouin’s Gulls, four Ocellated Sand-Skinks, two Lilford’s Lizards. Lloyd, J., Esq. One Suricate, one West-African Python, one Chacma Baboon. Lockie, George, Esq. One Himalayan Bear. Londesborough, Lord, F.Z.S. One Great Hagle-Owl. Loveday, Mrs. One Rose-ringed Parrakeet. Lubbock, F., Esq. One Raven. Lumb, A. O., Esq. Four Rufous Tinamous. Mahood, Capt. J. One Macaque Monkey. Manning, G., Esq. One Javan Chevrotain. Manser, Mrs. One Bonnet-Monkey. Marks, H. 8., Esq. One Black-tailed Godwit. Martin, Mrs. One Sooty Mangabey. Martin, M. W. F., Esq. One Common Gull. Maxwell, A., Esq. One Common Rhea. Mayne, Dr. R. F. One Patas Monkey. M'Neil, L., Esq. One Indian Ratel. Mendez, Teofilo, Esq. One Great Ant-eater. Millen, Mr. G. A Collection of Sea-Anemones, Miller, L., Esq. One Bonnet-Monkey. | 53 Mills, Mr. C. One Common Buzzard. Moresby, Capt. R.N. One One-wattled Cassowary. Morris, Miss. One Ring-necked Parrakeet. Mosse, C. B., Esq., C.M.Z.S. One Chimpanzee, one Bay-Antelope, three Royal Pythons. Muscat, G., Esq. Two Egyptian Gazelles. Nicholson, M., Esq. One Bonnet-Monkey. Nicol, A., Esq. Two Great Kangaroos. Noble, C. J., Esq. One Indian Python. Norman, R. R. B., Esq. One Gannet. Normanville, Mrs. A. de. One Ring-necked Parrakeet. Northbrook, Lord, Governor-General of India. Two Tigers. Oliff, S., Esq. Two Muscovy Ducks. Ouchterlony, Mr. One Common Fox. Page, Mr. J. One Common Kestrel. Painter, F., Esq. Three Horned Lizards, one Green Grass-Snake. Parnaby, J., Esq. A Collection of Salmon- and Trout-ova. Parry, W. G., Esq. Two Huanacos, one Patagonian Cavy. Pearson, A., Esq. One Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. Petre, Rev. A. W. Two White-necked Crows, one Grey Crow Shrike. Phillips, Capt. Three Small-scaled Mastigures. Phillips, Mrs. One Bonnet-Monkey. 54 Pickthorn, T. R., Esq. One White-fronted Capuchin. Powles, W. Delisle, Esq. One Puma, three Kinkajous. Punchard, C., Esq. Three Grey-breasted Parrakeets. Rackstraw, Mr. J. One Black-backed Jackal. Raison, Capt. One Indian Python. Ramsay, W. B., Esq. One African Civet Cat. Reid, Saville G., Esq. One Griffon Vulture, three Barbary Partridges. Reynolds, Capt. W. One Bengalese Leopard Cat, one Common Paradoxure. Rix, 8. W., Esq. Two Black-handed Spider Monkeys. Roberts, H., Esq. Two Yellow-billed Sheathbills. Ross, A. F., Esq. One Peregrine Falcon. Rowe, J., Esq. One Common Fox. Rowley, George Dawson, Esq., F.Z.S. One Chattering Guan. Russell, The Lord Herbrand, F.Z.S. One Red Deer. Ryde, J., Esq. » One Ocelot. Sadler, W. J., Esq. One Cinereous Sea-EHagle. Salmon, J., Esq. One Raven. Shawe, J., Esq. Three Maugé’s Dasyures. Sheffield, Lady. One Banded Ichneumon. Shephard, Miss. One Bonnet-Monkey. Shephard, Mr. J. One Common Fox. Shield, Spencer, Esq. One Servaline Cat. Smelley, Capt., F.Z.S. One Starred Tortoise. Smith, Commander J. H. One Vervet Monkey. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, U.S.A. One Temminck’s Snapper, one Floridan Terrapin, one American Box-Tortoise, one North-American Trionyx, six Florida Land-Tortoises, four Serrated Terrapins, one Red-vented Terrapin, Somers, Countess. One Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Stafford, Dr. One Common Otter, one Whimbrel, one Indian Fruit- Bat. Staines, Miss J. One Blue and Yellow Macaw. Stainley, Major E. One Rhesus Monkey. Stanley, W. K., Mr. One Lesser Black-backed Gull, one Common Gull, one Common Lapwing. Stileman, Mr. F. One Common Kestrel. Stirling, Major C. Three Spanish Terrapins. Stride, W., Esq. One Pinche Monkey. Sturt, Lieut.-Col., C.M.Z.S. Two Hardwicke’s Mastigures. Susini, Mr. T. One Common Snake. Tait, C. W., Esq., C.M.Z.S. Two Passerine Owls. Tait, H. C., Esq., C.M.Z.S. One Common Heron. Taylor, Mr. S. One Common Raccoon. Tempest, W. J., Esq. One Wild Boar. . Thellusson, H., Esq. One Prairie-Marmot. Thomas, Mrs. One Toque Monkey. 56 Thompson, Mr. G. W. Two Common Kestrels. Thompson, W., Esq. A Collection of Marine Fishes. Thomson, W., Esq. One Negro Tamarin. Tindale, T. P., Esq. One Bernicle Goose. Trimnell, T., Esq. One Common Raccoon. Truefitt, Miss M. One Common Kestrel. Turner, Capt. One Broad-snouted Caiman. Unwin, O., Esq. One Common Paradoxure. Vipan, Lieut. One Wanderoo Monkey. Waight, Mr. T. One Macaque Monkey. Waller, Miss E. One Coati. Walpole, H., Esq. One White- headed. Sea-Eagle. Watt, Miss Isabel. One Bonnet-Monkey. Webster, Capt. One Black-backed Jackal. Webster, Mr. W. One Macaque Monkey. Wharton, P. T., Esq. One Macaque Monkey. Wheeler, Dr. H. One Pennant’s Parrakeet, one Crested Ground-Parra- keet. White, J. E., Esq. One Laughing xinehshees White, Mrs. One Sonnerat’s Jungle-fowl. Whitehead, Capt. E. One White-necked Crow. Whitmee, Rev. S. J., C.M.Z.8. Two Pacific Curlews. Wilkinson, R., Esq. One Bonnet-Monkey. Wilkinson, Rev. S. Six Green Tree-frogs, two Spotted Salamanders, one Green Lizard. Wilson, A., Esq. One Chamois. Wilson, Mrs. Two Call-Ducks. Wimberley, Capt. R. J. One Nicobar Pigeon. Wood, H., Esq., F.Z.S. Two Peregrine Falcons. Wood, Mr. One Bonnet-Monkey. Wood, Mrs. One Crested Agouti. Yates, A., Esq. One Common Kingfisher, one Sonnerat’s Jungle. fowl. Young, C. R., Esq. One Coypu. Young, Dr. Henry. One Capybara. Zoological Station, Naples, Directors of the. Eighteen Lancelets. Conclusion. In concluding their forty-sixth Report, the Council be- lieve they may with propriety on this, as on several former occasions, offer to the Fellows their most sincere congra- tulations, both on the flourishing state of the Society and on its future prospects. The large increase that has taken place during the past ten years in the number of Members —rendering this Society considerably stronger in numbers than any of the other Scientific Societies of the metropolis —is alone sufficient evidence of its prosperity. As regards the conduct of the Society’s affairs during the past year, the Council have to acknowledge, with E 58 many thanks, the assistance they have received from those Fellows who have served on the Committees of Publica- tion, Audit, and Finance since the last Anniversary. Signed (for the Council), P. L. ScLATER, Secretary. 11 Hanover Square, April 29th, 1875, Anu? 26 IOV. 90 BBLAEY 3 “ REPORT 3 ae | COUNCIL OOLOGICAL SOCIETY — _ OF LONDON, REPORT COUNCIL oF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, READ AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, APRIL 29r1,; 1876, LONDON: PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET, 1876, © . CONTENTS. Page I. General Condition of the Society ............0+ce0eee 3 1. State of the Roll of Members .......... 0 F..00ns 3 a. Fellows and Annual Subscribers ............ 3 b. Foreign, Honorary, and Corresponding Members 4 =, State of the Finances: osc0<44'ss caus oe 5 o. Unepmier es i. 3% x be Bb ae es 5 G; Hxpenditure 23s See i vec de eee a ¢. creserye Bnd. nstokG ls gtk cate: a 8 d. Assets ‘and Weiabilities.. 6. \.a... i042 4st. 8 dF, Office; 11 Hanover Square. ...::. 2 had Sra ns 2a 9 1; S@entifie Meetings 300.8, ods aday ste eee 9 2. Scientifie Publications... eis. S-.a we thee 10 we MADEATY: cond oc.are rw tocg is bare eke ve ae 12 JIL, ‘Gardens, Recent’s Park’. 06... sass se os oe 20 1. Buildings and: Works: .°5: 2. -220c020.20408 ee 20 Dr UOHLE Ph ene ics chs Sais eat nik ¥ Sie Pha ols = ace 23 Des MESILOES, 8 F's). oi stance Wha ears Se ee 24 4. (Aoolopieal. Lectures’ 05. & ne ew os ee 25 b. Prosector’s. Department. 6 sic. 0. iss cas eee 25 6, Menagerie. a 3). wack s sess Sas 6 2 ee 26 List of Animals which have been bred in the Gardens of the Society between the Ist of January 1875 and the 1st-of January 1876. ......%..4-6-e0e 27 List of Species new to the Revised Catalogue of Vertebrates exhibited in the Society’s Gardens in the year tS752. 93 sk 19a gee 29 List.of Donors and-Donations. .............sen 43 Conehggion, «i :2s sso a A od pe ee on ee 56 ‘REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. April 29, 1876. Tue Council have the pleasure of submitting to the Fellows their forty-seventh Annual Report upon the progress of the Society. This, in conformity with former Reports, they have divided into three heads, the first of which relates to the general condition of the Society, the second to the opera- ‘tions carried on at the Office in Hanover Square, and the last to the state of the establishment in the Regent’s Park. I. GENERAL CONDITION OF THE SOCIETY. 