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b. Menagerie. 



The period of the year 1851 at which the selections 

 made by the Council from the late President's Collection 

 at Knowsley were transferred to the Society's possession, 

 rendered them, in effect, only known to the general body 

 of Visitors as acquisitions of last season. 



This rich and varied series, taken in connection with the 

 Purchases made and Donations obtained since the last 

 Anniversary, have raised the Menagerie to a degree of 

 interest which far outstrips anything which has been pre- 

 viously witnessed in the Vivaria of Europe. 



The general health of the Animals has been fully equal 

 to that of any former season, notwithstanding that the 

 atmospheric influences have been unusually adverse, and 

 have extended in that condition over a period of time 

 which is altogether unprecedented. The completion of the 

 drainage of the Regent's Park by Her Majesty's Commis- 

 sioners of Public Works, which was originally pressed upon 

 their notice by a Memorial from the Council, in 1848, has 

 without doubt operated as one of the counteracting causes 

 to the extension of disease among the Animals, and as the 

 action of the drains may be expected to increase with time, 

 its effects will in all probability be much more sensibly 

 apparent during the current year. 



One of the consequences of this improvement in sana- 

 tory condition is an increase in the number of valuable 



Species which have bred in the Menagerie in 

 the years 1852-53. 



MAMMALIA. 



Quadrumana. 



Vervet Monkey. 



Ruminants. 



Hog Deer. Ladak Sheep. 



Virginian Deer. Zebu. 



Sambur Deer. Nylghau. 



Axis Deer. Leucoryx. 



Barbary Deer. Llama. 



Moufflon. Alpaca. 



Corsican Goat. Guanaco. 



Angora Goat. Giraffe. 



