138 The Irish Naturalist. December, 



IRISH SOCIETIES. 



ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF IRELAND. 



Among the gifts received during the year were a handsome consignment 

 sent by the Canadian Government, including a pair of Wapiti, a pair of 

 Rocky Mountain Goats, a pair of Rocky Mountain Sheep, and two 

 Canadian Bears. A four-year old Lion was very generously presented 

 by Sir R. Coryndon, the Governor of Kenya Colony. The Monkey- 

 House was enriched with an Orang-utan, the gift of Mr. E. McG. Morphy, 

 of Greystones ; also with a Brown Capuchin Monkey from Mrs. Powell, 

 a Macaque from Mr. A. Irlande, a Dog-faced Baboon and a Green Monkey 

 from Mr. T. A. Finch, a Mona IMonkey from Mr. C. H. Bretherton, and 

 another from Mrs. Clendming, and a Rhesus Monkey from Miss Yeates. 

 Other gifts include a pair of Leopards from Mr. W. Murphy, a pair of 

 Great Grey Kangaroos from Dr. R. H. Fetherston of Melbourne, two 

 Canadian Porcupines from Mr. M. Randolph, a Porcupine from Mr. H. 

 E. Rogers, a Suricate from Miss Shackleton, a Seal from Mr. A. Irlande, 

 a pair of Grey-backed Porphyrios from the Zoological Society of London, 

 a pair of Adelaide Parrakeets from Mr, A. K. Minchin, of the Zoological 

 Gardens, Adelaide, some Java Sparrows and Cardinals from an anonymous 

 donor, two Elephantine Tortoises from Sir Joseph Byrne, of the Seychelles, 

 and two Iberian Tortoises from Mr. Eugene O'Mahony. Gifts of native 

 Irish animals include a Pine Marten from Co. Kilkenny, six Badgers, two 

 Foxes, a Hedgehog, a Hare, a Kestrel, and a Pheasant. The Fish 

 Hatchery was presented with 4,000 salmon ova from the Department 

 of Agriculture, 4,000 mo're from the Lismore Fisher}^ and 15,000 trout 

 ova from the Solway Fisheries. 



Animals purchased include three Chimpanzees, a Yellow Baboon, a 

 pair of Hamadryas Baboons, two Ruffed Lemurs, a Leopard, a Serval, 

 two Sea-Lions, a pair of Polar Bears, a Russian Brown Bear, three Fennecs, 

 a Zebra, a Tamandua Ant-eater, two Armadillos, a Woodward's Kangaroo, 

 a Rat-tailed Opossum, two Tasmanian Devils, an Emu, a Piping Crow 

 or Australian Magpie, six Flamingoes, a pair of Vulturine Guinea-Fowl, 

 two Egyptian Kites, a Rough-legged Buzzard (from Co. Wicklow), a 

 hundred mixed African seed-eating birds, a Leopard Tortoise, two 

 Geometric Tortoises, and three Alligators. Two litters of Lion-cubs and 

 two Bison calves were born in the Gardens during the year, as were also 

 a Zebu calf, a Wapiti calf, and a Rocky Mountain lamb. Among animals 

 placed on deposit should be noticed some very interesting birds — a number 

 of Curassows, three Kagus, and two Ground Hornbills — as well as several 

 Tree Frogs and Green Lizards. 



The Gardens are at present particularly well stocked with Bears, the 

 European, Himalaj^an, North American and Polar species of these animals 

 being all well represented. The Elephantine Tortoises from the Seychelles 

 — especially the larger of the two, which is credited with a weight of 

 15 stone — are also a feature of more than ordinary interest in the 

 collection. 