1. Stave oF THE Roti or MEMBERS. a. Fellows and Annual Subscribers. The number of Fellows, Fellows Elect, and Annual Subscribers at the close of the year 1875 amounted to 3241. Of these there were :— Compounders who have paid £20. . . 99 Ditto ditto FESOLe fs. a ae Compositions remitted . . . of Se Paying annual contributions of 2. ods sae Ditto ditto Bisa pls S40 Dormant .. shad b eorse ple Admission-fees unpaid . . Whey aids tne ae Annual Subscribers, paying Baty wii 8 3241 The corresponding number of Members of the Society at the close of 1874 was 3197, showing an addition to our list of 44 members during the year 1875. ¥ The progress of the Society during the pass act years, 4 as regards the number of its Fellows and Annual Sub- scribers, is given in the subjoined Table. Comparative Statement of Elections, Deaths, Resignations, and Removals | Years. during the past Ten years, with the number of Fellows and Annual Subscribers at the end of each Year. Sates! Died. Resigned. Removed. SD) Nee etoeaies os | alP2ss | 33 : ; Bee : a ,|SElpegoS 28 Compounders. | Subscribers. | Subscribers. 2 ae Subscribers. a 2 r3.8 224 Be | 2e 2 ox Ta ioe go 8 2 | 220, | 220. Beore:| go, | £3. | 22. | £3. as £9. | £3. angie” aE: ai eG: | a TM ee eee 3. 89] 2459 /39g | 1 | 9 ia | os | a 1 GC| | tel Soe een eer 316 3 9 ie |) ee aii} Yagi iaccgel Perce 2 |... |94| 2924 197 1 Fe || repel lee 1) a 3 | 30 1 2 | 25 | 26 |155| 2966 160 9 MP etre Gi) Be FW a Neem ieee |) ease kus || TER 163 4 leet ace Be: Teds 2 | 26 | ... [187 | 38047 185 5 7 2 lesltigal #38 9 | 40 | 2 |... | 62 |) 14 }1e2! |. 3050 | 216 5 ied logs BwileBB Rl) eek eee in| Boeeaal) ee 2 1 |93| 3173 221 7 6 1 B | GO| teccotealltS3i cheeses (ne 8 |197 | 8197 tee) Bae eel Shel BT ap cee 9] 088 Ole ae 21k ts a ee b. Foreign, Honorary, and Corresponding Members. But one Foreign Member of the Society has been elected during the year 1875, namely The Marquis Giacomo Doria, Director of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Prof. Sundevall, Director of the Royal Museum, Stockholm. The following gentlemen were elected Honorary Mem- bers in 1875:— Col.-S. R. Tickell, of H.M. Indian army, in acknowledg- ment of his valuable present to the Society’s Library of his finely illustrated MS. works on the Ornithology and Zoology of India, and of his services to Zoology. The Hon. Ashley Eden, C.S.I., Member of the Supreme Council of India, in acknowledgment of much assist- ance rendered to the Society while Commissioner of Burmah. His Highness Sayyid Burghash bin Said, Sultan of Zan- zibar, in acknowledgment of his donations to the Society’s Menagerie. a The following Corresponding Members were elected during the year :— The Rev. George Brown, of the Wesleyan Mission, Samoa, Pacific. Capt. Henry Wemyss Feilden, late 42nd Highlanders, Naturalist to the Arctic Expedition. Dr. Raphael Gestro, Vice-Director of the Museo Civico, Genoa, Italy. Dr. Hermann Landois, Professor of Zoology, Academy of Miinster, Westphalia. Mr. R. J. Lechmere Guppy, F.L.S., F.G.S., Superinten- dent of Education, Trinidad. Mr. William Delisle Powles, of Honda, United States of Columbia, U.S.A. Dr. Marfels, Conservator of Forests to the King of Burmah, Mandalay, Burmah. 2. STATE OF THE FINANCES. a. Income. The Income of the Society for the year 1874 was so large and beyond all former precedent, that the Council could hardly have expected to be able to give a more favourable statement for the year 1875. This, however, they have now the pleasure of doing. The total receipts from last year have again exceeded those of the preceding year, though the amount of excess is not very consider- able. The income of 1875 amounted on the whole to £28,738 11s. 4d., which was more than that of the pre- vious year by the sum of £321 6s. 5d., and is the largest annual income ever yet received since the Society’s foun- dation. Of this excess of income, it will be remarked that £246 9s. 11d. is accountable for by the compensation re- ceived from the Grand Junction Canal Company for the damages caused by the explosion on the Regent’s Canal on the 2nd October, 1874. The circumstances of this explo- sion were explained in the Council’s last Annual Report, and the estimated amount of the damages caused to the Society was stated. The Council are pleased to be able to inform the Fellows that the whole of this amount has been refunded to the Society by the Canal Company. But, even when this extraordinary item of receipts is deducted, the income of 1875, in spite of many unfavourable circum- stances, still shows an increase over that of 1874 by the sum of £74 11s. 6d. 6 The Garden receipts in 1875 amounted to£16,826 15s.6d., being £66 19s. 6d. more than those of the previous year, and have never been exceeded except in 1873. The great and apparently permanent increase that has taken place in the amount thus received from the public during the past ten years is shown in the following Table :— Amounts received for Admission to the Gardens, 1866-75. £ Ee TS66 oe h0.c)) T2428 Th cy ¢ amet ean 13,813 BONG nats gis 5. 12,840 Vers reas 15,240 LEGS GS ouch 12,651 TOTS No iNe 17,055 OGD. ow ae Ae 12,865 1874 3) TRyT59 TSVO ss. bradise 13,204 teva 16,826 The subjoined Table shows the amount received under each of the various heads of income in 1875, together with the corresponding amount of the previous year :— Income of Increase. | Decrease. 1874. 1875. Admission Fees :— £34) £& MARE Sees cescccharns oak nae 125 0 0 110 Present . 920 0 0O| 725 Annual Subscription IPABU) t5i byes tevinecstvsaarees cs 135 0 0} 54 Propet, cose ci tevserscsasthugas 6,203 0 0} 6,317 MOWERS: ancsxs teases: : 93 0 0 120 Compositions ...........+. saree 5850, 0) -Od=-960 vary, TiGKEUS: dv. .s0c-eas-nseuoesseechs 5917 0 80 Admissions to Gardens ...........- 16,759 16 0 |16,826 Granden Sales. ...-....c-0 Or bo Or o — =r WORK RODERNORFWWRRE Re —_ o> bo = an OrokOr hb 25,577 12 7 6.090 2 5 31,667 15 0 | Ordinary Expenditure......... Extraordinary ditto ener seers 2,888 17 7 25,577 12 7 22,688 15 0 Increase. 1875 eld: [at ee Ae 2105 210] 306 110 846 18 11 40 ‘4 1 5109 7 4] 202 5 9 eo ae: A ae EE ek 5135 2 4 | 37017 8 2322 0 7 67. Ge 8 137 3 0 10 14 6 Pie gy le ie i Sn 6966 1 3 | 633610 5 WOT «Soll. 7). Dect eae 213 9 6 4715 0 238 13 3 a5. 6 5718 8 1 1617-1 5917 7 016 3 Baad id Bel soombe 1549 18 1] 223 14 10 ET aAC agp (ae Te she 335.17 0 7114 6 BALE Seki es pti: pe ce 59 6 10 0 2 6 Ortio. Geb te Fat: Cite Oia ee Ae 2 0 0 2% 0 0 31,667 15 O | 7747 6 1 NS eae ee 1657 3 8 31,667 15.0 | 6090 25 24,188 5 9 | 149910 9 7,479 9 3 | 459011 8 31,667 15 0 | 6090 2 5 Decrease. Peet ee seet trees ee re seers eeeee Co seen eeeeseeeeee Heer enters eaees eee e ewes ewes 8 The ordinary expenditure of 1875 exceeded that of 1874 by the sum of £1499 10s. 9d. This increase is attri- butable partly to the excessive cost of provisions for the Menagerie, under which head £370 17s. 8d. more was expended in 1875 than in the preceding year. The high price of hay, which is a very large article of consumption in the Gardens (upwards of 250 loads being required for the annual supply), was one of the chief causes of this excess. The arrears of the previous year were also higher by the sum of £306 1s. 10d.; and the expen- diture on the scientific publications was rather greater than usual. The extraordinary expenditure of 1875, which amounted altogether to £7479 9s.