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General Sir Lowry Cole, have each, on their return from 

 their respective governments, presented animals brought by 

 them from the Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope; 

 Lady William Bentinck has forwarded from India some of 

 the zoological treasures of that country ; Captains Lindsay, 

 Innis, Bathie, Redman, Fremantle, Willis, Stevens, Heathorn, 

 Percival, &c. have also been donors to the Menagerie in the 

 course of the past year ; and donations of interest have been 

 received from Mr. J. H. Lance of Dcmerara, the Rev. R. 

 Davis of Montreal, Admiral Briggs, Mr. E. C. Newcome, 

 Mr. Audubon, and Mr. J. Hearne of Hayti ; as well as from 

 Mr. Hornby and Mr. Blackburn, to the latter of whom the 

 Society^ is indebted for a pair of Tigers. Sir Thomas Reade, 

 His Majesty's Consul-General at Tunis, whose munificent 

 donation Avas recorded in the last Annual Report, has in- 

 creased his claims on the gratitude of the Society by pre- 

 senting to it, at several times in the course of the present 

 year, three Kolbe's Vultures, an Egyptian Vulture, a Laeift- 

 mer-Geyer, and mimerous Pigeons. 



From among the duplicate animals of the Collection at 

 the Gardens, and from the stock at the Farm, selections 

 have been made from time to time, which have been disposed 

 of by public auction. A few have also been sold by private 

 contract, the Council having availed themselves of a favour- 

 able opportunity which occurred at the commencement of the 

 year for parting with several upon terms highly advantageous 

 to the i^ociety. 



The Council have also the satisfaction of stating that they 

 have been enabled to offer to present, on the part of the 

 Society, to the Menagerie of the King of Prussia, several 

 animals which were stated to be desirable for that collection. 

 The oifer has been graciously and thankfully accepted. 



Among the additions to the Collection by breeding, there 

 are some of sufficient interest to require that they should be 

 specially noticed. Such are the reai'ing of several broods of 

 the Carolina or Summer Duck, and of a brood of the rare 

 and beautiful Mandarin Duck of China. From the magnifi- 



