284 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 

 THE BABY HIPPOPOTAMUS, IN LONDON. 



The infant hippopotamus, born at the Regent's Park Zoo- 

 logical Gardens, London, on November 5, 1872, was, at the 

 date of the last accounts, alive and flourishing. The Zoolog- 

 ical Society has awarded its silver medal to Mr. A.D. Bartlett, 

 the superintendent of the Gardens, in recognition of his skill 

 in rearing it. A young rhinoceros {H. sumatrensis) was also 

 born recently on board a vessel in the Victoria Docks, Lon- 

 don ; but it has since died. 



THE PIGMY HIPPOPOTAMUS OF LIBERIA. 



Amonsc the rarest of larsje animals known to naturalists 

 may be mentioned the pigmy hippopotamus of the river St. 

 Paul, in Liberia, described as S. Uberiensis by Dr. Morton, 

 of Philadelphia, many years ago. This weighs only from 400 

 to 700 pounds, instead of the 2000 or more of the common 

 hippopotamus. It is quite abundant in the river St. Paul, 

 and sometimes strays two or three miles from the water, 

 when it is readily killed by the natives. Like the other hip- 

 popotamus, it is dangerous when irritated, but does not at- 

 tempt to attack the Africans in their canoes. 



This animal, although described many years ago, is still 

 very little known, and we believe has never reached Europe 

 alive until quite recently, w^hen a young one, caught in the 

 Great Scarcies Piver, in Africa, was landed at Liverpool 

 about the middle of March, but died shortly after its trans- 

 fer to the Zoolosfical Museum of Dublin. Althoui?h several 

 months old, it weighed but twenty-three pounds, and meas- 

 ured only two feet in length, while the young hippopotamus 

 born in London weighed at birth ninety-three pounds, with 

 a leno;th of four feet two inches. It is said that the abun- 

 dance of hippopotamuses in the coast rivers in the neighbor- 

 hood of Zanzibar renders navigation in small boats quite un- 

 safe, as the animals show an uncomfortable tendency to rise 

 under the vessels and crush them with their tusks. 2^, 

 3Iarch 15, 1873, 181. . 



THE FALLOW DEER INDIGENOUS IN EUROPE. 



According to Professor Jeitteles, the fallow deer of Europe 

 is not, as generally supposed, a recent importation from 