-3d., was mainly caused by the new Lion-house, to which a sum of £6966 1s. 3d. was devoted. Other smaller special works in the Gardens re- quired a further expenditure of £463 8s. in 1875. As regards these new works and buildings full explanations will be given in a subsequent part of the Report. The sum of £50 was granted by the Council in 1875 to the Zoological Record Association in aid of their pub- lication of the ‘ Record of Zoological Literature’ of 1874, in view of the great advantages to zoological science which are likely to result from the regular continuance of this important work. c. Reserve Fund. In accerdance with the resolution passed by the Council on March 5, 1873, as notified in the last Report, the Reserve Fund of the Society has been augmented in 1875 by the reinvestment of the Dividends accruing from it, amounting to the sum of £272 4s. 5d., and also by the investment of the additional sum of £500 on the Ist of July last. These operations, and the like reinvestment of the April dividend this year, have raised the present amount of the Reserve Fund to the sum of £9793 13s. 11d. Reduced 3 per Cents. d. Assets and Liabilities. The Assets of the Society on the 31st of December 1875, and the corresponding amounts on the 31st of December 1874, stand as follows :— December 31. 1874 1875 c CoP Cr A eet reates ae Casi AitNG,DANBOES si sc..c% ses sa0saesec0th sob der 1476 10 2) 1775 2 1 Temporary Reserve-fund............ Baan tcee ZUR OPHON | ccese-arcasster Paid for £8812 16 9 Reduced 3 per Cents. | 8263 9 1] ............... » £9689 14 5 ditto ditto Sa ene 9035 13 6 Arrears due for Annual Subscriptions ...... 186° 0) Ol}. 257 (0° 0) 5 Frm OLYs LUCKGURy co: s00c2seecenet es 5 5 0 4 4 0 is pe OuliCatiGis es .4. «fact. 257 11 6| 249 0 O ee pre Cee Ges Sales te Anon ws .cdttaces 990 810} 630 0 4 rs » Rent for Refreshment-rooms Aoweliom Ol sehecseresce 13,441 19 711,950 19 11 Deckedse”.-Ficieecont: |imecscerses cecuse 1490 19 8 13,441 19 7/13,441 19 7 The Liabilities at the corres ponding periods were esti- mated as follows :— December 31. 1874. 1875. Neil: iniaee Estimated at Ga Senge ih Sia Be ent ange Daxes! sass. 0.gscsssnnercoracsetson ae rH fl a 0 ey 294 11 3 SMO sence Toe aes fat ceuace hace tee eee eee 1833 11 3] 2009 5 8 Balance: of; Lions ML Ousesee tees aeesk seen ale das stat 1500 0 O Dwarf walls for playing-dens for ditto ......| ....ecseceeeese 400 0 0 Temporary Loan from Bankers.............0.| sccsecsececeves 2000 0 0 2105 210) 6203 16 11 Increase............. 4008 14e" Mh Wiaenbsad bots 6203 16 11} 6203 16 11 IJ. OFFICE, 11 Hanover Burne 1. ScrentTiFic MEETINGS. To the meetings for the despatch of scientific busi- ness, held in the Society’s Rooms in Hanover Square in 1875, 152 communications were made. Of these 99 were from Fellows, 4 from Foreign Members, and 36 from Corresponding Members of the Society. The remain- ing’ 13 papers were from individuals not belonging to 10 the Society, and were communicated to it by the Secretary or by other Members. The corresponding number of com- munications in the year 1874 was 142. These communications were submitted to the Committee of Publication, by whom the following orders were made respecting them. Six were ordered to be printed entire in the ‘ Transactions’ of the Society, and 110 in the ¢ Pro- ceedings,’ such illustrations being in each case allowed as the Committee considered necessary for the purpose. Of the remaining communications, abstracts or extracts were considered to be sufficient for publication. 2. ScienTIFIC PUBLICATIONS. In order to obtain the more speedy and exact publi- cation of these papers, the Committee of Publication determined in 1873 that, commencing with the year 1874, Ahe ‘ Proceedings’ should be issued in four parts instead of three and at exact dates as follows :— Part I. containing papers read in January and February, on June Ist. Part II. containing papers read in March and April, on August Ist. Part III. containing papers read in May and June, on October Ist. Part IV. containing papers read in November and December, on April 1st of the following year. The three first parts of ‘Proceedings’ for 1875 were duly issued in accordance with these regulations at the dates respectively named. The fourth part, containing also the Index and Titlepage for the volume, was likewise ready on the 1st of the present month, and has been delivered to the subscribers. The volume of the Society’s ‘ Proceedings’ for 1875, which is now on the table, contains 726 pages, illustrated by 72 (mostly coloured) plates. The following Parts of the Society’s ‘ Transactions’ were issued during the year 1875 :— Vou. IX. Parr II. (April, 1875). A List of the Birds known to inhabit the Philippine Archipelago. By Arthur, Viscount Walden. (With 12 coloured plates.) ° 11 Vou. IX. Parr III. (May, 1875). On Dinornis (Part XX.), containing a restoration of the skeleton of Cnemiornis calcitrans, Ow., with remarks on its affinities in the Lamellirostral group. By Professor Owen, C.B., F.R.S. (With five plates.) Vou. IX. Parr IV. (July, 1875). On the Curassows now or lately living in the Society’s Gardens. By P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., Secre- tary to the Society. (With fourteen coloured plates.) Vou. IX. Parr V. (December, 1875). On Aigithognathous Birds (Part I.). By W.K. Parker, F.R.S. (With nine coloured plates.) Besides these publications, a ‘ Supplement’ to the ‘ Re- vised List of the Vertebrated Animals now or lately living in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London,’ pub- lished in 1872, has been prepared by the Secretary and has been issued to all the Subscribers to the Society’s pub- lications. This ‘Supplement’ contains the names of the living animals received by the Society during the past three years which belong to species not included in the ‘Revised List’ published in'1872. It also gives the date of arrival and the mode of acquisition of each individual of such species. The additional specimens of species already inserted in the former list are not catalogued. A second edition of the ‘Revised List? is in preparation. Since the commencement of the present year three more parts of ‘Transactions’ have been issued, and two other parts are now in a very forward state. This will reduce considerably the arrears in this important publication, which have recently become rather serious in consequence of the unusual number of memoirs communicated to the Society that require illustration in a quarto form. In connexion with this branch of the Society’s operations the subjoined Table will be of interest. It gives the total income received from the publications during the past twelve years, and the total expenditure thereon, as also the number of Subscribers to the publication-fund in each year. 12 Receipts and Expenditure of Publications from 1864-1875 . Expendi Ereasiot | Number ; = xpendi- Year. Income. a aa over | Of Sub- Pec scribers. £5 ef £ ee 1864. 578 1465 887 284 1865. 534 1698 1164 312 1866. 646 2021 1375 324 1867. 784 1871 1087 338 1868. 697 2408 iia 384 1869. 805 1448 643 395 1870. 77 2082 1308 404 1871. 750 2245 1495 406 1872. 856 2515 1659 428 1873. 764 2365 1601 441 1874, 900 2198 1298 449 1875. 995 2476 1481 459 The Council again wish to call the particular attention of the Members to the advantages offered to subscribers to the Society’s Publications. The Subscription price of the Publications in the case of Fellows and Foreign and Cor- responding Members of the Society is £1 1s. per annum, provided such subscription be paid in advance, before the Anniversary Meeting of the Society, held on the 29th of April in each year. The Publications of the year consist of four parts of ‘ Proceedings’ (in 8vo, illustrated by upwards of 45 Plates, mostly coloured) and one or more parts of ‘Transactions ” (in 4to, with from 5 to 15 Plates). The ordinary prices at which these volumes are sold to the public amounts to five or six Pounds in each year. The Publications cannot be sent out by post, but are delivered to Subscribers free of expense at any address within the metropolitan districts. 3. LIBRARY. The Library, under the superintendence of Mr. F. H. Waterhouse, the Society’s Librarian, has been kept in good working order during the past year. The sum ee £207 11s. 9d. was devoted to the pur chase of new zoological works. 