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Crocodilus trigonatns. Trinidad? 



Boa imperator. Trinidad. 



Chilabothrus inornatus. Jamaica. 



• ? n. sp. ? St. Domingo. 



Coluber hippocrepis. Morocco. 



Naia ? Morocco. 



Trachysaurus rugosus. Australia. 



Iguana tuberculata. Cailhagena. 



Three species of Tortoise. S. Africa. 



Among the Animals, thus added for the first time to the 

 Collection, it will be observed that the most important spe- 

 cies belong to the Ruminant division of Mammalia, and more 

 particularly to the family of Antilopes, which are so charac- 

 teristic of the Fauna of Africa. In consequence of the great 

 difficulty of obtaining specimens, the Society has hitherto 

 been much less rich in representatives of this group than the 

 Council have considered desirable ; and they therefore regard 

 the present accessions of the Elands, as among the most 

 valuable which could possibly have occurred. The magni- 

 ficent stature of these Animals, their intermediate form be- 

 tween the Antilopes and Cattle, the quality of their flesh, and 

 the prospect of their not unfrequent reproduction in this coun- 

 try, renders the possession of them in every respect an object 

 of the highest interest. 



It will also be remarked that among the Birds there are 

 several species of the Rasorial and Natatorial forms, of the latter 

 of which especially it is to be expected that several will be as 

 completely acclimatized as has already been the case with the 

 Carolina Teal, the Sandwich Island Goose, the Cereopsis, and 

 the Black Swan of Australia. 



List of Donors to the Menagerie. 



His Eoyal Highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg and 



Gotha. Two Wild Boars. 



His Highness the Guicowar of Baroda. 



Two Tigers. 

 His Excellency Lord Harris, Governor of Trinidad. 



An American Tapir, Four Iguanas, a Capybara, Two 

 Spotted Cavies, Two Agoutis, a King Vulture, a 

 Stork, a Scarlet Ibis, Two Lesser Razor-billed Curas- 

 sows, a Black-crested Curassow, Two Cocks of the 

 Rock, Si-cc Orinoco Geese, a Red-billed Whistling 



