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Stubton from birds belonging to the Society, and placed 

 \inder the charge of Sir Robert Heron. The young ones, 

 which are, perhaps, the first that have yet been reared in 

 England, have been for some months in the Gardens, and 

 have nearly attained their full size. Sir R. Heron proposes, 

 in accordance with the wishes of the Council, to continue his 

 care of the parent birds through the present season, and, 

 should he again be equally successful, to communicate to 

 the Society the whole of the particulars connected with his 

 experiment. The Cereopsis Geese have again bred, and 

 "promise to afford an important addition to our stock of do- 

 mesticated water-fowl. The Mandarin Ducks have also 

 hatched ; and a rather large stock has been reared from the 

 Summer Ducks, which has enabled the Council to distribute 

 several pairs of this beautiful bird, including one pair pre- 

 sented to the Zoological Society of Dublin. The Bronze- 

 winged Pigeon has also bred. 



Among the Quadrupeds, the Moufflon, the Brahmin Cow, 

 the Nylghau, and several of the Deer have produced young 

 in the course of the year. 



The 



Donations to the Menagerie 



have been as numerous since the last Anniversary as in any 

 of the previous years : the particulars of them are recorded 

 in the Donation Book. 



To the various donors the thanks of the Society have been 

 tendered for their several presents. But although the Council 

 cannot here enumerate the whole of the Members and Friends 

 to whose liberality the Society has been indebted during the 

 past year, they feel bound to notice especially the continued 

 kindness of Sir Thomas Reade, His Majesty's Consul Ge- 

 neral at Tunis, who has added to his munificent presents a 

 Lioness and other animals ; of Sir R. Ker Porter, Consul 

 General at Caraccas ; of Mr. J. Hearne of Hayti; of Capt. 