13 The following is alist of the periodicals received in 1875 from the various Societies and Institutions with whom this Society is in correspondence. ~ ENGLAND. The Royal Society, London. Proceedings, vol. xxiii. nos, 158-163 ; vol. xxiy. no. 164, Philosophical Transactions, vol. clxiv. parts 1, 2; vol. clxy. part 1. The Linnean Society, London. The Royal Geographical Society, London. Proceedings, vol. xix. nos, 1-7; vol. xx. no. 1. Journal, vol. xliy. ? The Geological Society, London. Journal, vol. xxx. part 5; vol. xxxi. parts 1-4, List of Fellows of the Society. The Royal Institution of Great Britain. Proceedings, vol. vii. parts 5-7. List of Fellows. Additions to the Library, from July 1874 to July 1875. The Royal United-Service Institution. Journal, Appendix to vol. xviii., and vol, xix. nos. 80-82, The British Association. , Report for 1874. Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Journal, New Series, vol. vii. part 2; vol. viii. part 1. Fifty-second Annual Report, 1875, The Society of Arts. Journal, 1875. 14 The Royal Agricultural Society of Great Britain. Journal, vol. xi. parts 1, 2. . Index to the 2nd series of the Journal. The Entomological Society of London. Transactions, 1874, parts 2-5. The Quekett Microscopical Club. Journal, nos. 28, 29. The Science and Art Department, South Kensington. Inventory of the Food Collection. The Royal Society of Literature. Transactions, ser. 2, vol. xi. part 1. The Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society. Transactions, vol. ii. part 1. The Natural-History Society of Northumberland and Durham. Transactions, vol. v. part 2; vol. vi. The Plymouth Institution and Devon and Cornwall Natu- ral-History Society. Annual Report and Transactions, vol. v. part 2. The Royal Institution of Cornwall. Journal, nos. xvi., xvii. The Literary and Philosophical Society, Liverpool. Proceedings, nos, xxviii., xxix. The Watford Natural-History Society and Hertfordshire Field Club. Transactions, vol. i. parts 1 and 2. The Museum, Library, and Park Committee, Salford. Report, 1873-74. The Bristol Naturalists’ Society. Proceedings, N.S. vol. i. part 2. 15 IRELAND. The Royal Irish Academy. Transactions, vol. xxv. parts 5-19. Proceedings, ser. 2, vol. i. nos. 9 and 10; vol. ii. nos, 1-3. cs Ngee | 3 ? The Belfast Natural-History and Philosophical Society. Proceedings, Session 1874-75. The Royal Geological Society of Ireland. Journal, N.S. vol. iv. parts 1, 2. JAPAN. The German Society for the Natural History and Ethnology of Eastern Asia, Yokohama. Mittheilungen, Heft 6 (1874). East InpDIEs. The Asiatic Society of Bengal. Proceedings, 1874, nos. 8-10 ; 1875, nos. 1-8. Journal, vol. xliii, nos. 190-194; vol. xliv. nos, 195-197. The Royal Asiatic Society —Bombay Branch. Journal, vol. x. nos. 29, 30; vol. xi. no. 31. The Society of Arts and Sciences, Batavia. Notulen, deel xii. afl. 1-4; deel xiii. afl. 1, 2. J Tijdschrift, deel xxi. afl. 3-6; deel xxii. afl. 1-G; deel xxiii. afl. 1. Verhandelingen, deel xxxvii. and xxxvili. The Royal Society of the Dutch East-Indies, Batavia. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift, deel xxxiii, (1874). AUSTRALASIA. The Royal Society of Victoria. Transactions and Proceedings, vol. xi. (1875). The Zoological and Acclimatization Society of Victoria. Proceedings, vols, iii, and iy, (1874-75). 16 The Royal Society of Tasmania. Monthly Notices, 1873. “The New-Zealand Institute, Wellington. Transactions, vol, vii. Nortu AMERICA. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. : Proceedings, 1875, pp. 1-456, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Miscellaneous Collections, vol. xi. and xii. Annual Report, 1873. Contributions to Knowledge, vol. xix. The American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia. Proceedings, vol. xiv. nos. 93, 94. Transactions, new series, vol. xv. part 2. The Minnesota Academy of Natural Sciences. Bulletin, 1874, The Franklin Institute, Washington. Journal, 1875. The Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. Illustrated Catalogue, no, viii. part 2. Annual Report, 1874. The Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Bulletin, vol. ii. no, 2-4. The American Entomological Society, Philadelphia. Transactions, vol. y. pp, 1-176, The Academy of Sciences of St. Louis. Transactions, vol. iii. no. 2, The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Madison. Transactions, vol. ii. (1873-74), Additions to the Library from July 1873 to July 1874. The Nova-Scotia Institute of Natural Science, Halifax. Proceedings and Transactions, yol, iii, part 4, 17 FRANCE. The Zoological Society of Acclimatation, Paris. Bulletin, January to December 1875, The Jardin des Plantes, Paris, Nouvelles Archives, tome x, The Imperial Academy of Metz. Mémoires, 1873-74. Tables Générales, 1819-71, The Society of Natural History, Toulouse. Bulletin, Neuviéme année, 1874-75, fase. 1-3. Russia. The Imperial Society of Naturalists of Moscow. Bulletin, 1874, nos. 24; 1875, no. 1. The Royal Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg. Bulletin, tome xix, nos. 4,5; tome xx. nos, 1 Mémoires, tome xxi. nos, G-12; tome xxii. nos. 1-3. Mélanges Biologiques, tome ix. livr. 4, The Imperial University ‘of Kazan. Bulletin, 1874, nos. 3-6. The Natural-History Society of Dorpat. Sitzungsberichte, Band iii. Heft 2, 6. Archiy fiir die Naturkunde Liy-, Ehst- und Kurland. Terste Serie: Band y. Lief. 4. Zweite Serie: Band vii. Lief, 3-5. SCANDINAVIA. The Natural-History Society of Copenhagen. Videnskabelige Meddelelser, 1873-74. The Royal Danish Society of Sciences, Copenhagen. Oversigt, 1873; 1874, no. 2,3; 1875, no. 1. Mémoires, 5™* série, vol. x. nos, 7-9; vol. xi, no. 1; vol. xii. no. 1, The Royal Norwegian University, Christiania. Forhandlinger, 1872-73. 5 ; Enumeratio Insectorum Norvegicorum, fase. 1: auctore II. Siebke. B 18 PORTUGAL. The Royal Academy of Sciences, Lisbon. 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B2 20 The Union of Natural History, Wiirtemberg. Wiirttembergische Jahreshefte, 1875, Heft 1-3. The Medical and Natural-History Scciety, Jena. Jenaische Zeitschrift, Band ix. und x. The Imperial Leopoldino-Carolinian Academy of Na- turalists, Dresden. Nova Acta, Band xxxyvi. Leopoldina, Heft 7-8. The Natural-History Union, Hamburg. Abhandlungen, Band y, Abth. 4; Band vi. Abth, 1. Donations of Works, Memoirs, and Papers have also been received from:—The Lords and Commissioners of the Admiralty; Professor A. Agassiz; Sefior Laureano Perez Arcas; Professor J. V. Barboza du Bocage; The Trustees of the British Museum; Walter L. Buller, Esq. ; Dr. H. Burmeister; Alfred Craven, Esq.; Monsieur H. Crosse; Professor J. D. Dana; W. H. Dall, Esq. ; Sir J. Fayrer; R. J. Lechmere Guppy, Esq.; Major H. H. God- win-Austin; Dr. F. V. Hayden; Allan O. Hume, Esq.; Monsieur H. Lambotte; Isaac Lea, Esq.; G. Nevill, Esq. ; Professor Owen ; Monsieur Xavier Raspail; Edwyn C. Reed, Esq.; Professor J. Reinhardt; Dr. A. M. Ross; George Dawson Rowley, Esq.; P. L. Sclater, Esq.; Dr. H. Troschel ; Mr. F. Westerman ; and Lieut. George M. Wheeler. III. GARDENS, REGENT’S PARK. 1. BuILDINGs AND Works. The expenditure on the staff of workmen, together with the labour and materials required for ordinary repairs in the Society’s Gardens in 1875 amounted to £2160 4s. 9d. Under this head are included all the items necessary for the maintenance of this branch of the Society’s establish- ment in a perfect state of efficiency. Besides this, as already mentioned, a sum of £7429 9s. 3d. was expended on the following special Works and Buildings :— Annuans or 1874. eS Cae CEs ds New Falcon’s Aviary (balance) ............ fxs 202» 0), .'0 Repairing damages of Explosion (balance 5 8 8 One Works or 1875. New Lion-house and works connected HL OveW Aten acas Reb ca entmt anaes 6966 1 3 New Framing-ground and Potting-sheds... 