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was also figured by Harrison Weir in the Rev, J. G. 

 Wood's "Illustrated Natural History"; the charac- 

 teristic elongation of the skull is capitally rendered. 

 This specimen is now in the mammal gallery at the 

 Natural History Museum, having been added to the 

 National Collection in 1857; it has been fairly well 

 set up in a typical attitude, though the conical tip to 

 the tail characteristic of this species has not been 

 reproduced by the taxidermist, and the tail itself 

 does not hang naturally. Another clouded tiger 

 (from Assam) was purchased for the Zoological 

 Gardens on March 12, 1862. A very fine 

 Burmese specimen was bought on January 26, 1875, 

 and on the opening of the new lion house in 1876 

 was most appropriately included amongst the series 

 of exhibits which graced the newly-installed building. 

 All these animals were males; they were soon 

 tamed and spent most of their time in sleep. 

 The last of the three lived about five years in the 

 collection; he was kept in a sleeping den at the 

 back of a cage in the lion house, and let out every 

 evening about half an hour before the gardens 

 closed. A young male died in the Rotterdam 

 collection in 1873; its skin and skeleton are now in 

 the Leyden Museum. 



A young female of this species was purchased by 

 the Zoological Society on March i6th, 1899; she is 

 still (1905) living in the Gardens, and her photograph 

 appears at the head of this Essay. Tame enough 



