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and especially for a fine young female Elephant. The ac- 

 quisition of the latter has enabled the Council to afford aid, 

 on behalf of the Society, to the sister Society in Dublin, by 

 lending to that institution the female Elephant which was 

 previously in the Gardens : she has reached her destination 

 in safety, and the thanks of the Dublin Zoological Society 

 have been returne<l for the kindness shown to them in adding 

 to their exhibition so important and interesting an animal. 



Among the other Donors to the Menagerie the Council 

 have again to place in the first rank Sir Thomas Reade, His 

 Majesty's Consul General at Tunis, to whose extreme libe- 

 rality they have before had occasion repeatedly to direct the 

 attention of the Members. The Society owes to him since 

 the last Anniversary four Camels, two of which were of the 

 white and two of the dark variety ; a pair of Ostriches ; 

 three Eagles ; a Kolbe's Vulture ; two Fezzan Sheep ; and 

 two Porcupines : and a Lioness, recently presented by him, 

 is now awaiting at Malta a favourable opportunity for trans- 

 mission to England. To other Correspondng Members the 

 Society has also been indebted, and especially to Capt. 

 Heathorn for an Indian Crane, an Antelope, and an Axis 

 Deer ; to Keith E. Abbott, Esq., for a Marmot and three 

 fowls of the Herat breed ; to Capt. Deloitte, for a brush- 

 tailed Kangaroo; to Capt. Redman; and to J. Hearne, 

 Esq. The Society is also under renewed obligations to the 

 President, the Earl of Derby, for several additions to its 

 Menagerie. It owes to Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs the 

 present of a pair of Ostriches ; to Alexander Brandt, Esq., 

 a pair of Rein Deer ; to Lieut. Smythe and Frederick Lowe, 

 Esq., a Harpy Eagle, an Ocelot, and various Birds ; to 

 J. Stuart, Esq., two Silver Foxes ; to Mrs. Pennington, an 

 Antelope ; to Robert Dick, Esq., a Jaguar and a Tortoise ; 

 to William Simpson, Esq., a bush Kangaroo ; to B. King, 

 Esq., two Quebec Marmots ; to Isaac Currie, Esq., two Fal- 

 low Deer ; to WiUiam Rotheray, Esq., a Malabar Squirrel ; 

 to C. Kerry NichoUs, Esq., various animals ; to W. J. Adams, 