232 16 7 New Tortoise-house 105 14 3 TNS 27 MWVENPE S071 ee Ae ee a I 94 8 6 ELOY £7429 93 seta a It will be observed that the greater part of this sum has been devoted to the new Lion-house, which, as mentioned in previous Reports, the Council have had long in prospect, and of which the main portion has now been completed and opened to the Public. The plans for this important building having been pre- pared by Mr. Anthony Salvin,. the Society’s Architect, after consultation with the Secretary and Superintendent, and approved of by a special Committee of the Council appointed for the purpose, the construction of the main fabric of the building was entrusted to Messrs. J. Simpson & Son on the 13th of February 1875, under a contract to deliver the building complete on the Ist of November for the sum of £7280. This contract was efficiently carried out, and the building (with a few trifling deficiencies) duly completed at the time mentioned, although it was not thought advisable to move the animals into it until the commencement of the present year. A separate contract was made with Messrs. Weeks & Co. for the warmine- apparatus (which was necessarily of a rather extended kind) for the sum of £321 6s., and was likewise carried out in a very satisfactory manner. The clay dug out from the foundations of the new building and from the adjoining walks and paths was removed to a vacant space near the Reservoir and burnt into ballast, at a total cost of £446 1s.10d. This amount may seem large; but when it is mentioned that by this means a quantity of ballast estimated at 4150 cubic yards was obtained, of which the ordinary price delivered in the Gardens would not be less than from 4s. 6d. to 5s. 6d. per yard, and that the large expenditure involved in carting the surplus clay out of London was altogether saved, it will be manifest that it was really a very economical proceeding. 22 The sum of £525 Os. 9d. was expended in 1875 in com- mencing the rearrangement of the paths and walks round the new building. These have been rapidly proceeded with since the commencement of the present year; but so much alteration in the levels and other necessary labour is involved in them, that it will be still some time before they can be regarded as complete. The four large outdoor iron cages at the back of the building have also still to be erected; and a contract has been made with Mr. Hickson, of Cleveland Street, W., for their completion by the 1st of August next for ‘the sum of £1350. When-these have been finished and the rearrangement of the adjoining grounds completed, it is estimated that the total expendi- ture on the new Lion-house and its surroundings will not have been less than £11,500. The new Lion-house, when thus complete, will, it is be- lieved, form by far the largest and most perfect building for the accommodation of the larger Carnivora ever erected. The total length of the main building is 228 feet, exclusive of the porticoes; the width, up to the front of the dens, 35 feet. The dens are fourteen in number, and will accommodate, if necessary, as many pairs of animals, each animal having a separate inside den. The larger dens measure 20 feet by 12. The smaller are about 12 feet square. The height of the building at the central elevation is 30 feet. At the back of the dens is a wide passage ex- tending the whole length of the building. From this passage doors open into every inner den, and in this are fixed the chains and pulleys for opening the sliding doors between the dens, so that the whole of the work connected with cleaning and management of the animals is effected from behind. In the centre, at the back of the passage, are two day-rooms and four sleeping-rooms for the keepers, two of whom will always sleep on the premises. ‘The four out- door playing-cages behind, which are still to be erected, measure 44 feet by 29. The animals will be transferred into them through a kind of movable tunnel running on wheels along the keeper’s passage. The present occupants of the Lion-house consist of 6 Lions, 7 Tigers, 2 Jaguars, 2 Leopards, 3 Pumas, and a Clouded Tiger, altogether 21 in number. The only desideratum among the larger Felidz is the Ounce (Felis uncia) of the mountains of Central Asia, of which as yet no living specimen, it is believed, has ever been brought to this country. 23 The construction of the new framing-ground and pot- ting-sheds, which cost altogether £232 16s. 7d., was ren- dered necessary by the removal of the previous buildings to make room for the new Lion-house. They have been replaced in a much more efficient way, and in a more con- venient position, in the neighbourhood of the rest of the gardener’s establishment. In order to furnish winter-quarters for a pair of the Giant Tortoises of the Aldabra Islands acquired last sum- mer, the glass front which formerly covered a portion of the old Lions’ dens was removed into the North Gardens, and re-erected there, at a total cost of £105 14s. 3d. With the addition of a back wall and a small heating-apparatus, a very efficient building has thus been formed for the object in contemplation. The sum of £94 8s. 6d. was likewise expended in 1875 in carrying the water-main over the bridge into the new North Gardens. These three items, together with the sum spent on the new Lion-house, as already mentioned, make up a total of £7429 9s. 3d., which was devoted to new buildings and works in the Society’s Gardens during the year 1875. 2. STAFF. The recent increase of the buildings in the Gardens has necessitated a slight increase in the regular staff of the Society, which is now constituted as follows :— 1 Superintendent. I Assistant Superintendent. 1 Head Keeper. 1 Keeper (1st class). 11 Keepers (2nd class). 9 Keepers (3rd class). 1 Storekeeper. 1 Head Gardener. 3 Money-takers. 1 Clerk at Superintendent’s office. 1 Watchman. 1 Cook. 3 These 32 servants are paid by monthly salaries. There are also 16 Helpers, 12 Under-Gardeners, 5 Arti- sans, and 8 Labourers, employed at weekly wages, the last to 24 two categories varying in number from time to time accord- ing to the quantity of work required to be performed. 3. VISITORS. The total number of visitors to the Society’sGardens during the year 1875 was 699,918, as will be seen by the following Table :— 1874. 1875. | Comparison. | Fellows and Friends ..........essscesessseee 180,768 | 169,755 | Decr. 11,013 | On ordinary days at 1s. each... | 158,143 | 156,936 | Deer. 1,207 On Mondays and other days \ » : Paying BDNOC EACH cits delenianenas ese SU (0. | SUS 2a) ee ee | Children under 12 years at | | ~ | OU eACH easmere crnseectecs tee } Paree | poues (ance ols CHaAripy CHUM sn suscsceccescrseseseeas= | 14,028 | Iner. 138 * 706,907 “699,018 Decr. 6,989 The next Table gives a statement of the “Number of Visitors to the Society’s Gardens during each year, from the year 1828 to the year 1875. Year. N cue: | Year, Number. USES Tee. 90,000 £852 .... 305;208 1829 .... 189,913 | 1853 .... 409,076 1830 .... 223,420 | 1854 .... 407,676 1831" 2.2. 262;1193 1855 .... 315,002 18382 .... 206,652 1856 .... 344,184 1833 .... 211,343 185%01.4). 6 889.21 1834 .... 208,583 1858 .... 351,580 1835 .... 210,068 1859 .... 364,356 NCBCH ee 263, 372 1860 .... 394,906 MS Bie ehh 173,7 78 16. © SElkese S35 see ORO T 71862 .... 682,205 1839 .... 158,432 1863 .... 468,700 1840 .... 141,009 1864 .... 507,169 1841 .... 132,616 1865 .... 525,176 1842 .... 107,459 1866 .... 527,349 UCHEY go ak “eezell) 1867 .... 556,214 GAAS peel Ole, 1868 .... 573,186 Ins) Ags SEN MUS) 1869 .... 572,848 1846 .... 100,045 IRS VO ey aisle! 1847 ... 93,546 17 O95. Oila 1848 .... 143,630 1872 .... 648,088 1849 .... 168,895 Vis 2. 22 "718,046 1850 .... 360,402 1874 .... 706,907 #18510... : 667,243 1875 ;..... 699,918 * Year of the Great aLanOR + Year of the International Exhibition. 95 It will be observed that the number of visitors in 1875 was ereater than that in 1862, the year of the International Exhibition, hitherto regarded as exceptional, and has only been slightly exceeded on two previous occasions, 4. ZooLocicaLt LEcTURES. The Council have determined that the Davis Fund for the present year shall again be devoted to popular Lectures on subjects connected with the living collection in the Society’s Menagerie. These are given in the Lecture-Room in the Society’s Gardens, on Thursdays, at 5 p.m., and have been arranged as follows :— Date. Subject. Lecturer. 