60 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: 
Cape Hunting Dog, or Hyena Dog, of South Africa was also 
acquired by purchase, and is in excellent condition. 
Captain Thomas Golding, a Corresponding Member of the Zoo- 
logical Society, who has brought from the far East many rare 
and valuable animals for the Zoological Park, procured in Sin- 
gapore and brought safely to New York a fine specimen of the 
Sumatran Rhinoceros. This animal was kept during the summer 
in one of the ape cages in the Primates’ House, in very small 
quarters. In view of the period which must elapse before the 
Antelope House is completed, and the extreme difficulty of keep- 
ing such an animal in temporary quarters, it was decided to dis- 
pose of this specimen, and accordingly it was sold in December 
to Ringling Brothers for exhibition in their menagerie. 
Captain Golding procured in Shanghai a fine specimen of the 
Manchurian Leopard, which forms a particularly interesting 
link in the chain of spotted cats now in the Society’s possession, 
which reaches from Paraguay, in South America, to North 
Africa. The Manchurian Leopard is particularly interesting by 
reason of the fact that its body is marked by rosettes of a size 
midway between the large rosettes of the jaguar and the small 
rosettes or spots of the Indian and African leopards. 
On December 26th the Society had the great good fortune to 
receive from Hagenbeck, by purchase, two specimens of the newly 
discovered Prejevalski Horse, from Western Mongolia. This 
animal is particularly interesting by reason of the fact that it is 
the nearest approach, among wild horses and zebras, to the do- 
mestic horse of civilization. The two specimens in question are 
about ten months old, and were born in Hamburg of parents 
captured in Mongolia by the expedition sent out by Mr. Hagen- 
beck four yearsago. That the Society’s future collection of zebras 
and wild horses should begin with a pair of animals as rare 
and scientifically interesting as the Prejevalski Horse may surely 
be regarded as a good omen. The fund for the purchase of these 
specimens was contributed by Professor Osborn and Messrs. 
William C. Whitney, Philip Schuyler, and Charles T. Barney. 
Another animal deserving special mention among recently 
acquired rarities is a fine specimen of the Siberian Ibex from 
Western Mongolia, now three years of age, and in good condi- 
tion. A young female specimen of this species, born in the Berlin 
Zoological Garden, has been engaged, and its arrival here is ex- 
pected some time during the coming spring. Beside the Siberian 
Ibex is exhibited a beautiful male Burrhel (Ovis burrhel), from 
the Himalayas, which came to the Park from the London Zoo- 
