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trated by demonstrations of the structure of the Ostrich, performed 

 on the specimen presented by His Majesty. 



In the Society's Menagerie and Gardens, situate on the north- 

 eastern side of the Regent's Park, not far beyond the new St. 

 Catherine's Church and Hospital, nearly one hundred living ani- 

 mals are exhibited in suitable paddocks, dens, and aviaries. Among 

 the most attractive of these are two beautiful Llamas^ one pre- 

 sented by the Duke of Bedford, the second by Robert Barclay^ 

 Esq. of Bury Hill ; a Leopard^ presented by Lord Auckland ; 

 some Kangaroos bred in this country by the Marquis of Hertford 5 

 a pair of Emus bred at Windsor by the Earl of Mountcharles ; a 

 fine Russian Bear^ presented also by Lord Hertford. Specimens 

 of the Ratel or Indian Badger^ Ichneumons^ Tiger Cats, Badgers^ 

 Monkeys, &c.,&c., add to the attractions of the Menagerie. Some 

 valuable animals also from the Arctick regions have been lately- 

 presented by the Hudson's Bay Company : such as the Canadian 

 Lynxes, Arctick Foxes, Porcupines, Horned Owls, &c., &c. The 

 ornithological department comprises several species of Eagles^ 

 Cranes, Gulls, Gannets, Corvorantsy with various Gallinaceous 

 Birds, &c. 



Upwards of six hundred Members have already joined the 

 Society. 



ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF PARIS. 



February 6, 1826. — M. G. de St. Hilaire read a description of 

 the sacred crocodile of Egypt, called Suchus. M. M. Brongniart, 

 Brochant, Cuvier, and G. de St. Hilaire were appointed to examine 

 a memoir by M. Marcel de Serres on the bones of the Mastodon 

 found in Languedoc. 



February 13. — M. Dutrochet read a memoir on the ova and 

 larvae of the Batrachia. 



March 6. — M. M. Bosc and Dumeril gave a favourable report 

 on a memoir by M. M. Quoy and Gaimard relating to the corali- 

 genous zoophytes. 



April 3. — M. G. de St. Hilaire communicated some observations 

 made on eggs modified in their development by artificial means. 