1. Thursday, April 27 | The Society’s Gar-| P. L. Scuarer, Esq., F.R.S. dens and their In- habitants. 2s + May 4/Rhinoceroses and Tapirs. } Professor FLower, F.R.S. oe 7 yy 11! Horses and Zebras. 4, - » 18 |The Manatee......... Dr. J. Murr, F.Z.S. Dy. 7; 4957 OU PEMEHIN, <¢.ucStte Jevsacore Professor Garrop, F.Z.S. 6. ee Mine PU taus " Mr. One Bonnet-Monkey. Attwood, Miss, F.Z.S. | One Ring-necked Parrakeet. Ayre, Rey., F. W. One Green Monkey. Balfour, H. F., Esq. One Golden Agouti. Barnet, Capt. One Gavial. Barter, Miss. One Green Land-Tortoise, one Grey Ichneumon. Barton, Mrs. One Goffin’s Cockatoo. Beaton, W. H., Esq. One Brown Bear. Bell, C., Esq. Two Common Wolves. 4.4, Bennett, P. W., Esq., ¥.Z.8. One White-cheeked Capuchin. Berguean, C., Esq. Two Long-eared Owls. Berkeley, W. H., Esq. One West-African Python. Best, Mr. W. R. One Ruddy Ichneumon. Billinghurst, M., Esq. One King Vulture. Binder, Mr. W. One Common Raccoon. Blair, Mr. One Indian Coucal. Blondin, Chevalier. One Malabar Squirrel. Blumenthal, A., Esq. One Cuvier’s Toucan. Blyth, C. V., Esq. One Great Kangaroo. Bolton, Mrs. One Yellow-fronted Amazon. Bond, Mrs. One Vervet Monkey. Bovill, Miss. One Herring-Gull. Braddick, Capt. H. One Earles’s Weka Rail. Brannd, F., Esq. One Wood-Owl. Braybrooke, Lord, F.Z.S. Four Summer-Ducks. Bree, Dr, C..R., F.L.8. One Dotterel, one Herring-Gull. Brewer, Dr. One Peewit. Bridgford, Capt. 8. T. One Cinereous Sea-Lagle. Brighton Aquarium Co. Eight small Spotted Dogfish. Brooks, G. H., Esq. One Wryneck. Brown, Miss A. J. One Campbell’s Monkey. 45 Brown, Mr. E. One Long-eared Owl. Buckland, F., Esq., F.Z.S. One Natterjack oad, one Climbing Anabas, one Midwife Toad. Budget, —, Esq. One Grey-headed Porphyrio. Burke, Capt. One Black Lemur. Burton, Capt. R. F. One Proteus. Burton, E. M., Esq. One Common Kestrel. Butler, H. E., Esq. One Common Swan. Cabry, Mrs. One Patagonian Conure. Campbell, H., Esq. One Black-handed Spider Monkey. Carr, M. A., Esq. One Common Hare. Carter, S., Esq. One Red Deer. Cheesman, Mr. One Wood-Pigeon. Clogg, S., Esq. One Common Rook. Cobb, F. E., Esq. One King Penguin. Cole, Master E. H. One Plantain-Squirrel. Cole, Dr. One Pig-tailed Monkey. Coleman, F., Esq. One Common Chameleon, two Green Toads, two Fire- bellied Toads, five Green Tree-Frogs, one Spotted Salamander, four Alpine Newts. Cooper, Capt. One Royal Python. Cooper, Capt., R.N. Three American Box-Tortoises, two Wrinkled Terra- pins, one White-mouthed Mud-Terrapin. Cooper, H. T. M., Esq. One Vociferous Sea-Eagle. 46 Corney, Dr. B. G. One Red-bellied Wallaby, one Vulpine Phalanger. Cornely, M. J. M., C.M.Z.S. Two Rendall’s Guinea-fowls. Corny, A., Esq., R.N. One Egyptian Jerboa. Cresswell, F., Esq. Four Dunlins, four Knots. Crooke, Lieut.-Col. One Common Cuckoo. Currie, Messrs., & Co. One Black-headed Jackal. Cuthell, W. A., Esq. Two Bengal Leopard Cats. Czarnikow, C., Esq., F.Z.S. One Persian Gazelle. Damm, Capt. One Campbell’s Monkey. Darke, E., Esq. One American Red Fox. - Daria, W. G.; Esq. : Two Central-American Agoutis. Dawes, E. Sandys, Esq. One Syrian Fennec Fox. Dawson, W., Esq. One Horned Lizard. Denoon, Mrs. One Coati. De Winton-Walter, Esq. One Rhesus Monkey. Devenish, Mr. Two Scorpion Mud-Terrapins. Downes, C. C., Esq., F.Z.S. Two Kinkajous. Drage, Mr. G. E. Ten Green Lizards.. Drummond, Capt. A. M., F.Z.S. One Black-handed Spider Monkey, one Sharp-nosed Crocodile. Dunn, Mrs. One Blanford’s Squirrel. Dunn, W., Esq., C.M.Z.8. - Two Indian Crows, four Burmese Land-Tortoises, one Thick-necked Terrapin. 47 Eastley, Capt. Thirty-six Goldfish. Eaton, the Rev. A. E. . Two Antarctic Skuas. Eden, the Hon. Ashley. One Peguan Tree-Shrew, two Lineated Pheasants. Edwards, H., Esq. One Macaque Monkey. Eglinton, Countess of. Two King Parrakeets. Ellis,-the Hon. Evelyn H. One Black Ape. Fairfax, Capt., R.N. One Antarctic Skua. Featherston, I. E., Esq. One Night Parrot. Fergusson, Sir James, Bt., F.Z.S. One Beccari’s Cassowary. Ferris, J. A., Esq. One Macaque Monkey. Field, A. E., Esq. _ _Two Lesser Whitethroats, two Yellow Wagtails. Field, Barclay, Esq., F.Z.S. One Crowned Partridge. Filliter, C. F., Esq. One Red-and-Blue Macaw, one Black-faced Spider. Monkey. France, J. R., Esq. One Chinese Mynah. Fraser, W. T., Esq., C.M.Z.S. Two Fork-tailed Jungle-fowls, four Hybrid do. Garforth, Commander. : One Punjaub Wild Sheep. Garrod, Miss M. One Edible Frog. Gassiot, J. P., Junr., Esq., F.Z.S. Eighteen Green Tree-Frogs. George, A., Esq. Two Rain-Quails, one Asiatic Quail, one Grey Fran- colin. ; Gibbs, H. H., Esq., F.Z.S. One Arctic Fox. Gibbs, Mrs. One Macaque Monkey. 48 Gipps, P., Esq. One Herring-Gull. Gooch, Sir F. S., Bart. Two Bonnet-Monkeys. Good, H. N. B., Esq. One Silver-backed Fox. Gooding, Mr. D. One Rhesus Monkey. Gordon, A. B., Esq. One Pig-tailed Monkey. Gordon, J., Esq. One Lesser White-nosed Monkey. Grady, Miss A. G. One Yellow-shouldered Amazon. Gray, A., Esq. Two Persian Gazelles. Gray, T., Esq. Two Domestic Sheep. Green, W. Kirby, Esq. One Syrian Bear. Grellier, H. M., Esq. One Grey Ichneumon. Hadfield, Capt. One Montagu’s Harrier. Haggard, J. G., Esq. Two Dorsal Squirrels. » Hailes, Miss. One Bonnet-Monkey. Hairby, Capt. E. One Central-American Agouti, one Pampas Decr. Hajee, C., Esq. One Bonnet-Monkey. Hammond, Mr. R. One Pike, one Tench. Hanbury, Reginald, Esq. Six Fire-bellied Toads, one Edible Frog. Hancock, H. A., Esq. One Raven. Harborow, Mrs. One Yellow-collared Parrakeet. Harrington, Earl of. One African Civet Cat. Hart, Lionel, Esq. One Guinea Baboon. Harvey, G. C., Esq. Two Pike. Hawtayne, G. H., Esq. One West-Indian Agouti. Hay, Alf., Esq. One Crested Porcupine. Hector, Dr. G. Two Weka Rails, one Owen’s Apteryx, one Black Wood-Hen. Henderson, W. J., Esq. One Central-American Agouti. Hibbit, The Rev. A. One Dufresne’s Amazon. Hill, Viscount. One Rufous Tinamou. Hineks, 8. C., Esq. One Golden Tench. Holborn, —, Esq. One Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. Home, Mrs. L. One Golden Eagle. Hornby, Miss. Two Petz’s Conures. Hose, The Rev. T. C. One Saffron Finch. Howard, Miss Maud. One Common Sheldrake. Hughes, H., Esq. One Hog-Deer. Hughes, H. P., Esq., jun. One Herring-Gull. Humphreys, Miss. One Pig-tailed Monkey. Hussey, J. C., Esq. One Central-American Agouti, two Brown Gannets. Irving, W. J., Esq. One Western Slender-billed Cockatoo. Isaacson, E., Esq. Five American Box-Tortoises, one Wrinkled Ter- rapin. Jackson, Miss. One Common Raccoon. James, C., Esq. One West-Indian Agouti. 50 Jamrach, Mr. A. Two Chinese Quails, one Martinican Porphyrio. Jardine, The Dowager Lady. Six Green Tree-Frogs. Jennings, Mr. J. One Grey Ichneumon. Jesse, W., Esq. One European Pond-Terrapin. Johnson, H. J., Esq. One Common Adder. Johnson, Mrs. One Red-crested Cardinal. Jones, Mr. One Common Paradoxure. Jones, Capt. Loftus F., R.N. Two Glaucous Gulls. - Kent, Mrs. One Macaque Monkey. = Kirk, Dr. J., C.M.Z.8. One Grant’s Gazelle. Kirtley, H., Esq. One Ocelot. Knight, L. A., Esq. Four Green Turtles, two Angulated Tortoises. Knight, Mr. One Macaque Monkey. Lane, F. G., Esq. One Macaque Monkey. Lane, Mr. J. R. One Greek Land-Tortoise. Lange, Mrs. One Green Monkey. Lawrence, Mr. S. ‘ One Macaque Monkey. Leas, Col. One Nightjar. Le Miere, A., Esq. One Macaque Monkey. Lee, V. H. Vaughan, Esq., V.P. One Red Deer. Lees, Capt., Governor of Lagos. One Chimpanzee. Lewis, L. B., Esq. One Spotted Ichneumon. Lilford, Lord, F.Z.S. Two Golden Eagles. Lindsay, Lord, One Macaque Monkey. Lucas, C., Esq. One Macaque Monkey. Lumsden, H., Esq. One Bonnet-Monkey, one Macaque Monkey, M°Arthur, Colonel, R.M.LT. One Golden-crowned Conure. Maiden, Miss. Two Grey-breasted Parrakeets. _ Marfels, Dr, One Larger Macaque Monkey, one Rhesus Monkey. Marks, H. §., Hisq., F.Z.S. ' One Common Barn-Owl. Medley, T. P., Esq. ‘ One Purple-capped Lor : Melley, Miss. Pee 2 One Bonnet-Monkey. Miller, Miss H. One Common Quail. Moore, G. C., Esq., C.M.Z.S. One Black-necked Stork, one Fijian Porphyrio, two Jameson’s