n 



Red Grouse. Tetrao Scoticus, Lath. 



Cape Crowned Crane. Anthropoides Regulorum., Licht. 



Buff-headed Heron. Ardea russata, Temm. 



By the addition of the animals just^numerated to those 

 of ^dnch Lists have been published in previous Reports of 

 the Council, it will be seen that the Menagerie has already 

 contained 209 species of Mamnalia, and 276 «Pf f ^/ 

 Birds: besides numerous marked varieties and many hybrids. 

 In the preservation of the health of this extensive col- 

 lection some improvements have been attempted since the 

 last Anniversary, from which beneficial results are anti- 

 cipated The Medical Superintendent not only visits the 

 Gardens at stated periods in each week, attends to the 

 ailments of the animals, and records in his Journal then- 

 diseases and the remedies employed for them; but he also 

 ia conjunction with the Head-Keeper, reports to each 

 veeular meeting of the Council as to the general state ot 

 the Menagerie, and on any special case of recent occur- 

 rence. These Reports, together with the Journal, are pre- 

 served for reference; and the arrangement will probably 

 prove not merely of present advantage, but of permanent 

 utility, by the collection of a body of facts for future guid- 



ance 



Of the additions to the collection of living animals which 

 have been made during the past year, a large proportion is 

 due to the liberality of the Members and friends of the 

 Society. The 



Donations to the Menagerie 

 are recorded, with the other presents, in the Donation Book 

 which is now on the table. But the Donors, upwards of a 

 hundred in number, are too numerous to be J^fre particu- 

 larized. The President, Lord Stanley, has added from his 

 private collection various animals which were desirable for 

 that of the Society ; the Earl of Egremont has continued 

 to assist it; Major General Sir C. Colvile, and Lieutenant 



