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animals exhibited during the past year, fallen short of that 

 attached to the exhibition at any former period. The three 

 Giraffes still continue in the best health and condition, and 

 the Council have the pleasure to announce that there are 

 fair prospects of the female being again in fawn, in which 

 case they hope to be more successful in rearing the young 

 animal than on the last occasion. The Collection, gene- 

 rally speaking, is at present in a satisfactory state as regards 

 the health of the animals. The only casualty which has 

 occurred among the larger and more valuable portions of 

 the stock, during the past year, exclusive of the Monkeys, 

 has been the recent death of the Lion George. The prin- 

 cipal purchases during the year were a Lioness, an Orang- 

 outan, and two Gibbon Apes. The latter unfortunately 

 fell a sacrifice to the same cause which killed so large a 

 portion of the common Monkeys : the two former are 

 healthy and thriving animals ; the Orang, in particular, is 

 robust and active, and is likely to prove an object of much 

 attraction during the ensuing season. 



The whole number of animals contained in the Menagerie 

 on the 1st of April, amounted to 910, of which 303 were 

 Mammals, 587 Birds, and 20 Reptiles. 



a. Species not before exhibited. 



The Menagerie has been enriched during the past year 

 by an unusual accession of new and rare animals, of which 

 no fewer than 7 Mammals were new species, and 22 Mam- 

 mals and 21 Birds had never before been exhibited in the 

 Gardens. The following is a list of these new and rare 

 species : 



List of Mammals exhibited for the first time at the 

 Menagerie, 



White wiskered Gibbon. Hylobates leucogenys, Ogilby. 

 Hoolock Gibbon. Hylobates Scyrites, Ogilby. 



An undetermined species of Baboon. Cynocephalus ? 



White-fronted Capuchin Monkey. Cebus albifrons, Geoff. 

 Two-spotted Paradoxure. Paradoxurus binotatus, Reinw. 