Gulls, Moore, Mrs. M. A. One Arabian Baboon. Morgan, Major C, One Common Peafowl. Mueller, Baron F. von, C.M.Z.S8. One Haast’s Apteryx. Mumford, Mr. One Sumatran Wild Dog. Murray, Capt. Two Chukar Partridges. Nash, Mrs. A. BE. Two Razor-billed Curassows, one Yarrell’s Curassow, Nation, Prof, W., C.M.Z.S. Two Purple Cow-birds, Nelson, E., Esq. One Chilian Sea-Hagle. Nelson, Mrs. Marsh, One Macaque Monkey. Newman, C. L. N., Esq. One Malbrouck Monkey, Or Lo Nicholls, J., Esq. One Indian Leopard. Normanby, Marquis of. One Australian Cassowary. Northbrook, Lord, Governor-General of India. Four Tigers, one Wild Dog. Oakes, H. W., Esq. One Black-handed Spider Monkey. Oates, W. E., Esq. One Woodford’s Owl. O’Flaherty, Mrs. One Rhesus Monkey. Ord, Capt. A. R. One Binturong. Ouchterlony, Capt. One Ring-necked Parrakeet. Painter, F., Esq. One Water-Viper. Pardoe, Dr. One Australian Monitor. Patchett, W. G., Esq. One White-crowned Mangabey. Paton, R. E. One Coypu Rat. Pease, J. W., Esq., M.P. r One Californian Quail. Peile, F. Babington, Esq. One Black Lemur. Perry, Capt. One Bearded Falcon. Phillips, Capt. One Caspian Ouaran. Phillips, A. R., Esq. One Australian Monitor. Pocock, H., Esq. One Macaque Monkey. Powell, The Rev. T. P. One Common Kite. Prendergast, G. L., Esq. Two Leadbeater’s Cockatoos. Puente, Mrs. One Common Marmoset. Pybus, H., Esq. One Hoary Snake. 53 Ramsay, E. P., Esq., C.M.Z.S. One Australian Cassowary. Reid, Saville G., Esq. Two American Crows. Ringrose, Mrs. G. Two Rufous Tinamous. Rix, The Misses. Two Red-and-yellow Macaws. Roberts, Lieut.-Col. R. E. One Sloth Bear. Roberts, R., Esq. One Rhesus Monkey. Rogers, E. T., Esq., C.M.Z.S. One Syrian Bulbul. Rogers, Mr. G. One Blackbird, one Common Thrush. Ross, J., Esq. One White Macaque Monkey. Saville, Mr. W. One Common Fox. Shawe, Mrs. Pole. One Macaque Monkey. Shortt, Dr. J., F.Z.S. Five Bungoma Tortoises, one Three-ridged Terrapin, one Indian Cobra, two Russell’s Vipers, three Carpet- Vipers, one Indian Eryx, one Indian Python, three Indian Rat-Snakes, five Long-snouted Snakes. Sissison, Miss E. One Vervet Monkey. Smee, Dr. A. H. Three Collections of Marine Fishes. Smith, A. H., Esq., F.Z.S. One Spotted Salamander. Smith, Sir Charles, Bart. One Small Hill-Mynah. Smith, Mrs. One Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. Smythe, L., Esq. One Herring-Gull, one Common Heron. Sproston, Mrs. One Yellow-fronted Amazon. Stafford, Dr. One Hooded Crow. Stone, J., Esq., F.Z.S. One Philippine Paradoxure, 54 Sutherland, Miss. One Yellow-fronted Amazon. Sutton, Master Hugh. One Blue-crowned Parrakeet. Swain, Dr. E. babes ' One Egyptian Goose. Swann, Mr. One Common Kingfisher. Swaysland & Son, Messrs. Two Yellow Wagtails, one Tree-Pipit, one Meadow- Pipit. Sydenham, Mrs. One Rose-crested Cockatoo. Symon, Mr. J. L. One Reddish Finch. Symonds, Miss K. One Macaque Monkey. Temple, C., Esq. Two Palm Squirrels. Terris, A. J. S., Esq. One Indian Python, one Toque Monkey. Thirlwall, Miss. One Ring-necked Parrakeet. Thomas, J. E., Esq. “ One Grey Ichneumon. Thompson, A., Esq. One Roseate Cockatoo. Thomson, C. E., Esq. One Maholi Galago. Thornley, Mrs. A. Two Vervet Monkeys. Tipping, Mrs. Two Macaque Monkeys. Tucker, J. Scott, Esq. One Coati. Tunnard, J. B., Esq. Five Bonnet-Monkeys, one Yellow Baboon, one Sykes’s Monkey. Turnbull, —, Esq. Two Bonnet-Monkeys. Vale, A., Esq. One Brown Bear. Vallenten, G., Esq. One Macaque Monkey. 55 Vanderkist, G. W., Esq. One Crested Porcupine. Walker, R. B. N., Esq., C.M.Z.S. Two Egyptian Geese, one Anubis Baboon. Ward, F., Esq. Two Suricates. Warmington, A., Esq. One Crested Guan. Warner, Mr. W. P. One Golden Eagle. Watson, Mrs. One Missel-Thrush. Watson, H. J., Esq. One Peregrine Falcon. Webb, F. C., Esq. Three Picazuro Pigeons. Wesson, Mr. W. One Common Raccoon. Whitmarsh, H. B., Esq. One Annulated Snake. Whitting, Capt. J. E. One Impeyan Pheasant. Wickin, J., Esq. Two Kinkajous. Wilkinson, Rev. J. R. One Indian Kite. Williamson, J., Esq. One Magellanic Fox. Willmore, J. H., Esq. One Kestrel. Wilson, Charles J., Esq. One Brown Capuchin. Wilton, J. R. H., Esq. Two Crab-eating Raccoons. Winter, W., Esq. One Green Monkey. Wisden, J. F., Esq. One Grey Ichneumon. Wood, C. F., Esq. One Green Monkey. Wood, Dr. H. One Boa Constrictor. Wood, H. W., Esq. One Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. 56 Wood, C. K., Esq. One Arctic Fox. Worms, Baron George de, F.Z.8. One Horned Lizard. Wright, J. A., Esq. _ One Golden Eagle. Wright, W. D., Esq. One Sloth Bear. Young, H., Esq. One Brown Coati. Younghusband, J. T., Esq. One Red-legged Partridge. Zoological and Acclimatization Society of Victoria, Australia. One Australian Dingo. Conclusion. In concluding their forty-seventh Report, the Council beg leave to congratulate the Members upon the success- ful results of the last financial year, which has been one of marked success even after several years of great pros- perity. The expenditure on the new Lion-house may perhaps render it necessary before the close of the current year to diminish temporarily the reserve-fund invested in the 3 per cents, which now amounts to £9793 13s. 11d. stock. But the excess of income over ordinary expenditure is such that it will be easy to replace the deficiency next year; and there can be no doubt that. the addition of this fine building to the Garden Establishment will havea material influence in increasing the receipts from admissions to the Gardens. In conducting the Society’s affairs to their present state of prosperity, the Council have to acknowledge the assist- ance they have received from the Committee of Publication, and from the gentlemen who have served upon the Com- mittees of Finance and Audit. Signed (for the Council), P. L. ScLATER, Secretary. 11 Hanover Square, April 29th, 1876. Ang 26 NOV, 90 COUNCIL 4 ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, READ AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, | PRINTED BY C TAYLOR AND. rraxers, REPORT COUNCIL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, READ AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, APRIL 30rn, 1877. LONDON: PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. 1877. CONTENTS. Page I. General Condition of the Society ...............-.008 3 1. State of the Roll of Members .................. 3 a. Fellows and Annual Subscribers ............ 3 b. Honorary, Foreign, and Corresponding Members 4 7B. State of the Finances. ........, <.2:5- «0h Jee 5 ay Inetime \.'> ..:. B-F29 A TF. Bee 5 OG. Mxpenditere ©5005. . oe ese < oo eee 7 ¢. Heserve Funtls 2.0. 3. «a 9 d. Assets and Liabilities, 1. 2.¢)..... —. =~. .+ a0 aoe 9 e. General State of the Finances .............. 10 EY Ofties, Ut Hanover Squnte 2.5. 6025-2 S, ee ii lS Geteniiniie “Meetings ©... 5 Sew ek ot. ee 11 2. Scientific Publications . . s+. viva. 04. Gees Ce 12 ke SMURF ots 53 cits +o ws Shc Se eee 14 TH: ‘Gardens, Resent's Park 2.0.5 555 Set nce ee ee 23 1. Bonldings and Works. wus tpeths<- «<.---2 ee 23 Ds GATE Is as dino a= nk ae Oo = 8 ee 25 Soa PUAN S25 ncn yu dm saycecs onsen y's @ wale area ae A. Zoologieal Lectures’ . 220.5. <2 os sais s cent es SOR 5. Proseetor’s Department 22% 2.3.3... ... 2) eee 27 i. Mensneng (2, ati eens on Cee 28 List of Animals which have been bred in the Gardens of the Society between the Ist of January 1876 and tae Ist of January 1877 ................ 31 List of Species new to the Revised Catalogue of Vertebrates exhibited in the Society’s Gardens in the year TOTO. 5 iw A eS Se ae 32 List of Donors and Donations ...:............ 42 Conclusion REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. April 30, 1877 Tue Council have the pleasure of submitting to the appro- bation of the Fellows their forty-eighth Annual Report upon the progress of the Society. This, in conformity with former Reports, they have divided into three heads, the first of which relates to the General Condition of the Society, the second to the opera- tions carried on at the Office in Hanover Squar e, and the last to the state of the Gardens in the Regent’s Park. I, GENERAL CONDITION OF THE SOCIETY. 