15 



BIRDS. 



Capercailzie. Tetrao urogallus. 



Silver Pheasant. Gallophasis nydhemerus. 



Jungle Fowl, hyb. Gallus Sbnneratii. 



Triangular-spotted Dove. Columba trigonigera. 



Collared Turtle. C. risoria. 



Black Swan. Cygnus atratus. 



Chinese Geese. 



Wild Goose, hyb. Anser segetum. 



Barnacle Goose. Bernicla leucopsis. 



Eider Duck. Somateria mollissima. 



Summer Duck. Dendronessa sponsa. 



Tufted Duck. Fuligula crisfata. 



Gadwall Duck. Strepera chaulelasmus. 



Pintail. Dafila acuta. 



Shieldrake. Tadorna vulpanser. 



Tufted Duck, and \ 1^1,^,^^ ^ 



Castaneous Duck.j "^ 



The whole number of Animals now living in the Gardens 

 amounts to 1335, viz. : — 



Mammalia .... 383 



Birds 851 



Reptiles 101 



At the last Anniversary the Council had the pleasure of 

 presenting a list of sixty-three species exhibited for the 

 first time m the season 1847-1848, and they then expressed 

 their hope and desire to make an equal advance during the 

 year which terminates this day, although every succeedmg 

 period renders the acquisition of novelties more and more 

 difficult of realization. The following are the 



Animals kxhibited for the FirstTime in 1848-1849. 



MAMMALIA. 



QUADRUMANA. 



Potto. Perodicticus Geqfroyi, Benn. 