1. STATE OF THE ROLL oF MEMBERS. a. Fellows and Annual Subscribers. The number of Fellows, Fellows Elect, and Annual Subscribers at the close of the year 1876 amounted to 3311. Of these there were :— Compounders who have paid £20. . . 90 Ditto ditto ots Fe Aa Compositions remitted . . . > tdicvel 4¢ Paying annual contributions of £2... . 79 Ditto ditto ae a. ue Dormant . . . oe ve nes Admission-fees unpaid . : edecis Wee grate Annual Subscribers, paying £3 Fore” “as 8 3311 Comparative Statement of Elections, Deaths, Resignations, and Removals 4 The corresponding number of Members of the Society at the close of 1875 was 3241, showing a net addition to our list of 70 members during the year 1876. The progress of the Society during the past Ten years, as regards the number of its Ordinary Members, is given in the subjoined Table. during the past Ten years, with the number of Fellows and Annual Subscribers at the end of each Year. | t | Be _ Died. ——s|__—sResigned. = |_——_—s Removed. Bohs aah 3s is ri ‘s ri rs. |. i/s bseribers. 5 28 sees oe es | ae a Sobre: | z 2% ab EI ey 33 224 5 2 | 2, "ay ao! Aig | £20. | eso, Feere:) go, | gs, | 2. | 3. he 5| wee, | gs. a's ae ae | | | fgg iS tn heel ac) ae dies ees Boal ake ke 8 |85| 2702 316 9 (Pet es in. Sale bee | 2 94| 2924 197 fi 7 7} 37 | 3 | 30 1 2 | 25 | 26 |155| 2966 160 9 Ta 6 | 32 | 51 | | 105 | 3021 163 | 4 8 | 10 | 38 Ll} 48 pi 2h) ERY (137 | 8047 185 5 7 Dey 948 2 | 40 uh | 62 | 14 |182] 8050 216 5 Tall 6 | 33 34 | | pReS 1 | 93] 8173 Dae er eG) dy | oe), |) n60 233 | 7m | 8 j197} 3197 180 8 16 8 57 | 36 11 1136 8241 224 gp) 28 |} 4 | 63 | 49 1 154] 3311 | December 31. | b. Honorary, Foreign, and Corresponding Members. One Honorary Member has been added to the list during the year 1876, namely His Excellency The Maharajah Sir Digbigih Singh, K.C.S.I. of Bulrampore, Oude, India, whom the Council have to thank for generous offers of assist- ance as regards the Menagerie. One Foreign Member -has also been elected in 1876, namely Professor Alphonse Milne-Edwards, Administrateur chargé de la direction de la Ménagerie au Muséum (histoire naturelle, Jardin des Plantes, Paris, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Professor Christian Gottfred Ehrenberg, of Berlin. 5 The following Corresponding Members were elected during the year :— Dr, Julius Von Haast, F.R.S., Director of the Canter- bury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand. Dr. Franz Steindachner, of the Imperial Zoclogical Cabinet, Vienna. Mons. Emile Oustalet, of the Muséum histoire naturelle, Jardin des Plantes, Paris. Herr J. D. E. Schmeltz, Curator of the Godeftroy Museum, Hamburg. Frederick Elton, Esq., H.B.M. Consul, Mozambique, East Africa. E. C. Buck, Esq., Director of the Department of Agricul- ture and Commerce, Allahabad, N. W. P. India. R. Collett, Esq., of Christiania, Norway. Dr. Elliott Coues, Surgeon, United States’ Army, Smith- sonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Mr. G. E. Manigault, Curator of the Museum of Natural History, Charleston, U.S. A. Dr. Odoardo Beccari, of Florence. The Rev. George H. A. Fisk, of Breakwater, Cape Town, South Africa. Edward Albert Liardet, Ksq., Vice-Consul, Samoa, Navi- gators’ Island, South Pacific. J. A. Allen, Esq., Harvard College, Cambridge, Massa- chusetts, U.S. A. Dr. A. J. Wall, Surgeon, Bengal Army, General Hospital, Calcutta, E. India. These elections have raised the total number of the Society’s Corresponding Members to 199, being one less than the full complement authorized by the By-laws, 2, STATE OF THE FINANCES. a. Income. The total Income of the Society received in 1876 was £34,955 4s. 1d., exceeding that of the year 1875 (hitherto the year in which our receipts have been largest) by £6216 12s. 9d.,and being, therefore, by the same amount, larger than the receipts of any previous year since the Society’s foundation, The main cause of this considerable 6 increase over what was certainly a very prosperous year, was the augmentation of the Garden-receipts caused by the attraction of the Prince of Wales’s Collection of Indian ‘Animals, which, under circumstances mentioned in a sub- sequent part of the Report, were deposited in the Society’s Gardens during the summer months. At the same time, as will be seen by the comparative statement subjoined, several other heads of Income present a very gratifying increase. The amount received for Compositions was £1470 against £960 in 1875 ; and there was an increase of £150 upon Admission-fees. On the other hand, the only noticeable “ Decreases,” it will be observed, were £262 upon the rent of the Refreshment-rooms, which was caused merely by a large amount of arrears of the previous year having been received in 1875, and the extraordinary item of £246 9s. 11d., received in 1875 as compensation for an accident which the Council hope may never occur again, Comparative Table of Income, 1875 and 1876. 1875. 1876. Increase. | Decrease. | Admission Fees :— Gr ve. di £8. dle 3 id.) & eae DASE PAVE io a teevecssceeta cut on 110 0 0 Be) ON teataceecereoe eel 25 0 0 Present 725 0 0 900 0 0 LR OveD Eran: ssevence=+| Annual Subscriptions :— Pee earece tea reo Le ceo & 54 0 0 75 0 0 21 Os0)| Biccep tepotote IPTVEBENE ay. coseccvarcacussencane 6,317 1 0] 6,433 3 0 DIG Dis Oi) cae cecueeeees DUES seh ecccccesracvacssasee 120 0 0 SGe 10) Dl. tee owereeenae = 84 0 0 Compositions .....s.sesecssecrnsnnnes 960 0 01 1,470 0. Qi. 510. Oy O)y.....d-.sueg: Ivory Tickets ..1.:..0.sssecseureeees 80 18 0 TBAO Oi. Rae asocasat 8 8 0 Admissions to Gardens ..........+. 116,826 15 6|22,717 5 0| 5,890 9G)... Garden Salesi-..sccraaceceesurevacckss. 566: 6 LY) 4s ON TT Ol 2 eves ace Rent for Refreshment-rooms ... | 1,313 15 0] 1,051 0 O)........ceeeees 26215 0 PHblicati Que psd ice ase es tterscas tenet 995 14 6| 97617 9}. 1816 9 Dividends ........++ 397 11 10 355 1L 1) 42 0 9 Miscellaneous 2418 8 39 10 2 14) AGH oecancereeeatave: Compensation paid by Grand Junction Canal Company for damages caused by Explosion | 246 9 11 }......sseeees |oeseeseaeseseetees 246 9 11 28,738 11 4/84,955 4 1| 6,904 3 2] 68710 5 Increasesessesseeesenes 6216 12 Q|eseseeeeeee 687 10 5) Ded. Decr. | 34,955 4 184,955 4 1] 6,216 12 9)..0....s0.2.- To the Income received during the year must be added the balance brought forward from 1875, amounting to £1775 2s. ld. A sum of £1000 was likewise obtained as a temporary loan from the Society’s Bankers in March, 1876 (repaid in the following May); and another sum of £2000 was borrowed on the 21st December, 1876, in 7 order to mect the bills then due. This gave a total sum of £39,730 6s, 2d. available for the espendinare of the year 1876. b. Expenditure. This amount was disposed of in the following manner :— The sum of £31,635 10s. 11d. was required for the ordinary and extraordinary expenses of the year; and after repayment of the loans of 1875 and March 1876, the sums of £796 6s. 9d. and £3000 were carried to the Reserve Fund and invested in the purchase of 3 per Cent. securities in ¢he manner hereinafter explained. This left at the bankers’, on the 31st December last, a sum of £1280 6s. 11d., which was carried over for the benefit of the present year. ._ The subjoined Table gives the various items of expen- diture of 1876, and a comparison of each of them with the corresponding amount paid in 1875 :— | Expenditure of / \- - Increase. | Decrease. | | 1875. 1876. £8 Bi) IE. ae de Arrears of previous years ......... 2,105 210] 2,596 7 0 Rent, Rates, Taxes, and Insu- ROSIN ee Cae nee nuns ahora de-ve oon 846 18 11] 970 0 3 Salaries, Wages, and Pensions... | 5,109 7 4) 5,254 16 1 Cost and Carriage of Animals ...| 1,668 4 11) 1,967 6 0 MEFOMISLOUS) ...i5. = barter al * x * 2 ao faa a i is , ‘ ~ aA = ~~ , ar bad . a ee ~ hu “ { 2 ~ a ‘ a : ’ amt aie * = i» ry fy oak RAD: ye Covet < ; ee baie Un roe ft! Det SHAME PU i ele be ta tatu as } Bap s rien rd, be eeu aes roe =e Ci ae Bay Kh Nit th ite are Yee 4 fF i le } : ? a) Mae ty ; rs 4 Ne iltite aa ihr ash vate (HON